Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Madness at the highest level of the Israeli-Palestinian politics


Israel has been pounding the Gaza Strip for a while now. After days of heavy bombardments, from air, sea and the artillery, its ground troop along with their tanks and armored vehicles has now moved into the territory.

This is madness. A madness which is laid right at the top of the both sides of the Israeli and the Palestinian political apparatuses. Israel and the Palestinian Authority in Gaza, Hamas, have had a truce in place for many months. The truce had expired just 6 days prior to this incomprehensible madness.

Apparently after expiring the truce, Hamas had started firing rockets over to Israeli towns. And in response, Israel has started the imprudent actions in Gaza. The dispropotionate response of Israel is dangerous. It has been tried before, it has not worked, and most likely it will not work this time around too. It only creates a furor of hatred and revenge. No-one will be benefited from the calamity in Gaza, and it has the potential to turn the entire region into a cauldron.

Furthermore, if we add the current situation in Gaza to the strategical importance of the Middle East to the broader world, then we have a serious problem on our hand. That is why the Security Council of the United Nation has immediately called for an emergency meeting to discuss the situation. However, the only irresponsible member, in this occasion of course, of the council with the veto power, the United States, was naive enough to ignore the gravity of the situation. But needless to say, it is the same administration which after 8 years in office has managed to get the United States into its current miserable international status.

One can only hope and should desperately search for more talented people in the new US administration, president-elect Obama certainly proved to be one. we need more.

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