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Gaza one year on

Whilst the news out of New York is that some sort of UN resolution will be passed in relation to the current Israel-Hezbollah fighting, that "other" issue confronting Israel - the Palestinians - is still very much alive.

As Reuters reports:

"As Palestinian farmer Hassan Abdel-Dayem looks across his fields to the rubble of former Jewish settlements, he sees an Israeli armoured vehicle trundling past.

A year ago, optimism soared in the Gaza Strip as Israel began its withdrawal of Jewish settlers after 38 years of occupation. Now, depression has rarely been deeper.

Hopes that Gaza could become a shining example of a future Palestinian state have been sunk by renewed violence with Israel as well as internal squabbles that set factions on the brink of war in the poor territory of 1.4 million people".

Whatever the outcome of a truce, ceasefire or whatever in the present carnage in Israel and Lebanon, the critical matter of resolving the Palestinian issue, be it in Gaza or the West Bank, must be attended to without delay.

Meanwhile, read the full Reuters piece here.

Comments

Seabee said…
It's the root cause of all the problems of course and as always the cause needs to be resolved, not the symptoms. The preposterously named 'war on terror' is treating the symptoms while the cause is being totally ignored.

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