The Palestinian and Israeli Conflict has been going on for over sixty years. For over sixty years, people have killed each other for the Land, the holiest spot in the world in the eyes of the Christians and Jews, and second holiest by the Muslims. So much blood has been shed by both sides, so many lives ruined, so much sadness.
No one is innocent here. No one. The situation is lopsided, with Israel getting away with breaking international law and driving Palestinians out of their homes, to the illegal siege of Gaza, where 90% of the drinking water there is impure and dirty, where people still live in blown out building, because the necessary aid is being blocked by Israeli authorities, and with Hamas firing rockets into Israeli schools, cafes, and plazas.
Why is the problem so? Well, let us analyze it, shall we?
(NOTE: Beyond historical dates, facts and figures, This is my opinion and view of the situation, and nothing else. i do not mean to offend anyone with what I post here.)
Why did the Israel blockade Gaza in the first place?
Well, Terrorist or Freedom Fighters, depending on your point of view, continue to fire rockets into Israel. Since they refuse to desist firing Rockets, Israel has blockaded Gaza until they do so. However now, Hamas continues to fire rockets BECAUSE of the Blockade. Also, the rockets contain no warheads or guidance guidance systems, they are fired similarly as mortar rounds would be fired. It can also be argued that the rockets are nothing more than a large firework with no powder. For the past nine years, 28 people were killed by attacks in Gaza, and hundreds have been injured, many seriously. The Death numbers are low, but the DO NOT, and I repeat, DO NOT excuse or condone the attacks by Hamas and other Gaza residents.
So why did the People of Gaza elect Hamas in the first place? Do they all hate Israel and Jews? Why is that?
Well let us go back in time to Germany 1921-1933.
After the first World War, Germany was ruined. pride destroyed, Its army neutered and shamed, Its people humiliated, and its colonies stripped due to the Versailles treaty it signed 1918. It's economy was devastated and inflation ran rampant, caused by when Germany printed massive amounts of money to fund the war. The Wiemar Government was weak, and it was not united, as Germany had dozens of Political parties vying for power in the New Republic. People were homeless and hungry, and the money was worthless, during the Great Depression, one TRILLION (that's right people, TRILLION) German Marks were worth ONE (and ONLY one) U.S. dollar, which was worthless as well. the streets were not safe, you had militarist right wing groups, like the Nazi party's Sturmabteilung (or brown shirts), to leftist Communist gangs fighting and killing each other in the streets. It was fearful, frightening time.
And that is how Adolf Hitler Rose to power.
Using the fears of the German people, he promised them a greater Germany, he promised to rebuild the nation, and to take revenge against the French who humiliated them in the war and again by the treaty. And so that is how he rose to power, and by the time people in Germany realized what he will do and HAD done, it was too late, he had taken control of all of Germany.
So what does this have to do with Gaza electing Hamas?
Well the same thing happened in Gaza. The People in Gaza are hungry, tired, cold and NEED help. they are afraid of being expelled from Gaza by Israel, afraid of another Invasion by Israel, and want to get out of the situation, leave, but they cannot. And with the new generation born in Gaza now reaching their teens, it creates MANY angry youth, unable to change the situation. Hamas talked about revenge against Israel, a Free Palestine and Gaza, and people were desperate for change, and voted for Hamas by the droves. It happened in Germany, Russia, China, and so many other countries, and happened in Gaza. They fire rockets, hate Israel, because the people in Gaza have nothing to lose, nothing to return to, very little hope, but much hate and anger.
So what do we do to solve it? Well, this is a gamble, and it might work, it might not, but even if it does not work, you cannot say it wasn't money well spent, it wasn't a good investment to peace.
Firstly: The U.S. needs Withdraws aid to Israel. They stop funding their military, donating to Israel, and they keep watch on AIPAC (American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee) activities. Israel is breaking the rules and ignoring criticism because it has the U.S. backing every move it makes. When Israel started, it was the little kid on the block that everyone bullied (the 48 war, the Yom Kippur war, etc.), and went to the Adult on the Block (the U.S.) for help. Well, the little kid (Israel) now figures out, that HE can bully all the other kids that bullied him (Iraq, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon.), and whenever they complain, he can just go to the bi adult and say, "I'm defending myself." If Israel had little support for the U.S., it can't get away with what it does, and will start obeying the rules (The UN Resolutions).
Now many Pro-Israelis will say, "If the U.S. removes support, then it will be the Destruction of Israel as we know it.", but that is a bit of a hollow argument. Israel has nuclear weapons. Let me repeat. Israel. has. NUCLEAR WEAPONS. If any country attacked Israel now, Israel could create a Multiple Doomsday Scenarios for the attackers, it can turn the Middle East into an Atomic, Wasteland Desert. It can make Tehran, Baghdad, Beirut, Amman, Cairo, with nuclear fire. Also, Israeli military, tactics and troops outstrip those of the Middle East. So on its own, Israel is very well protected.
Secondly: The U.S. Spends 60 billion dollars a year on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. What if we took another 60 billion, and spent it on Gaza? And no, we do not give it to the governments, because if we gave it to Israel, we will never see the money again and never know how it was spent, if we gave it to Fatah, all we'll do is create a bunch of millionaire with Swiss Bank Accounts, because Fatah's corruption problem makes the corruption here in America look tame, and if we give it to Hamas, they'll only spend it on weapons and MORE weapons. Instead, we hire some American Contractors, French Contractors, German Contractor, Chinese contractors and they build children's parks, streets and roads, rebuild housing, fix the water filtration system in Gaza, Rebuild hospitals and schools, get it's economy going and make Gaza prosper and it's people well taken care of and Happy, if you do that, the hatred, the desperation and the anger is non-existent, and people will think twice before they gamble away their society. Give them something to lose, something they want to keep, and I bet you Hamas will stop firing rockets, Hamas probably won't even be elected into power, the Gaza problem will be solved. And even if it doesn't work, even if we spend all that money, do all those renovations, and Gaza still-fires rockets, yo can't tell me it wasn't money well spent, it wasn't a good investment to peace. Because everything we have been doing for 62 years, all the violence, all the blood shed, it hasn't been working. It will NEVER work. All we are doing is feeding into a cycle of hatred a violence, and it will never stop until both sides destroy each other, and even then it might not stop. Because the Israelis are horrible, and I mean Jesus Christ GOD AWFUL when it comes to diplomacy, or public relations of any kind. Hamas is just as bad at it as well. What needs to happen is that they need to stop stiffening their necks and talk about "national Security and Defense, blah blah," and start talking about peace. We need new, mentally flexible YOUNGER leaders on both sides to work this out. And renovating Gaza from the hell-hole it is to a decent society to live in, would be a good step to peace.
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