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But whose eye, and whose tat was it first?
Oct. 24: A few hours after its troops killed three Palestinians, including a senior Islamic Jihad leader (Louai Saadi, overall commander of the Islamic Jihad's Al-Quds Brigades in the West Bank), an international envoy blasted Israel for foot-dragging on opening Gaza Strip border crossings following its withdrawal. Israel was "almost acting as though there has been no withdrawal, delaying making difficult decisions and preferring to take difficult matters back into slow-moving subcommittees," James Wolfensohn (a former head of the World Bank) told the Mideast Quartet Committee in a letter, a copy of which was obtained by Reuters on Monday, October 24.
Oct. 25: The Israeli army launched artillery and air attacks on two Gaza Strip targets in retaliation for the first rocket attacks on Israeli soil by Palestinian militants since they declared an informal truce last month. The attacks came after Palestinian militants fired makeshift rockets on Israel on Monday in revenge for the killing of a top commander the previous day, without causing any casualties, military sources said. The Israeli air attacks left at least five Palestinians critically injured, including a toddler and three women, one of the women was an elderly woman named Aminah.
Oct. 26: Five Israelis were killed and 30 others wounded when a Palestinian blew himself up by a market in Hadera. The military wing of the Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for an attack, saying the attack was in retaliation to Israel's killing of its West Bank military commander.
Oct. 27: Israel killed seven Palestinians, in Gaza Strip air strike on Thursday, hours after Ariel Sharon ordered a broad offensive in response to a Hadera bombing.
And the story goes on… so whose eye and tat was first? Starting from occupation day, who occupies who? Who came to Palestine and start killing? Palestinians? Or did Palestinians occupy Israel without we knowing?
Sad… just how unfair this world is. And when you look at the mainstream media and go back few days to track the news, you will hardly find any mention of Israel Occupation Forces crimes which started this week (actually never stopped). But as soon as Hadera bombing toke place, booom… everyone is talking about Palestinian crime and how did they break the cease fire. What a joke. What about the crimes of IOF? Can't the media see those? Or is it Halal for Israelis to kill Palestinians and Haraam for Palestinians to kill Israelis? Tit for tat, and an eye for an eye. Yes, it's a fact, and peace is on the way. It's just a matter of few decades before Armageddon day. Until then…
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From where I sit, it looks like neither side has much of a moral high ground. There's suffering on both sides, and it doesn't look like either side is doing a good job of moving beyond the escalating violence and into a new paradigm that might bring peace and hope to the region.
I look forward to the day when that's not true anymore, but honestly, I don't know how we're going to get there.
Hi Haitham, nice blog.
I think you are right and the media is very unfair in its coverage towards the Middle East and especially the continous breaking of cease fires between the two sides.
I think it would be great if a Middle East watchgroup dedicated special attention to documenting the durations of these cease fires and when and by whom they were broken and under what circumnstances.
Even Mahmoud Abbas blamed the breaking of the cease fire on the Palestinian resistance. This is what I find most unbelievable. Extreme lack of integrity in my opinion.
nice blog Haitham,
not to be unfair ourselves, we need to remember that there are journalists here in USA doing their best to educate the american readers and tell them the real facts about the occupation in Palestine.
Peter Jennins who died lately was one of them and because of his positions he had more ennemies than friends here.
The Israeli military kills militant leaders because they're allegedly planning suicide bombings, and the militant group conducts a suicide bombing in retaliation, killing five. The Israeli military then kills five innocent civilians (plus another militant) in order to retaliate for the retaliation. One has to wonder: Why does the Israeli public stand for this self-destructive and immoral idiocy?
Anne,
If Louai Saadi was a military leader, that's not the case with all other killed along with him and other over other span of time and place. Or you want to tell me that IOF kills only militants? In that case, you are considering all Palestinians are militant. And to be honest with you, they honor to be so if that's the case when they defend their land.
Does that justify Israeli killing of innocent civilian Palestinians? Do you want to tell me that killing Israeli militant will not result in Israeli retaliation, or do you want me to remind you of retaliation of IOF upon Palestinian killing Israeli militants?
Therefore, the assumption that Palestinian killed Israeli civilians in retaliation of Israeli killing a Palestinian militant is wrong. Israeli started killing the civilians, hence it's a tit for tat. Yes, Israeli public (as well Palestinians) has to stand for this self-destructive process.
Elections are coming (both sides). Let's see who will Israeli elect. Another war criminal?
Foulla,
Of course, one out of million. We support all these and compliment all what they do. However, the fact remains, who controls the media? Follow the link please…
Haitham, I'm not sure I understood your response to my comment…but I think Islamic Jihad did say the bombing was in response to the assassination of one of their leaders.
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