The End of Palestine

Palestine, from an Osolo-1967-2-State-Solution perspective, has been obliterated. Israel's new "offensive against Hamas," the democratically elected government of Gaza, a military operation that may be more aptly characterized as a massacre, clearly underlines the fact that peace and harmony are not on the agenda.

Rocket assaults from Gaza into Israel, although clearly acts of hateful violence, cannot justify the sustained aerial bombardment and ground invasion Israel unleashed. As of now the operation's official deaths number 910 Palestinians, 292 of them children, and 13 Israelis, 10 of them soldiers. These numbers do not reflect a conflict, they indicate something very close to genocide.

Israel's economic and physical blockade of Gaza prior to and following the election of Hamas, effectively left Israel in control of nearly all borders, airspace, and costal waters. Although Israel withdrew its illegal bases and settlements in Gaza, the state was never sovereign, and any government the Gazans elected, beyond the Fatah party sponsored by the United States and Israel, was doomed to failure, violent or otherwise.

The policies of George W. Bush's administration have encouraged Israeli deviation from the road map to peace and violation of UN Security Council Resolutions. The illegal settlements in the West Bank were encouraged to remain. The West Bank will never be an independent state, and although there are no longer settlers in Gaza, Gazan achievment of soveriegnty is phenomenally unlikely.

Hamas, the democratically elected government of Gaza, is considered a terrorist organization. As its terriotory was invaded, this 'terrorist state' managed to inflict only 13 fatalities on the enemy, killing 3 civilians. The domcratically elected government of Israel, somehow not considered a terrorist state has killed 910 Palestinians, unknown numbers of whom were actually Hamas militants, including 292 children.

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2 Palesitian Children!

Which is the Terrorist State?