Hi y'all - I don't agree "This becomes a problem that has only one viable and just solution, and that is for Israel to let the prisoners go." There is an even simpler solution. Stop circumcising the men and forcing women to wear silly outfits. We'd soon find that they couldn't tell each other apart. They would probably think "we are all humans, what are we fighting about?"
On Jan 3, 10:57 am, Morpheal <[email protected]> wrote: > In these difficult economic times we must begin to ask why the world > community is expected to sustain the needs of the 1.5 million Israeli > prisoners being held in the Gaza jail that Israel continues to run. > Clearly it is Israel's responsibility not the world's to take care of > its prisoners. > > ONLY REAL GAZA SOLUTION IS TO LET THE PRISONERS GO: > > Gaza has been no more than prisoners, in a concentration camp under > constant siege. Bush has lost all moral credibility in supporting > Israel’s violent response to Gaza and Hamas. Even the most cursory > examination of the conditions imposed on Gaza’s 1.5 million people > provide a resounding response as to the nature of the continued > provocation. > > We must realize that there is no valid long term solution to an ever > growing population confined to Gaza, denied any work or meaningful > commerce with Israel, and increasingly needy. The population keeps > growing. It will continue to grow. Conditions will worsen. > Infrastructure will become increasingly strained and increasingly > inadequate. Life will continue to become more primitive. That, even > without damage from Israeli attacks. Desperate people do desperate > things, and Hamas and Gaza is no exception. Israel is also desparate > to rid itself of its Gaza problem. Understandably so. The world > community and Hamas are not really helping Israel to do so. The world > must realize that there is absolutely no way for the Gaza strip to > sustain and continue to sustain its population. It cannot be done. The > growing anger, frustration, and easily understood strain of population > density with no means to meaningful work is a natural powderkeg of > endless problems and increasing violence. The human conditions dictate > that outcome. The Israeli attack becomes only another provocation of > the exceptionally provoked. The provocative nature of the conditions > in Gaza will worsen as time progresses. The population remains largely > destitute even if they receive fuel, food, and medicine. They are an > idled population without means and ways. That in itself is a severe > form of destitution leading to well understood consequences. > > The violence of rockets, guns, mortars, is not an acceptable answer. > It cannot lead to peace. It will never really improve the situation > for the civilians in Gaza. Violence only leads to violence. It cannot > be condoned. It can be understood but it cannot be condoned. Peaceful > protest would have been much more effective. Persistent peaceful > protest could have brought better results. Particularly with the whole > world watching more and more closely. Nevertheless, we must keep in > mind that the conditions in Gaza lead to a more violent and suicidal > mentality. It is simply human nature in those circumstances. It is the > natural response. Many find that there is nothing to live for in that > jail. They see no new hope for future generations who are growing up > in jail. They learn nothing other than hatred, with no hopes as to > escape from that jail. > > The only other answer is to allow an exodus of Gazans out of the Gaza > strip, en masse, to freedom from their incarceration. The doors of the > Gaza jail must be opened and the people > who have been incarcerated there must be permitted to leave. > > Is Israel willing to let their very poorly cared for prisoners go > free ? > > Clearly it is unwilling to care for them adequately, and to provide > means and ways for a meaningful life in commerce with Israel and the > surrounding region. It is unwilling to support the building and > maintenance of adequate infrastructure. It is unwilling to allow even > the basics necessary for any improved conditions of life for the > average Gazan prisoner. If Gaza were a jail in any modern, developed, > nation, the outcry as to conditions there would be massive. Israel, > the jailers, would be condemned, charged with illegal acts, and tried > accordingly for their role as jailors running that jail as they have > been doing. Not to mention the fact of the incarceration itself, which > clearly violates any valid principles of international justice. > Nevertheless, if the Gazans are all to be declared guilty and > criminals, justly imprisoned in the Gaza jail that they are being held > within, then surely Israel must take on the responsibility of feeding, > clothing, providing adequate medical care, and in every way meeting > all the needs of its prisoners. It cannot really expect the > international community to take over the responsibilities of the > jailors who refuse to let their prisoners go, and yet Israel does > expect the world to meet those obligations to the Gazan prisoner > population. This becomes a problem that has only one viable and just > solution, and that is for Israel to let the prisoners go. > > Robert Morpheal --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
