With things flaring up in Gaza & southern Israel, let us remember that not all who live in Gaza are Hamas terrorists & not all Israelis support the actions of the Israeli government.

I don’t side with Hamas, I don’t side with Israel, I side with the innocent people being killed & injured due to this warring bullshit.

President Obama has said that the US government support Israel’s right to self defence but would prefer it if Israel didn’t launch a ground offensive into Gaza. Obama saying that he would prefer it if Israel didn’t launch a ground offensive is a bit like saying I’d prefer you didn’t kill anybody but I know you’re going to. Obama could use the leverage the US government has over Israel to prevent the continuing killing of innocent people in Gaza but a thought has entered my head over the weekend as to why he might not.

During the recent US presidential election it was kind of obvious from the rhetoric from Romney & the GOP that they were trying to gain the support from the Israeli lobby or possibly were already receiving support from the Israeli lobby. It had appeared that during his first term Obama had used the financial leverage that the US government has over Israel to restrain the behaviour of the Israeli government somewhat, but the question now is with the House of Representatives in the control of the GOP is Obama prepared to turn more of a blind eye to any egregious actions undertaken by the Israeli government. I know it’s a pretty harsh accusation to make that Obama might do such a repugnant thing as turn more a blind eye to the Israeli government killing innocent people so that he can get legalisation thorough Congress but politicians often do deals that have repugnant consequences for people in far off lands & closer to home so they can look like winners etc.

The continuing support of the US government for Israel has in fact created more grief for people in both the United States & Israel. Siding with Israel has just created angry blowback upon the United States which has resulted in planes being flown into skyscrapers etc & will continuously makes the United States unpopular in many parts of the world. I’ve long believed that if the US government ceased bankrolling the state of Israel it would seriously improve the likelihood of peace between the Israelis & Palestinians. The continuous funding by US government of the Israeli government has cushioned the Israeli government to often act like a bully towards the Palestinians & other neighbours, the continuous US sponsorship of Israel has helped to enable the Israeli government to act in far more egregious manner then it would if it had to stand on its own. If Israel had to operate under its own steam it would have be far more consolatory towards the Palestinians it would have to listen far more to the grievances & concerns with the Palestinians; ultimately Israel would have to make peace with the Palestinian people.

The treatment of Jews by the Nazis was a truly horrific thing but it doesn’t excuse the Israeli government orchestrate the treatment it does to those living in Gaza. I’m often frustrated by the Israeli government not twigging that its policy of ‘containment’ in regards to Gaza which aids Hamas to get the mass support it does in Gaza. I’m certainly not saying that Hamas are nice people but it’s the Israeli stranglehold of Gaza which is giving Hamas the support it does. Blockading the borders & not allowing food aid to enter, operating a sea & air blockade & thus forcing day to day goods having to be smuggled in thorough underground tunnels, all might kind of contribute to why Hamas gets the mass support it does.

When will the Israel government realise that if you treat people like caged animals they’ll start acting like caged animals! If Israeli government wants to undermine support for Hamas then maybe it should be affording the Palestinians greater respect & freedom & not making them pass thorough endless checkpoints to get to work & having Palestinians arrive home from work to find it levelled by an Israeli rocket attack.

Its certainly true to say that Israel is far more what we in west would recognise as a liberal democracy if you compare it with surrounding nations, but its supposed defence of being a ‘liberal democracy’ doesn’t excuse its orchestration of an apartheid regime towards the Palestinians or the utterly disgraceful treatment of those living in Gaza. Yes the persecution of Jewish people throughout the centuries has been a horrific disgrace, but it doesn’t justify the utterly disgraceful treatment of people & loss of innocent life currently being perpetuated by the Israeli government in Gaza.

Of course Israel will claim that Hamas provoked them into launching military bombardment of Gaza, I’m not denying Hamas aren’t complicit in this bullshit & I’m no friend of political Islam; but whatever it’s a disgrace that innocent lives are being killed & there should never be any excuse for innocents being murdered!