How will unleashing fresh hell on an impoverished and repressed people help the cause of peace?
Relatives of Palestinians who were killed in the Israeli attack on Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank mourn during the funeral ceremony on Sunday , I watched the theatre of tragedy play out before my eyes. I had gone to report on the eruption of protests against a border fence that corralled two million people inside the tiny enclave, leading to dozens of deaths and many injuries as Israeli forces responded with gunfire.
Unfortunately, the diplomatic stasis that has exploded with such ferocity suited the hardliners in control of both Gaza and Jerusalem. Hamas, rocked by rising anger against power cuts that symbolised its misrule, used the protests to divert attention from its corruption and failures as pressure grew for change in a frustrated, youthful population. Despite the jailing and torture of dissidents, there were flickers of open defiance on the Strip while debate flared on social media.
She points out most people in Gaza just want a decent life in peace – a simple ideal held across the region. Polls showed waning support for Hamas in both Gaza and the wider Arab world. Yet the existence of its oppressive government – which took power in a shock election win in 2006 – also suited the selfish needs of
Yet deep sympathy for its plight and horror over disturbing brutality should not blind us to the need to stand up for our proclaimed values. Nor should it silence fears that a petulant prime minister at the helm of a wounded nation is walking into a trap set by Hamas that might play straight into the hands of our enemies in Gaza, Tehran and Moscow.
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