Israel

[john40]

Before I start. I condemn totally and utterly the horrendous actions of Hamas. I deplor violence on any side.

However, the conditions the Palestinian people have been living under for decades are disgraceful. It's not life, it's not even existence. I can completely understand when they state "they've had enough".

Imagine living in conditions where your daily electricity supply is rationed, you don't have access to clean water. You're sprayed with 'skunk' water (basically sewage water). You can't even travel to hospital without being interrogated and often not getting there to receive treatment. A lot of Palestinian men make an income fishing but yet they can't travel out a certain distance to where they can get more fish because they'll be shot by Israeli soldiers.

You also live under the threat of being told to move out of your home within a few days to make way for settlers and if you don't, the Isrselis will be around to demolish it. They contunue to build settlements despite being told on numerous occasions to cease.

On a trip to Israel in 1991 I travelled to the West Bank. I met some of the most beautiful people and children whom I think a lot of and hope they got to make it to adulthood, something we all take for granted.

Nobody has ever stood up to Israel. The American are pumping billions to them every year. They have stuck the two fingers up to every UN resolution that has been passed.

I don't know where all this is going to end. But just look at any other time there has been an uprising in trouble and look at the loss of life on both sides (I don't want to see anyone die) but there are infinitely more lives lost each time on the Palestinian side.

I hope all this ends soon