You know, I’ve watched this situation in the Gaza strip going on. I can be some what detached from it all as I don’t have any direct connection to either side of the conflict other than it being in the area of the Holy Land which is where the roots of my own faith are.
I don’t even begin to understand all that goes on there other than the emnity and hatred on both sides runs deep. I expect that just as there are those on both sides of the divide who believe the other side is absolutely the agressors there are those of goodwill who mere want to live their lives in peace.
The Palistinean group Hamas remains committed to the annihilation of Israel and ultimately the Jewish people. In many countries in the world, certainly in the west, Hamas is considered to be not a government but a terrorist group. For years they have used the Gaza strip to fire missles into Israel. They have also used Lebanon to do the same.
Eventually Israel responds by bombing and invading in an effort to shut down the supply of missles and dismantle Hamas. When they do it, the world erupts in furor at the heavy handedness and appeals to Israel the halt the ensuing deaths of civilians and the loss of their homes, businesses and infrastructure.
I tend to wince at the civilian deaths and remind myself that Israel has a right to self-defense. If nothing else halts the missles except brute force then brute force it must be. Since it is becoming abundently clear that Israel deployed the use of phosphorous weapons in this campaign that there needs to be clear and unequivacol condemnation of the use of those weapons.
Having a right to self defense doesn’t give anyone the right to use such horrific weapons. In many ways the use of phosphorus is not a very far leap from the use of nuclear weapons. Is the world going to wait until the ante gets upped and it’s too late?
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