More on Gaza - the beginning of the end
This quote from the New York Times today in some ways articulated how I feel.
"A bewildering upheaval is under way, a shifting of the theoretical and actual grounds on which the conflict has been fought. Israeli Jews have been barred at army checkpoints from reaching the settlements; giant armored bulldozers are preparing to demolish Israeli, rather than Palestinian, homes. Gaza is being unsettled, and everyone is struggling to understand what it means." - James Bennet "For Palestinians, Joy and Some Hints of Sympathy" nytimes.com Aug 18, 2005
Having just read up on the history of the forming of the State/Nation of Israel, it's really sad to see the violence and hatred entrenched in the history of that area. So many people have died and so many injustices and atrocities committed by both sides of the war that there is no way for either side to claim that they were right in their judgments.
Again Wikipedia.org has tons of info on the history particularly the Arab-Israeli war of 1948.
"A bewildering upheaval is under way, a shifting of the theoretical and actual grounds on which the conflict has been fought. Israeli Jews have been barred at army checkpoints from reaching the settlements; giant armored bulldozers are preparing to demolish Israeli, rather than Palestinian, homes. Gaza is being unsettled, and everyone is struggling to understand what it means." - James Bennet "For Palestinians, Joy and Some Hints of Sympathy" nytimes.com Aug 18, 2005
Having just read up on the history of the forming of the State/Nation of Israel, it's really sad to see the violence and hatred entrenched in the history of that area. So many people have died and so many injustices and atrocities committed by both sides of the war that there is no way for either side to claim that they were right in their judgments.
Again Wikipedia.org has tons of info on the history particularly the Arab-Israeli war of 1948.
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