Inside the Middle East - Blog
May 2, 2008
Standing In Line In Gaza
Gaza City, May 1, 2008. (Photo AP/Adel Hana)


Gazans have been doing a lot of this lately: as fuel and supply shortages paralyze the tiny territory's economy, ordinary residents are waiting long hours for cooking oil in Gaza city.

Gas stations are empty of petrol, so some Gaza residents have resorted to creating a cocktail of cooking oil and turpentine to power their cars.

Meanwhile, the Mideast "Quartet," which doesn't recognize the Hamas authority in Gaza, is meeting in London today to try to come up with a solution to the laborious peace talks between Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas' Fattah party and the government of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

But if Hamas isn't on the agenda, what happens to Gaza?
Funny, there is no shortage of gasoline for trucks and vans moving rockets to be shot at Israeli civilians.
Funny there is no shortage of gas for the luxury cars of the Hamas leaders.
Funny, it's only the little people who suffer.
Apparently someone forgot to mention in the caption the complaints by the UN that although Israel has shipped fuel into Gaza, Hamas has hijacked these fuel shipments for their own use.
Anytime you have a humanitarian crisis such as a gas shortage, poor medical facilities, or "INNOCENT CIVILIANS" being reported on the news media and such, it's easy to see why outrage can be sparked in a spirit of emotion.

it is my belief that peace in the name of a "Palestinian State" is not what needs to be addressed. There is a need to take a serious look at the money worldwide that has been given to the Palestinian Authorities and how it has been spent among the Palestinian people. On the outside looking in, as an American citizen, it's easy to see that both Israeli's and Palestinians are being killed. The overall theme seems to be focused on violence over disputed land. But hasn't history taught us that an overwhelming population that happens to be poor can be just as dangerous a tool as any terrorist threat?

therefore, it is necessary to take a very meticulous look at the Palestinian Authorities and analyze how the funds, goods, services have been used and spent for the good of their own people. Does the authority within Palestine teach it's people to hate Jews in the Media? Does the authority keep the "WHOLE TRUTH" from being reported in the media. When their is a humanitarian crisis within Palestine or Gaza, what are the Palestinian people being told?

So much focus and energy seems to be spent on the death toll or the gas shortage within Palestine. But what might happen to people's perception of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict if Palestine were pressured to treat it's own people fairly and not try and blame Israel for every crisis be it humanitarian or food? It could be easy to discern the truth in a much greater and more pure light if the only there was focus on more that just the "SUFFERING PALESTINIAN'S." what might happen to Palestine if their own perverted government were exposed for what it truly may be?
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