An Analysis On Israel And Its Neighbours

Preparations For War -- Strategy Page

October 2, 2008: So far this year, nearly fifty Palestinians have died in tunnel collapses in Gaza. Dozens of smuggling tunnels operate under the Egyptian border, despite the Egyptian police finding and shutting down several tunnels a week. It's a big business, because Israel continues to make it difficult for anything to get into Gaza legally. This is because Hamas, which runs Gaza, is openly committed to the destruction of Israel, and is smuggling in rockets and other weapons to that end.

Israeli radicals, largely settlers in Palestinian territory (and their allies everywhere), are becoming more violent against their Palestinian neighbors, and Israeli critics within Israel. This has resulted in several recent bombing attacks on Israeli critics. Small bombs, that mainly wound, but not a good trend. Where there used to be a few dozen settlers who were violent, now there are hundreds. The settler radicals, like their Arab counterparts, see themselves on a Mission From God (to make the West Bank part of "Greater Israel" and, if need be, expel all Arabs).

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My Comment: There have been so many opportunities for peace in this part of the world .... but both sides could never come around to a final agreement. The lack of trust and the level of hate is incredible.