Israel: The New Nazis

It became glaringly obvious that Israel was about to invade Gaza when Condoleeza Rice announced she wasn't going to the Middle East, but it was still distressing to see the news tonight that the invasion had begun. How reminiscent of Warsaw. First softening up the populace with a week of shelling and now the troops roll in.

The Israelis bleat about their civilians, yet the death toll is currently running at over one hundred Palestinian lives for every Israeli life. It's a lesson they learned well from the days of the Reich, where retribution was terrible to discourage any rebellion or dissent. What the nation of Israel are doing is ethnic cleansing and genocide.

I have lived in Israel - it was a great place and I was too young to really understand the finer points of politics in those days, but it saddens me deeply that such a nation can perpetrate inhumanity with their recent history. Sadly, man rarely learns from history.

Meanwhile, our Government flaps it's wrists limply saying the invasion will cause "distress" - they don't say? So, what can we do? Well, for my part, I shall boycott Israeli goods and I shall write to my MP to express my disgust that we are not talking a stronger lead to rein in the warmongers. I don't know if there's anything else I can do, but as I think of it, I shall implement it.

No one is blameless in this affair, but bombing the Gazans off the map won't work on so many levels. It worries me deeply how other Arab nations will react - this could be the beginning of something bigger and altogether nastier. Goddess bring strength to those trying to broker a cease-fire and peace.