Obama backs Egypt's truce efforts, but says Gaza blockade must be lifted

[Jefferson23]

36. Right or wrong, they are stating now and have before, that no matter when they have kept to

agreements, it does not result in anything of substance for them. When people are desperate
they do desperate things..expecting all people to submit is not likely to occur. Human nature
will find a way to fight back, and that usually does not come packaged in a hearts and flowers campaign.
Their people in Gaza have expressed some tragic sentiments, such as they would rather die quickly
than slowly under the siege...judge them as you will. To me, this tells me how beyond hope people
can become.


Civil disobedience, en masse was not the chosen path for Hamas, and I will add, not for Abbas, either.

They are both mistaken, imho.