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Saturday, December 27, 2008

Israelis vs. Palestinians, AGAIN

And vice versa, of course.

Geez, it sucks over there.
Before I start quoting the article and giving my opinion, I have to say that I'm certain the Palestinians have had a raw deal, and I'm highly sympathetic to their frustration with not having a happy, developed society anywhere near like Israel does, on land they have just as good a claim to. Also, I disapprove of that damn wall. I don't like borders, anywhere, but that kind of isolating madness isn't human, it just keeps people from relating to each other on a personal level.

(Take a breath) That said, here's my solution.
Keep in mind, the same caveat as India, Kashmir, and Pakistan from before still stands.
But, I AM God, lol. I must say that both Israelis and Palestinians are my people. That's cuz I'm down for everybody. And I don't call myself either YHWH or Allah (but you can, if you want): I'm Jesse. You can call me anything you want, I really don't care. Words...

Okay, to me it sounds like Resentment vs. Conditioning. to be a bit psychologically simplistic.
Hamas being resentful and Israel being conditioning.

The cycle of violence has to end. Escalation is just stupid. A mutually satisfactory solution is possible. Everyone can be happy. We're all human and we all want the same things. History is full of indignities and injustice, and we have to just forgive, if not forget, and move on, for the sake of the future, which if we got our heads out of our asses, could basically be tomorrow. Everybody just stop attacking each other and start mutually developing, if not unifying too.

ANYway, if you didn't know, here's the update: Israel has attacked Gaza, killing at least 225, injuring around 400, and the hornet's nest is abuzz. There was just a cease-fire, and each is accusing the other of being the first to break it, I think. They both feel wronged, and justified in aggression, is the usual story. God is a man of war, the bible says, and they take it literally over there. No psy war for peace...just the old tried and true guns and ammunition business. At the moment, anyway. Well actually, I'm sure there's still the old psy war game happening.

For the land of Jesus, shouldn't one side (or both) end things by turning the other cheek? In any case, I feel as if both sides probably have their own versions of the truth, which in reality is probably pretty messy. So, for progress to occur, both sides have to learn to live with each other. Israel, it sounds like, is basically throwing a hissy fit and saying it's had enough of the (fairly innocuous, it sounds like) rocket attacks, which keep them psychologically at edge. I completely understand. I wouldn't want to live like that, either. Both sides need to simply stop attacking the other, and start mutually supporting each other for progress and development and understanding. It's just so obvious. A few bad apples can really f- things up for the vast majority of citizenry who I assume have goodwill.
Alan Dershowitz said, "These anticivilian rockets have also injured and traumatized countless children." Um, for being a Harvard lawyer, he seems rather imprecise. It's not countless, for one. And secondly, if you say that, you should say AND/OR. Otherwise, he's saying Hamas has injured countless children. Countless means uncountable (for being such a large number), not uncounted, by the way, too. Anyway, here's his article in the christian science monitor.
Also, I heard Mitt Romney this morning (Jan. 4) say the number of rockets fired into Israel was like 4600, and that Hamas has spent millions of it's urgently needed dollars on these weapons. Which, not to belabor the point, maybe Alan Dershowitz could have mentioned.

A senior Hamas spokesman said, "We will stand up, we will defend our own people, we will defend our land, and we will not give up." (In other words, the exact opposite of what Israel says they want, which is for the rocket attacks to stop -now they 're mad as hell, I would guess).

I think the Israelis need to stop bombarding, because it's simply not realistic to expect Hamas to say "okay, whatever you want, we promise to be nice from now on, we're sorry, and we won't hurt or scare you anymore" written down, and signed by all of Palestine, lol. I think the Israelis know this, and are being tactical, if not sadistic. They're manipulating the powerful opinions of people from afar who don't know what the reality on the ground is? Which is, if you start attacking, everybody will get all riled up, and one side will come out on top, and Israel thinks it will be them, because they chose their timing, and have the resources to "win it all" if it escalates (whatever that might mean to them). I'm guessing that's what's going on.

