Arise In the Mourning

"I am ready to die 100 times to bring back my daughters," mourns Palestinian day laborer Anwar Balousha in mourning the five girls who lost their lives when the family's house was destroyed as collateral damage to the destruction of its neighbor, a Hamas controlled Mosque.

Noam Schalit, father of kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit, will not speak at all as the fate of his son — a celebrity captive — is being decided by fatherswho have the bombs of their sworn enemies raining on their heads and those of their families.

Nizar Rayan, a top Hamas leader who had once sent his own son on a suicide mission to kill Israelis was killed along with nine of his 12 children, when a 2,000-pound bomb landed on his home.

Will the next step be the bombing of nuclear facilities?

Hate drinks fathers' tears.