Gaza demonstration photos.

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Permalink Reply by maggie on August 3, 2014 at 11:20

Take a look at Gaza pre 2005? Why not take alook at Palestine pre 1948? "Why is Israel the only middle east country to grant Palestinians citizenship?" This statement beggars belief. When hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees and immigrants arrived in Palestine it was not an empty country, there were Arab Palestinians and Jewish Palestinians and Christian Palestininians etc....Are you saying that Arab and Christian Palestinians who lived in Palestine, now Israel, should not have citizenship of their country.

"After 2005 where's the millions of dollars given to Hamas to create infrastructure?"   One could say the same of Israel.  "Israel receives about $3 billion in direct foreign assistance each year, (from USA) which is roughly one-fifth of America's entire foreign aid budget."  "This largesse is especially striking when one realizes that Israel is now a wealthy industrial state" John J. (Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy").

To accuse people of anti- semitism is not helpful. The policies of the Israeli state are not supported by all jews. It is completely possible for people to oppose those Israeli policies without being anti semitic.

The people of Gaza are trapped in a large 'prison', their situation is untenable, unless this changes what are the options for peace.

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Permalink Reply by Leslie on August 3, 2014 at 11:47

What are your solutions to dissolve this "prison?" You honestly think the goal of Hamas is a Palestinian state?

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Permalink Reply by john on August 4, 2014 at 14:14

In my opinion, the only path to peace is through a one state solution where all live equally.

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Permalink Reply by Philip on August 4, 2014 at 14:56

I would thoroughly agree but that option is ruled out by Tel Aviv who insist it must be a Jewish state.....

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