GAZA UPDATE: THE BLOOD-SOAKED U.S.-ISRAELI “CEASEFIRE”
On Saturday, January 17, after 22 days of pounding Gaza with bombs and missiles, tanks and mortars, ground troops and sniper fire; after 22 days of horror for the Palestinian people of Gaza who saw their schools bombed, their children murdered and maimed, and life turned into a hell on earth; after 22 days which took the lives of at least 1,200 Palestinians, including 350 children, “with more buried under rubble,” as the New York Times (1/18/09) acknowledged, and wounded another 5,200; after 22 days that left 26,000 Gazans unable to live in their homes, damaged 20,000 residential buildings, and destroyed much of Gaza’s already-battered infrastructure, Israel declared a “unilateral ceasefire.”
. . . Israel’s declaration came one day after the announcement of an agreement—not with the Palestinians or the Hamas government of Gaza which it had been assaulting, but between Israel and the United States. The next day Hamas also agreed to a one-week ceasefire, and the fighting has reportedly stopped—for now.
. . . Israel and the U.S. will no doubt try to portray this ceasefire as an act of compassion that demonstrates their humanity, their sincere desire for a peaceful resolution, and their hope that what they claim the source of the problem—Hamas rocket fire into Israel—can be solved. Nothing could be further from the truth. . . . Read the whole article at Revolution online.
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