Gaza resident reflects on Bush's visit - 10 Jan 08

While George Bush, the US president, talks optimistically of peace between Israelis and Palestinians being possible this year, feeling on the ground is not so positive. Take the case of Nihad Zagout, a Gaza resident who met Bill Clinton, a former US president, when he visited nearly 10 years ago. Mike Hanna spoke to her about what, if anything, has changed.

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[julianlev]

A man like George Bush is not worthy to wipe the dust from the Gazan streets

How wrong is the world when a man sch as this can hold such power?

[prkjs08]

Ideologically speaking, an oppressed people always have the right to resist their oppressors. So clearly, both sides are not equal ethically.

The fact that Palestine has been under the control of a colonial power for most of modern history does not justify it's continued occupation, either.

That's great that you no longer care, but I and the rest of the world will continue to care so long as there is injustice being inflicted upon Palestinians and other oppressed peoples around the world.

[sploogersmoof]

im not talking about power, im talking about ideology. they are two sides of the same coin. and palastine was never an independent country either, before it was called isreal it was a British mandate. one wich the British government declared a "homeland for the jewish people.

this shit wouldn't be happening if both sides would have agreed to the partition agreement, instead they chose the rout of greed and i no longer care.

[prkjs08]

That's bullshit. Even if some Palestinians wish to commit genocide, they do not have the means to do so. The Israelis do, and are carrying it out.

You are trying to equate two opponents that are entirely unequal in terms of power. This is clouding the central issue. Israel is a colonialist power, and the Palestinians are resisting their occupier, just as the Algerians resisted the French, the South Africans resisted the Afrikaners, the Indians the British, etc. There is no equivalence here.

[sploogersmoof]

if thats the case then the Palestinians are committing genocide also..

lets be honest here, neither of these group of people will rest until the other is dead. taking sides in the conflict is stupid because they are both wrong and BOTH created the hell they are currently living in.

[prkjs08]

Except that in Gaza, the most crowded place on earth, THERE IS NOWHERE FOR CIVILIANS TO GO. Israel has shown they have no compunctions even about bombing UN schools. There have also been reports of Israeli soldiers moving whole Palestinian families into "safehouses", only to have those houses bombed hours or sometimes minutes later. And keep in mind that Israel has some of the most sophisticated technology on earth, including precision guided missiles. There's nothing "accidental" about this.

[prkjs08]

Genocide is simply any actions that have the elimination of an entire ethnic group. Whether you cart people off to be burned or bomb them to death, genocide is genocide. The Israeli genocide of Palestinians is slower and less systematic than the Nazi genocide of the Jews, but it is no less deliberate or calculated.

[internetshock]

Am sorry madam bush doesn't care about you at all nor does he care about any human that walks on this planet except his family and friends. And he will not watch this video either.

My deepest Apologize. But what does that help nothing, have no fear madam, soon just pray to god maybe something right will happen. Maybe we will all unite together and move on from this Dark of mankind.

(Darkest era of mankind 1912-present day its not over yet. 10, 15,30 it will come to an end.

[omegapointil]

Israel has killed 5 times as many Palestinians as Palestinians have Israelis.

Israel throws families out of their homes so

these bearded religious zealots can have their land by way of settlements and its happening every day. The Talmud states that all non-Jewish peoples are cattle and abusing them is tantamount to abusing cattle. For truth beyond what American media will air visit the website IfAmericansonlyknew. If you don't believe that then go bob at a wall somewhere moron.

[wahidh]

OK dude