Palestinian/Israeli Struggle

Monday, February 02, 2009
Peace in the Middle East: The Palestinian/Israeli struggle
"Hamas recently declared war on Israel..."- actual quote I heard on a show on Fox News - January 28, 2009This kind of misinformation in our pristine ever-correct American media is what fuels the fire. The hatred. The misconception of the "rock throwing hateful Palestinian suicide bomber". The enemy of Israel and since Israel is an ally, therefore an enemy of America. Wrong. Lies.Israel since day one has resorted to violence and terrorism. Just google the "King David Hotel Bombing". What happened there? Jewish terrorists dressed in Arab garb bombed a hotel. Dozens were killed. Has anyone ever heard of that? Nope. That act of terror lays forgotten in the shadow of 9-11. Anyone remember the massacres at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Lebanon in September 1982? Christian miliatiamen murdering civilians. Dead women and babies littered the streets of the camp. Did anyone learn about that ever? In school? on the news? Anyone remember the massacre at Jenin? This was a few years ago. But already forgotten.So the Palestinians have declared war on goody goody Israel right? Its mutual hatred. The Palestinians are a proud people ready to die for their right to have a homeland. The Jewish populace believe God promised them their own piece of land therefore making them the rightful owners of the land. Religion... the one cause of problems in the world. Put it this way. A boy on a sandbox playing for hours. Then comes a new boy and declares the sandbox his. "Nope", says the first boy, "I have been playing here for hours". Well, says the second boy, "God has promised me this sandbox".The first boy refutes saying that his God is not his own God. They resort to violence. First boy throws rocks what is available to him. Second boy resorts to using heavy weaponry with the aid of his other friend, a bigger, taller and more powerful friend. One has to ask. Is this all fair? The Bigger, Taller friend then tells the whole playground that boy number one is hateful and bitter and a fanatic and doesn't want to share his sandbox and recognize boy number twos right to existence. Hm...sound familiar? Boy number one just wants to play in the sandbox. What happened to his right? To be free? and able to do what he wants?Recently Israel attacked Gaza. Bombs, Planes and Phosphorus, burning everyone. What did everyone hear in the media? That Israel was going after Hamas. More than 1000 died in the attacks. 1000 members of Hamas right? No. Of the 1000, only a few were actual Hamas. The rest? Of course you guessed it. Civilians. Men, women and children. Bombed schools. Hospitals. Hundreds of dead kids. Did anyone come to Gaza's defense? No. All support was on Israel. Israel is our friend. Our ally. Nothing they do is wrong, just as nothing we do is wrong.And the world wonders why Palestinians are so angry. One sided treatment 24-7. I'm Mexican, not Palestinian yet i understand their struggle. Why? Because I'm human. The right to be free. The right to exist, and the pursuit of happiness.That's the right of any human being living on this earth. Key words in our Constitution and our declaration of Independence. Words that now lay forgotten in our never ending "War on Terror".Peace in the middle east is possible. But the two sides are too stubborn. Israel abuses every chance to show that its the superpower. Palestine harbors years of resentment. If one day they woke up and decided to live and let live. That would be the end. The recognition of a Jewish state AND a neighboring Palestinian state with its own right to exist. In peace, side by side, not destroying each other but helping each other. In the lands of Jesus, Moses, Mohammad, lands that these three men walked so many years ago. Tolerance. Freedom of religion, no one religion is supreme to the other. All religions and theologies beautiful in their own right. Anything is possible with peace.