Last June, the people of Gaza had an election and put Hamas in power. Instead of trying to negotiate with the new government, Israel decided to punish them for electing Hamas leaders. They have imposed a blockade and isolated Gaza from the world.
This punishment has now developed into a humanitarian crises of enormous proportions. About 1.5 million people live in Gaza, and 56% of them are children. The vast majority of these children are now malnourished because the blockade is not allowing enough aid to enter.
The aid needed could be delivered in 250 trucks each day, but the Israelis are only allowing 45 trucks each day -- not nearly enough. Even worse, now the United Nations said they cannot even deliver that because of restrictions on fuel.
It looks like Israel has decided to starve the people of Gaza into submission. This is just wrong. I believe Israel has a right to exist, but it doesn't have any right to commit atrocities against their neighbors. There will never be peace in that area until the Israelis are willing to negotiate with the people in power -- not the people they want to be in power.
The Israelis have overreacted. There is a big difference between self-defence (which they claim) and the starving of children (which they are doing). The entire world should condemn Israel's treatment of the people of Gaza.
Persecution is wrong when practiced against the Jews -- it is also wrong when practiced by them.
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Badtux the Snarky Penguin has written an excellent post on this topic. It is well worth reading.
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