The recent attacks on Gaza by the Israeli government could have been predicted with knowledge of the history of Zionism. A short history: on 25th January 2006 Hamas was elected to power in a democratic election of the Palestinian people, yet the Israeli government refused to recognize this democratic result. It refuses to turn over the Palestinian tax revenues and has deliberately blocked all trading with the Palestinian people living in shortage, alongside continuous violence to the Palestinian people, killing and wounding hundreds of innocent civilians. Various peace offers by Hamas, the Palestine Authority or the International Community have been rejected by the Israeli government.
This new operation – called Operation Cast Lead – has caused the death of more than 770 people and over 3250 people wounded, of whom around 200 killed are children. The Israeli attacks are claimed to be targeted against the Hamas center of activity but has destroyed hospitals, the Islamic University and hundreds of civilian homes. The Israeli government has even destroyed schools run by the United Nations, and killed a UN aids worker, injuring two others.
The atrocity of the attacks and the ignorance of any international calls for ceasefire cannot be understood separately from the full support of the George W. Bush regime, support which is clearly demonstrated by the US procedure to veto almost all UN Security Council resolutions against Israel. The US support is reinforced in the form of $3 billion USD annual aid since 1985, not to mention the billions of US dollars received in the form of military aid. Meanwhile a survey by Richard Cohen of the Washington Post stated that 60% of the Democrat Party’s fund and 35% for the Republican Party came from Political Action Committees that are pro-Israel.
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