A guest on CNN's the Lated Edition at around 10:20 Sun, 4 Nov 2007 stated that the central issue in the middle east was the Golan Heights, or something to that effect. I think that more to the point, the unbridled genocide of the Palestinians by Israel is more pressing than the mere occupation of territory. Don't get me wrong, occupation by ANYONE, ANYWHERE is of major import. But I think that genocide tops the list, anywhere, anytime. Why is it that one can find the daily death tolls of innocent civilians anywhere in the world on the web, if you know how to look, yet U.S. Media never even mentions these sadistic acts of brutality?
Israel periodically mounts massive invasions into Palestinian communities, using tanks, helicopter gunships, and F-16 fighter jets. Palestinian fighters resisting these forces possess rifles and homemade mortars and rockets. A minute fraction strap explosives onto their own bodies and attempt to deliver their bombs in person; often they kill only themselves.
While the large majority of Palestinians oppose suicide bombings, many feel that armed resistance has become necessary - much as Americans supported war after the attack at Pearl Harbor. Nevertheless, only a small portion take an active part in the resistance, despite the fact that virtually all support its aim: to create a nation free from foreign oppression.
1,025 Israelis and at least 4,308 Palestinians have been killed since September 29, 2000.
0 Israeli homes have been demolished by Palestinians and 4,170 Palestinian homes have been demolished by Israel since September 29, 2000.
Israel currently has 223 Jewish-only settlements and ‘outposts’ built on confiscated Palestinian land. Palestinians do not have any settlements on Israeli land.
(Statistics from: If Americans Knew.org/ )
