Israel and Gaza

I feel that I've got to voice a couple of comments about the current Middle East crisis. It is impossible to ignore because it's just another global problem that has to be kept under control otherwise the repercussions on all of us cannot bear contemplation.

Not everyone on the planet wants to go about killing people  -  thanks be to whichever peaceful God you may support  -  but somewhere along the way fanatic led factions are intent on keeping the killing pot boiling.

World leaders are doing little to alleviate matters. Most of us do not take sides. It is common knowledge that after the second world war a chunk of Palestine was taken from the Arabs to form the state of Israel. The Arabs were understandably not too happy about this and an uneasy on-going stand-off has resulted which alternates between sabre rattling and war. BUT never PEACE!

I think that the main reason that Israel is taking it's present action in Gaza is because of what has repeatedly been made clear: 'WE are willing to share the area with our neighbours but all THEY want to do is wipe us off the face of the earth.' I can't think of any more compelling reason to do what it is doing.

The ex Israeli prime minister, Golda Meir once made the following two statements:-

• There will never be peace until the Arabs love their children more than they hate us.
• We can forgive the Arabs for killing our uniformed sons but we can't forgive them for forcing us to kill their children.

Trying to look for answers and from a neutral unbiased standpoint, I can see that what Golda Meir has said should have far more importance for ME peace than any input from the likes of the great ME peace envoy Tony Blair. This gives rise to another question...what is he doing now in this field, who's paying him and how much?