Another perspective...Why In The World Does The American Left Give Hamas A Free Pass?

[Swede Atlanta]

7. You are myopic.....

Let's rewind the film........

It is the late 1940's. The world is becoming aware of the atrocities of the Holocaust. There has already been a struggle by Zionists in what was then known as Palestine against the British. A UN Mandate creates the environment for the establishment of a Jewish state.

Palestinians who had been on the land for generations are forced from their lands and often into camps to make room for Jews because the world felt sorry for the Jews after the Holocaust. I am obviously simplifying but this is the general theme.

So Israel is established and the Palestinian people are basically left to lands surrounding the new state of Israel. Lands they had occupied have been seized by Zionists who had been in the fight and for those returning from the diaspora.

We are now 50+ years past the establishment of the modern day state of Israel. Young Palestinians see no hope. They expect to continue to be treated as 2nd class citizens and have essentially no real opportunity for the future. That is why militants can easily recruit them as suicide bombers. In that situation I would be ready to blow myself up and kill as many Israelis as possible. The more the merrier.

This conflict can NEVER be solved by continued bloodshed. I am a firm supported of the right of Israel to exist and defend itself. I oppose, however, their continued settlement building and crushing of the Palestinian people.

I don't disagree that Hamas should not be firing the rockets into Israel but I think Israel's response in terms of the number of dead is clear. Israel is now the aggressor and needs to stop. The U.S. should stop any and all military and other assistance to Israel FOREVER. We should also forbid any American Jews from sending money to Israel. If they want to support them there then move there. Israel would fall over in a matter of months without U.S. money.

Sorry but I am tired of Israel continuing to build settlements because the conservative Jews want a new block of houses. Stop, enough is enough.