Another Palestinian, a legislator, said, "This is certainly a very cruel escalation, a relentless bombardment of a captive civilian population that has already been under siege for months, that has been deprived of basic requirements like food and medicines and fuel and power," she said from Ramallah in the West Bank.

That's the last word, for me. F- you, whoever made the command decision to bomb Gaza. If you don't have food, of course you're going to be resentful and fight. What the hell is "Israel" thinking? It's all realpolitik and chess for them, while for Palestine it's desperation, frustration, and misery.

ANSWER: Integrate Israel and Palestine, call it something else, and develop everybody so everyone's happy, and make it a secular state, with freedom of religion, so it's not so damn us and them anymore, get it?? If anything, God's people are the Palestinians, I would have to say, because he sticks up for the little guy.

Why is that?
Israel is vowing a war "to the bitter end" with Hamas.
Anyway, to quote msn, "Hamas remains strong. It has up to 20,000 well-trained and well-armed, highly motivated fighters who have been preparing to repel an Israeli ground assault for a year. It still has plenty (thousands) of anti-tank rockets, secret tunnels and booby-traps. The price could be high on both sides. Hamas has (god knows how many) suicide bombers ready to attack, and the support of its 1.5M people in Gaza strip's congested cities and refugee camps. Israel will overwhelm Hamas, but could yet suffer some nasty surprises."
I think it looks like it could get ugly (as if it doesn't already). I think the whole thing is immensely stupid.
The worry, right now, is if Hizbollah, up North, will join in the fray.
Ever since the 2006 war in Lebanon, Israel and Hizbullah have been training and rearming in feverish preparation for a second round. Since Hizbullah enjoys close links with both Syria and Iran, that could light the fuse for a wider regional war.
What's Hezbollah?
Hezbollah (Arabic: حزب الله‎ ḥizbu-'llāh(i), literally "party of God") is a Shi'a Islamic political and paramilitary organisation based in Lebanon. It is a significant force in Lebanese politics, providing social services, which operate schools, hospitals, and agricultural services for thousands of Lebanese Shiites. It is regarded as a legitimate resistance movement throughout much of the Arab and Muslim world. However the group is considered a terrorist organization by the United States and Israel, among others.
Um, you tell me who's terrorist:
Deaths: More than 375 Palestinians, most of them Hamas militants, Palestinian medical sources said Tuesday. At least 60 civilians have been killed in Gaza, U.N. officials said. About 650 people have been wounded there, according to the Palestinian medical sources. Israelis? 6 dead. 5 of them civilians. Hmm.
scary response
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei urged the world's Muslim populations to unite against Israel's attacks on Hamas in Gaza. "All true believers in the world of Islam and Palestinian fighters are duty-bound to defend the defenseless women and children in Gaza Strip and those giving their lives in carrying out such a divine duty are 'martyrs,' " Khamenei said through Iran's official news agency IRNA.
another view
"This is not a war on Hamas; it is a war on the Palestinian people," he said. "The Israeli politicians are using this bloodbath, which is the worst since 1967, for their election campaigns. This is insane." Indeed, Ehud Barak's (the defense minister) party has seen a spike in the polls.
Nuts? I must say I agree.
Here's a nutty idea: the internet should make it easy for posted stats to change (such as when cited on blogs), by allowing links to authoritative sources that would update the data. I.e., if I quote 375 Palestinians, it should be updated, when known, (in real time?), what the new numbers are.

Here's some more info I found interesting: "The attack (the word used in Peter Byrne's article is shoah, Hebrew for holocaust) that the Israelis have brought to Gaza is being carried out with our phosphorous bombs, our DIME fusion bombs, and our high-rocketry purchased with our 3B a year in foreign aid...The homemade missiles Hamas sporadically lobs into territory swiped by Isreael from already displaced Palestinian farmers in 1967 are spitballs compared to the Israeli arsenal."

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