Gaza / Israel

I think we need to put this conflict in perspective.
What is happening in Palestine ie: the West Bank but more importantly in Gaza, is just too horrible to contemplate. My heart goes out to everyone living in Gaza right now.

People refer to Hamas as a terrorist organisation, but let's remember they were duly elected by the people of Gaza and are therefore a legitimate goverment. The World will not recognise this, because since the September 11th attacks the favourite word for certain countries is "Terrorist" – anyone who does nor agree with the ruling parties is a terrorist and anything can be done to terrorists. Let me just remind everyone that one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. Were the French citizens fighting the Nazis terrorists? are the Monks in Burma terrorists? What is a terrorist?
I believe what the Israelis are doing in Gaza is a crime against humanity, from a people who sufffered so much at the hands of a terrible regime (the Nazis),
who were put in concentration camps, tortured, exterminated. What has happened to their collective memory or is it a case of the bullied turn into the bullies?

Let's not kid ourselves, the Israelis run the biggest concentration camp in the history of Man. What they are doing to the Palestinians is a crime, they have them locked up, control their lives demean them and treat them like subhumans. It would not surprise me if the Israelis start forcing the Israeli Arabs to wear some distinctive sign to mark them out from the rest, maybe a Green star.

It is time for the world to stop supporting Israel and to put them in their place, they have been allowed to get away with literally murder for far too long.
The Israelis talk about defending their people, but at what cost? So far in this latest conflict I think 4 Israelis have been killed to over 400 Palestinians - I do not think this is right. Let's just remember who this land belongs to and who is causing the fighting in this whole region – maybe we should start refering to Israelis as terrorists.

Let's also put what is happening on the ground in perspective. The Palestinians fight back with some home-made rockets which are hit and miss; the Israelis have at their disposal one of the greatest military arsenal the world has ever seen paid for largely by the US. If they really want these home-made rockets to stop the solutiion is very clear and simple, give back the land you occupy and have stolen from them, stop making their everyday life not worth living. There is no miltary solution to this problem: it is a numbers game and the Israelis know this.

Before I finish my rant I would just like to say "shame on Bush", what is he thinking? His latest statment – can you believe it, he is effectively giving a blank card to the Israelis to kill as many Palestinians as they want. This man is surely one of the stupidest men the world has ever seen, shame on him, history will laugh at him. It would be funny if it weren't tragic.

While we are talking about History, Israel was allowed to be created because the world felt a collective shame and guilt for what had happened to the Jews durring the Second World War. No-one really wants to talk about this subject how they were killed and exterminated across Europe with many countries turning a blind eye to what the Nazis where doing. I would just like to say again in my view the victims have turned into the killers and the world should stand up to these Israelis and really point out to them that they have now turned into what they despise the most – Concentration Camp Commanders.
When I think of Gaza, the Warsaw Ghetto often springs to mind, the suffering of the Jews at the hand of the Nazis, please read bellow: ??
( The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Many Jews in ghettos across eastern Europe tried to organize resistance against the Germans and to arm themselves with smuggled and homemade weapons. In1943,underground resistance movements formed in about 100 Jewish groups. The most famous attempt by Jews to resist the Germans in armed fighting occurred in the Warsaw ghetto.

In the summer of 1942, about 300,000 Jews were deported from Warsaw to Treblinka.
When reports of mass murder in the killing center leaked back to the Warsaw ghetto, a surviving group of mostly young people formed an organization called the Z.O.B. (for the Polish name, Zydowska Organizacja Bojowa, which means Jewish Fighting Organization).

The Z.O.B., led by 23-year-old Mordecai Anielewicz, issued a proclamation calling for the Jewish people to resist going to the railroad cars. In January 1943, Warsaw ghetto fighters fired upon German troops as they tried to round up another group of ghetto inhabitants for deportation. Fighters used a small supply of weapons that had been smuggled into the ghetto. After a few days, the troops retreated. This small victory inspired the ghetto fighters to prepare for future resistance. On April 19, 1943, the Warsaw ghetto uprising began after German troops and police entered the ghetto to deport its surviving inhabitants. Seven hundred and fifty fighters fought the heavily armed and well-trained Germans. The ghetto fighters were able to hold out for nearly a month, but on May 16, 1943, the revolt ended. The Germans had slowly crushed the resistance. )
Does this account remind you of what is happening in Gaza today, Israel you must remember your past and stop history from repeating itself. Treat others how you would like to be treated yourself. Give the Palestinians their Land back and go back to the 1967 borders.