Why Not Grant FULL Independence to Gaza in Exchange for Peace?
Ocean asked:
Why not let Gazans be in control of their own borders, have acces to the world, so that they can build an airport and a port in order to trade with the rest of the world (as they have been demanding). Why Israel needs to keep them starved, with services shut off, to punish them for supporting Hamas? Obviously that strategy is not working.
Why not let Gazans be in control of their own borders, have acces to the world, so that they can build an airport and a port in order to trade with the rest of the world (as they have been demanding). Why Israel needs to keep them starved, with services shut off, to punish them for supporting Hamas? Obviously that strategy is not working.
That would also give hope to the West Bank Palestinians that independence is possible.
I meant FULL independence. Either you are missing the point or are indulging in obfuscation.
Paperback : You are not getting it. Israel cuts of electricity and water whenever it chooses and won’t allow Gazans to trade or receive aid from other Arab countries. If it does that, how can it expect Palestinians to do nothing?
Kismet: It was Israel that forced Egypt to close its border with Gaza and keep Palestinians trapped. The US made sure of that. Either you are ignorant or are trying to deceive us.
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February 8th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Israel pulled out of Gaza back in 2005. But then the Palestinians (Hamas) moved in and started shooting rockets. So it’s been tried.
February 8th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Because Israel is a cruel country, there has been tension for thousands of years, they proboly enjoy the deaths. They do not care about Palestine or their freedom. They just want all of there land.
February 11th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
Good idea. Why can’t government leaders have as much common sense?
February 15th, 2009 at 3:24 am
They hate each other. so each side makes excuses to attack each other duh!
February 16th, 2009 at 9:17 am
Israel did all of that; five years ago. She left, the Palestinians had full control. Ten minutes later, Hamas got voted in and suicide bombings in Israeli hospitals and schools became a weekly occurrence; daily, sometimes.
Israel treats Palestinians in her hospitals, and gives free water and fuel – how is that ‘punishing’ anyone?
All Israel has ever asked for is an END to the terrorism. Does that sound so unreasonable to you?
February 18th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Israel will never do that because then they will not have excuses to kill innocent people and occupy more lands.
February 21st, 2009 at 9:30 pm
Israel withdrew completely from the Gaza Strip in 2005, uprooting thousands of its own citizens in order to uphold internationally-recognized borders in Gaza. The Palestinians have no further territorial claims against Israel in Gaza. But instead of working to improve the quality of life for its citizens, Hamas has focused on improving the range and accuracy of its Kassam missiles and mortars and increasing its store of weapons. The Palestinian rockets, therefore, can only be seen as aggression against Israel with no moral basis.
Palestinians have fired more than 6,000 rockets and mortars into Israel since the Israeli withdrawal — all without provocation. The rocket fire even continued during the six-months of “calm” in the Gaza area that ended last Friday. Since then, Hamas stepped up rocket fire substantially, launching 170 rockets at Israel over eight days, an average of more than 20 rockets a day.
No country in the world would allow this type of onslaught against its citizens. As President-elect Barack Obama said during his visit to the rocket-battered town of Sderot five months ago, “If someone was sending rockets into my house where my two daughters sleep at night, I would do everything to stop that, and would expect Israel to do the same thing.”
You should ask Egypt to open its border with Gaza in order to help their brethren. After all, Hamas targets Israel, not Egypt, so why doesn’t Egypt open up its border with Gaza?
The Palestinians have long cultivated an image of victimhood to win world sympathy and demand Israeli restraint in the face of Palestinian aggression. In reality, the Palestinians’ so-called “primitive” Kassam rocket has killed and wounded hundreds of Israeli civilians. The number of casualties would be even higher without Israeli security measures such as early-warning alarms in areas under rocket threat that allow Israelis to escape into bomb shelters. Hamas has also fired medium-range Grad-type Katyusha rockets, placing more than 250,000 Israeli civilians under direct threat of rocket fire.
Given the Palestinian fire power and their willingness to use it, it is clear that the charge of “excessive force” is simply the latest incarnation of the Palestinian strategy of “victimhood.” Terror groups fire indiscriminately at innocent Israelis and then complain of excessive or disproportionate force when Israel fires back. But according to internationally accepted laws of war, Israel is permitted to respond with the force necessary to end the conflict.
It is also important to examine the intent behind the use of weapons. Palestinian terrorists do everything in their power to hurt or kill as many Israeli civilians as possible; Israel is using its advanced weaponry to protect Palestinian civilians from harm.
Hamas promotes itself as the legitimate power in Gaza. In reality, Hamas is at its core a terrorist organization that refuses to renounce violence or recognize Israel’s right to exist. Hamas is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States and the European Union.
Hamas came to power in Gaza through a violent coup against the Palestinian Authority government. The international community continues to recognize the PA, under the leadership of Mahmoud Abbas, as the legitimate Palestinian government in the Palestinian territories. At the same time Israel is fighting terror, the government is deliberately and openly maintaining a political process with the Palestinian government Abbas. Hamas opposes these negotiations and any settlement with Israel, and constitutes an unstable element in the region.
Hamas steadfastly refuses to recognize Israel and continues to launch attacks on its neighbor. Since Hamas refuses to live in peace with Israel, the Israeli government has no choice but to seek Hamas’ replacement.
February 22nd, 2009 at 9:28 pm
your question is right but those who answered are wrong like paperback and kismet
i have seen israel and its not like that. israel has broke the treaty with hamas on not using bombs or any of that and so hamas fought back.
however hamas killed 4 and the israels killed over 400 you people are blind they never help they palestinians they kill them. the israelis use your tax money to buy bombs and kill the innocent children see for yourself and try entering israel when i went i stayed at the cross point for 8 hours because i have the american passport HHAA you people are laughing at yourself are you really that blind go to gaza they are the ones that are suffering and they never voted hamas in they got themselves in and im not saying hamas is good but neither is israelis you got it all wrong
go to youtube and search palestine and see the pure agony they see
those who have a voice must speak for the voiceless
FREE PALESTINE
February 26th, 2009 at 4:25 am
That has been offered, and rejected.
Israel wants peace. Gaza’s militants want Israel dead.
It’s hard to come to the meeting of the minds.