Gaza War

Politics for the people asks if the Gaza war is spreading. The Fifth Column says that there are 3 simple reasons why Israel is not a Terrorist State. I am dubious.

What bothers me most are the people who milk the video images for all they are worth. On all sides, they show civilians screaming and mourning loved ones. Both sides hold up their dead to the cameras. They do not show the soldiers and the fighting. They do not show the propaganda on both sides. IN a CBC radio interview people directly involved, on both sides, made similar comments.

If you are there, you do not hear or read all that everyone says.
They all feature people who claim, "He hit me back first!"

Someone has to be first to say 'enough', like the women in Dublin. Codepink is trying to tell the men to stop. It is interesting to read about those who say stop.
Protests continue across Ireland:
• Gaza Solidarity March Dublin 2009 - Photo Series and more photos
• About 100 people came out in Limerick today to protest at the ongoing slaughter in Gaza. - photos and report
• Brief video of SF MEP Mary Lou McDonald's speech at the Gaza Solidarity march - news, photos and video
• Cork Protests in ‘Disgust’ at Israel War Crimes - Photos and story
• Palestine Solidarity in Omagh - Photos and details
• 3rd Jan, Derry Protests Against Israel's Attacks on Gaza - Photos and report
• 5th Jan, Lurgan Palestine Solidarity Protest - more news and photos
• 6th Jan, Anti-War protest at the Israeli embassy in Dublin - Photo series
• 7th Jan, Cork does a stall and vigil for Gaza - Photo series

Protests continue across the World:
• Photostory: World demonstrates for Gaza - ElectronicIntifada.net
• Riding on fire and a third intifada, by Ewa Jasieiwcz - read at FreeGaza.org

Those involved in a civil war, over land and territory, are raising children who only know death, despair and dying. You live what you know.

I am unsure what our governments are able to do if the people cannot stop the fighting. Like addicts, until you admit you have a problem, and will do something about it, they will not recover and heal.