Today, Israeli forces attacked
a Hamas leader's house and killed his 14-year old daughter, among other
civilians. This is a few days after Hamas offered Israel a 6-month cease-fire,
which Israel is planning on rejecting because they don't want to talk to Hamas.
What I'd like to know is this: what exactly is Israel trying to accomplish by
promoting this violence?
Anybody can tell you that the right way to deal with a fundamentalist
organization is not to provoke them further. When you reject a cease-fire and
then go and attack the leader, how do you expect to really manage the negative
sentiment? It's starting to seem like Israel's goal is just to eliminate all of
the Palestinians rather than to come up with a peaceful solution. This seems to
be the best political move for somebody looking for votes from the Israeli
population; the hardline attitude must be popular, since it's definitely
prevailing.
I know that Hamas said that they intend to end Israel permanently, so the
Israelis probably aren't too happy about that. But will it really help solve the
problem if they provoke more violence? They won't be able to eliminate the Arabs
entirely, so how is it helping them to increase the hatred? The only way to
solve the problem is to promote peace in the next generations, and this is
definitely not the way to do it.
I guess that promoting peace isn't the best political move. As long as Israel
has American support, they have the ability to flex their muscles throughout the
Middle East… so why not do it?
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