Comments on: UPDATE: Security Cabinet Decision on the Continuation of IDF Operations in the Gaza Strip http://www.israelpolitik.org/2009/01/03/update-security-cabinet-decision-on-the-continuation-of-idf-operations-in-the-gaza-strip/ Political blog of the Consulate General of Israel in New York Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:56:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Michael http://www.israelpolitik.org/2009/01/03/update-security-cabinet-decision-on-the-continuation-of-idf-operations-in-the-gaza-strip/comment-page-1/#comment-54121 Michael Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:27:49 +0000 http://www.israelpolitik.org/?p=437#comment-54121 As an outside observer to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, who lived most of my youth under South Africa's apartheid regime, I cannot fathom how the Israeli government imagines that this invasion, on top of the inhuman blockade of Gaza, will solve any long-term problems for Israel. It appears to me to be an act of desperation and frustration, not a well-thought strategic choice. I add my voice to those who call for a ceasefire and negotiations. Israel must find a reasonable proposal that gives Palestinians a future if it has any hope of achieving a lasting peace. The current slaughter of hundred of civilians in a crude attempt to wipe out Hamas is grossly out of proportion to the persistant, though amateur, but fatal rocket attacks conducted by Hamas. I am saddened that Israel is at risk of losing sympathy and support from a wide range of people, and of encouraging stronger, more radical, violent opposition in the region through its actions, which it will regret for decades to come. As an outside observer to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, who lived most of my youth under South Africa’s apartheid regime, I cannot fathom how the Israeli government imagines that this invasion, on top of the inhuman blockade of Gaza, will solve any long-term problems for Israel. It appears to me to be an act of desperation and frustration, not a well-thought strategic choice.

I add my voice to those who call for a ceasefire and negotiations. Israel must find a reasonable proposal that gives Palestinians a future if it has any hope of achieving a lasting peace. The current slaughter of hundred of civilians in a crude attempt to wipe out Hamas is grossly out of proportion to the persistant, though amateur, but fatal rocket attacks conducted by Hamas. I am saddened that Israel is at risk of losing sympathy and support from a wide range of people, and of encouraging stronger, more radical, violent opposition in the region through its actions, which it will regret for decades to come.

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