A couple days ago, we saw on TV two Palestinian women on a peaceful demonstration shot in the back while running away from the IDF. This shooting reminds me of video from Apartheid South Africa I used to see when i was growing up. We are hear today of and tank shell hitting a civilian house killing 18 more women and children.
It seems anywhere the IDF go, they leave a multitude of innocent dead in their wake. I DO NOT BELIEVE THE CIVILIAN OR MILITARY LEADERSHIP OF THE IDF ORDERS THE TARGETING OF CIVILIANS. They do however seem to encourage a culture of impunity which could and, probably does, lead to indiscipline among the "frontline" troops.
Civilian deaths like these may serve to vindicate extremist propaganda in the eyes of the Arab world. This cannot be good for Israel or peace in general. Israel must find an alternative to this cycle of attack and retaliation they have been stuck in for almost 50 years!
There will be no decisive military victory, no military glory for either side. Israelis cannot continue to revert to "Jewish Paranoia" over the existence of their state. All rational observers can see that there is very little prospect of the State of Israel not existing into the distant future.
The only real threat to the existence of Israel is the loss of American support for which there is also little prospect.
Israel has the ability to make a bilateral peace from a position of strength rather than making excuses and constantly moving unilaterally. It is clear that Israel is not in a conciliatory mood after their recent strategic defeat in Lebanon. Going forward I hope the people of Israel begin to realise that there is not military solution to their unique problem.
DIALOGUE IS THE ONLY WAY TO PEACE AND ISRAELIS WILL NOT KNOW PEACE UNTIL MOST OF THEM REALISE THIS!
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