Four days of destruction, mourning, terror. the lastest Israeli incursion has killed over 100 civilians in Gaza. They say it´s to stop the home-made rockets that according to a report from Al Jazeera hace killed all but 12 Israelis (fired from Gaza) since 2001. Since 2001!!!! On the other hand, since the Israeli withdrawal in 2005, the same report informs that more than 800 have been killed in Gaza! Another scandalous comparison that doesn´t seem to perturb anyone anymore.
The puny homemade rockets and stones against the tanks and other precision weaponry doesn´t seem to be enough to draw us out of our somnolence. Gaza bleeds and the blood mixes with the tears and the rubble that sprout again to retaliate with faith and sounds of victory against the Israelis.
Why is it that under International Law, Israel remains responsible for Gaza? Gaza has six crossing points and all but Rafah are controlled by Israel.
Why hasn´t Israel dismantled a single military checkpoint in the West Bank out of the 627 that exists? What about their "legal" settlements- about 137 - in the West Bank?
The killings over the last few days which started on wednesday have been described as massacre, genocide, holocaust. One unbiased Israeli reporter who has access to images not shown or divulged within Israel, warns that using these terms is doing a grave injustice to the truth. He adds that if 10, 000 Palestinians are killed, what term will then be used?
All of these citations come from the Al Jazeera report Inside Story- Attack on Gaza (2 march, 2008).
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