#Gaza_Strip The situation in Gaza is horrific. A handicap center was bombed killing two special girls. A doctors house is bombed. A family is bombed as they come out of a mosque killing 18 members. Resistance factions in Gaza responded with rockets that fell on cities deep inside Israel (1948 Palestine). The capabilities of a besieged Gaza strip astonished many Israelis (projectiles reaching as far as Haifa, frogmen penetrating an Israeli base successfully from the sea, a drone that flew for hours in Israeli airspace before it was finally shot down etc). We have to remember that Israel started the genocide in Gaza. Even if we take the most rcent issue, it was Israeli airplanes that first attacked Gaza after 2 years of signing an agreement not to do so. So Israel attacked Gaza and the resistance responded by firing a few rockets and Israel then decided to target hundreds of homes and over 20 mosques in Gaza. Western media and politicians seem oblivious to facts. In so doing tehy encourage aggression which will only bring more radicalism. The notion of might makes right will get further entrenched here and I am afraid the future will be bleak for all of us (Israelis, Palestinians, Americans etc). I always explained to visitors and the media that there is no win-lose scenario, there is either a lose-lose scenario (the might makes right path of Zionism) or a win-win scenario (justice and human rights including the rights of refugees to return to their homes and lands). We all need to take responsibility and do something positive not something negative. We either live together as equal human beings or we perish together as fools. Education is a key component of this. Knowledge is power and I urge all to share with us as we educate young Palestinians and others about the value of knowledge and of respect. In the words of our friend and the martyr Vittorio Arrigoni: Stay human Sincerely Mazin Qumsiyeh Professor and Director, PMNH/PIBR Bethlehem Occupied Palestine
Posted on: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 10:57:00 +0000
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