Interesting!!

UPDATED:
Rocket barrage targets Ashkelon area, breaking hours of quiet

"Iron Dome intercepts seven rockets over Ashkelon and Hof Ashkelon, after several hours of quiet as Germany and Argentina face off at the World Cup final."

"Several rockets have just been fired at Ashkelon and the Gaza periphery, breaking about two hours of calm during the World Cup match.

The match is now entering overtime after 90 scoreless minutes, but the terrorists apparently could not wait until the game ended."

Soccer is way more important.

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Don't know what to make of this other than it sure is interesting:

In the Arab world, does World Cup soccer trump the Gaza war?

"The situation in Iraq, the Islamic State (IS), the war in Syria, and the World Cup in Brazil are grabbing the attention, expert says.

While violent clashes between Israel and the Palestinians tend to attract a disproportionate amount of the Arab world’s attention, the current war between Hamas in Gaza and Israel seems to be getting less responsiveness.

Arab newspapers are still giving top coverage to the conflict, but it is not appearing to be dominating the news as other ongoing conflicts in the Arab world are still getting lots of coverage."

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"“Hamas wants to get over the World Cup and grab the world's attention,” added Kedar.

In addition, as if that were not enough, there is the ongoing turmoil in Libya, Lebanon, and Yemen which are drawing attention away from Gaza. The intra-Islamist conflict, particularly that between the jihadist groups IS and al-Qaida. And speculation over a Kurdish declaration of independence.

Then, there is the talks between world powers and Iran over the country’s nuclear program - and this - within the context of the regional Shi’ite-Sunni conflict."

I guess with the old guard dictators club now largely gone, there's nobody to feed them a steady diet of anti-Israel rhetoric. But what to make of the fixation with Muslim on Muslim conflict? I know there is no love lost between the Arab world and Iran, but which side are they rooting for?