It turns out I was extremely optimistic in my previous post, prior to Christmas. Events now seem to have made peace in Palestine/Israel a distant dream. I have also been highly disappointed by Obama's silence on this issue. Ok, he is not yet President, but Israel seems to have timed this attack to take advantage of the power vacuum in Washington. As ever the calls, especially from the US administration, for a ceasefire require more responsibility for the Palestinians than the Israeli's despite the Israelis having killed 688 Palestinians compared to the 10 Israeli's killed by the Palestinians.
I just hope the international community would start pressurising Israel into stopping this attack as soon as possible, rather than having loose rhetoric. Condemning Israel doesn't mean you are approving militants related to Hamas, the rest of the international community needs to understand that.
Thursday, 8 January 2009
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