Miscellaneous Musings

I fail to understand Hamas. The latest attack on a Jewish synagogue is an open invitation for yet more revenge attacks in Gaza in which ye...

See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-2908619 3 . Exactly what are Israeli aims in Gaza? The wholesale destruction of the state? ...

See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-28939350 . Today it is announced that Egypt has brokered a long-term truce between Gaza a...

At this time (and indeed at ANY time) I fail to understand why Hamas fires rockets into Israel .Although the ceasefire is supposed to be ext...

Just heard that Hamas has fired a rocket into Israel near the end of the 3 day ceasefire. Whatever ones view on how Israel treats the people...

"Some 1,655 Palestinians, mostly civilians, and 63 Israelis, mainly soldiers, have died in the conflict." See http://www.bbc.co....

Why is "the West" so strongly pro-Israel? Especially the USA? It must be the strong US Jewish lobby. Madness. It is surely time fo...

The actions of Israel overnight attacking a school designated a UN safe area in Gaza, is nothing short of a war crime .  15 innocents kill...

Sorry to go on and on about this conflict, but it sickens me. Israel is the real aggressor here, not Hamas. Yes Hamas has been firing missi...

See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-28275414 . Surely Israel wants to be treated fairly and so do the Palestinians. It is in ...