Monday, January 19, 2009

World sat and watched

For some people in a part of world, the new year did not bring peace, instead it brought rockets falling on their homes and tanks thundering through the streets. Demonstrations followed in some cities, world leaders did not move, did not condemn or bring pressure to stop the Israeli tanks entering the Gaza.

Three weeks later more than a thousand killed, children, elder and the women. Several thousands injured and thousands who have no home to go back to, have lost several family members and an uneasy truce while the leaders try to communicate with each to bring about some form of peace process.

There are no winners on either side. The losers are the ordinary people who live in the shadow of Hamas on one side and the Israeli military on the other. Was it necessary for the Gaza to be devastated, it's people left homeless and shattered?

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