More land stolen by Israel as they try to provoke more bloodshead.

Well, now that the dust has finally settled over the ruins of what is left of Gaza after the destruction perpetrated by the Israeli Army, Air Force and Navy, we can finally count up the damage. Over 2,200 Palestinian men, women and children dead. Tens of Thousands of homes destroyed and over 200,000 innocent Palestinians left homeless. 3 hospitals,UN refugee centres and schools bombed with many occupants killed, and lets not forget the 3 Israeli civilians also dead. One died while taking supplies to the IDF. And we may ask, WHY? All because Israel refuses to accept a Independent State of Palestine. Initially it was started because 3 young Israeli boys were murdered in the Illegally occupied West Bank by what is suspected of being a breakaway Hamas group. Immediately after, 500 Palestinian men were taken into custody, 2 Palestinian homes were blown up by the Israeli Army in retaliation and a young Palestinian boy was burnt alive by 4 Israeli youths. Israel tried to say that they were looking for tunnels that had been used by terrorists to infiltrate into Israel and murder Israeli citizens. Funny, I have never heard that there were any attacks into Israel via the tunnel network. The tunnels were built to smuggle essential supplies into Gaza like food and medical supplies that Israel had stopped by their illegal blockage and their attempt to provoke a reaction from Hamas. Any people who are being deliberately starved by another nation will rise up and defend themselves. Everyone on earth has a right to defend themselves when their life and society if being threatened. Unfortunately for the citizens of Gaza, the only course of action was to strike back at the Israeli's by whatever limited ways were available to them. Not being a recognised nation, they could not take action through the International Court in the Hague. Its to other nations shame that they didn't take this action on the Palestinians behalf. Eventually after peace talks in Egypt, both sides accepted a cease fire with conditions. Hamas would stop firing home made rockets into Israel and Israel would relax the illegal blockade of Gaza to allow food, medical supplies and construction material into Gaza and open the crossings. That idiot, Mark Freiberg ( alias Mark Regev, who is an Australian who changed his name upon immigrating to Israel to make it sound more Hebrew) spin doctor for the Israeli Government, stated that Hamas had rejected the exact same peace proposal weeks before in Egypt. What a LIE. Israel never proposed opening the blockade before, but wanted to continue destroying as much of Gaza as they could before a cease fire was agreed. They only agreed to a ceasefire then because of mounting international pressure by the rest of the world who were getting sickened by the murder that Israel was committing on innocent civilians in Gaza. And now to the crux of the whole matter which exposes the lying and duplicity of Israel. After getting a cease fire, Israel deliberately attempts to sabotage it by immediately announcing that it will annex another 400 hectares of the West Bank to build more illegal settlements for Israeli settlers. This is proof that Israel has no intention of ever allowing a free, sovereign independent State of Palestine. Luckily this ploy to start fighting again didn't work, but I am sure that they will come up with more provocative action in the hope of getting the reaction that will allow them to continue their destruction of Gaza To quote the Israeli Prime Minister" I think the Israeli people understand now what I always say: THAT THERE CANNOT BE A SITUATION, UNDER ANY AGREEMENT,IN WHICH WE RELENQUISH SECURITY CONTROL OF THE TERRITORY WEST OF THE RIVER JORDAN. In other words, Israel will NEVER under NO CIRCUMSTANCES allow a free Independent State of Palestine. Israel intends to occupy the entire West Bank territory contrary to all UN resolutions. Resolution 181, 194, 242, 338, 1397 and 1515 were all passed by the United Nations General Assembly, but have been ignored by Israel. Its time that Israel was told to accept the UN resolutions or be expelled. All the people of Palestine want is their own country within secure recognised boundaries and to live in peace with all their neighbours. If this had been granted to them in 1948, none of this slaughter and destruction that has gone on for the past 65 years would have happened and the two nations would now be in peace. Israel does not seem to understand that it is their own actions that are causing all this hatred and bitterness between these two peoples who have lived in peace for thousands of years. In 1935, only 4% of the land of the territory of the Mandate of Palestine was owned by people of the Hebrew faith. 95% was owned by people of the Islamic faith and 1% by people of the Christian faith. After 1948 when 900,000 Palestinians were expelled never to be allowed to return, 95% of the land was owned by Jews, 4% owned by Muslims and 1% by Christians, and of course, no compensation was ever paid. And now Israel wants what is left as well. If I was a Palestinian who had been expelled from land that my family had owned and worked for thousands of years by people who had no attachment to that land at all, and without ever being consulted as to whether I agreed to giving up 55% of the land of Palestine, I would probably feel a tad upset myself. If Israel ever wants to gain the respect of the world it should sit down and seriously negotiate with the Palestinians and try to redress some of their complaints. Only then can the two peoples start to re build the trust and respect that had existed for thousands of years between the two sematic races.