In response to increased rocket attacks from a number of Palestinian groups, Israel launched a second wave of air strikes late Saturday and early Sunday morning. The weekend’s estimated death toll increased to 280. Last week, Hamas declared an end to a rocky six-month-old ceasefire agreement. The IDF is reportedly “sending tanks and infantry reinforcements southward in preparation for possible ground incursion.” After the first wave of air strikes yesterday, Hamas launched a new series of rocket attacks, while Khaled Meshal, Hamas’s political leader, said during an interview, “This is the time for a third Intifada.” The White House called Hamas ‘thugs,’ saying, “Israel is going to defend its people against terrorists like Hamas that indiscriminately kill their own people.” |
I hate writing about Israeli/anybody conflicts because it's really hard to get people to realize that the Israeli government as a much a bunch of assholes as whatever bunch of assholes they're fighting with at any given time. Israel's response in this situation is as disproportionate as it always is.
There are no good guys in this fight, no one we should really be rooting for. The best we can do is hope that both sides will someday realize that they're going about this all wrong. Israel's system of apartheid guarantees terrorism and terrorism guarantees the continuation of apartheid.
There are no good guys in this fight, no one we should really be rooting for. The best we can do is hope that both sides will someday realize that they're going about this all wrong. Israel's system of apartheid guarantees terrorism and terrorism guarantees the continuation of apartheid.
