Many times Israel's leader has agreed to specific peace negotiations with the United States and with Palestine, only to turn right around and do the exact opposite of what he said he would do. There has been no peace made, because Israel will not compromise. It will not back down to any degree and let Palestine have anything, and it intends to make the country into a wasteland if it does not submit. The numbers that it provides regarding killing and such are also not found to be accurate.
The article addressed here looked at the numbers, and there have been many, many more Palestinians killed by Israelis than the other way around. The bombings and the rocket attacks have not ceased. Israel insists that it is doing this because of Palestinian rocket attacks, but none of these started at all until Israel started bombings and border closings and other things, like cutting off the food supply. Since this is the case, it becomes difficult to feel anything but sympathy for Palestine and anger toward...
The author works very hard to remain neutral and simply report the facts, but some of the upset and outrage do leak through in her words, especially when she talks about President Bush and how he is reacting (or more appropriately not reacting) to what Israel is doing to the Palestinian people.
Allegedly, Bush has basically ignored everything that Israel has done, and was photographed standing shoulder to shoulder and grinning with the Israeli leader not long ago. There appeared to be no animosity, nor has Bush denounced in any way the killings and the bombings and the withholding of food that Israel is engaging in every day. This article is very clear about what is happening to Palestine, and this is very valuable information, because the Iraq war has completely overshadowed everything else that is going on in the world. Many people do not know about Israel and Palestine and what is taking place there. This article and this author are working to bring that information to light.
