It’s a shame for Israel attacking the civilian community in Palestine. By killing women, children and the elders, the so-called ‘Operation Protective Edge’ is not going to stretch Israel a word of sympathy from any of its partners across the world.
It’s a kind of aggression, forcing people to leave their homes for doing nothing.
It is for sure, whatever the Israelis are doing with arms and rockets cannot resolve the root of the issues that have been raised to weaken the ties between the two. It is felt that the Palestine administration is still short of enough support from the Arab world, whereas the world community is continuously keeping silence on the recurring Israel atrocities on civilians in Gaza.
While Israel cannot compensate for the lives lost in the past few days, it will take years for the Palestine to reshape its lost structures.
As the whole world is listening and watching the Israeli carnages in Gaza in the past few days, it is quite sad that they receive very little condemnation, prompting the assaults to go on inviting more damages. It would be ideal for both the sides to sit and talk to end the crisis, rather than engaging with weapons as they only escalate the tension. The United States and United Nations must play key roles to end the ongoing crisis.
Ramachandran Nair, by email