Monday, January 19, 2009
A cease fire in Gaza?
I hope it lasts this time. I've been following the issues in Gaza for about a month now. Im a member of Amnesty International, so I attended the second protest in Miami. That's where I learned about the stuggle that Palestinians have gone through over the last 60 years. I saw the documentary "The Iron Wall" last year, and I hadn't connected the two yet. I think there is a serious human rights crisis going on, and something should be done about it.
There is a cease fire happening right now, and Israel is trying to make themselves look good by saying that they won't bomb if Hamas doesn't hit first. If there was no occupation, there would be no reason to fight. Israel gave them three days, Hamas gave them a week. It's a political war at this point. But innocent people are still dying. Pregnant women giving birth cant get to the hospital because of the checkpoints, and they die with their babies. Same with wounded civilians. Israel may pull out their troops, but a million people are still stuck in a tiny country that is 5 miles wide. That's like putting a million people in lee county. And their houses are demolished every day. They don't have medical supplies or food. Isreal bombed the tunnels they used to get their supplies.
So, Israel might make themselves look good for now. They'll try to make Obama happy when he gets into office tomorrow. But it doesn't change the fact that a humanitarian crisis is still ongoing.
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