There are many opinions. Many people are not optimistic. Bush is late to the Middle East massacre party.
Colin Powell will try to reach a resolution, but he had better meet with Arafat. The suicide bombing
today didn't help matters.
Although the Israelis have killed hundreds of Palestinians in Jenin, I understand why they felt like
they had to strike back, but I wish they hadn't done it. I wish Arafat and Hamas could rise
to the occasion--- vote for peace--and show the world that they are better
than Israel's thug, Ariel Sharon. It would be very hard for most people to submit to Sharon,
especially since Sharon has destroyed Palestine's social structure and killed many Palestinians with
American and British weapons. After Sharon's destruction of the Palestinian territory and the murder of
so many civilians, only Ghandi or Martin Luther King, Jr. could react with passive
resistance. Critics have suggested that Arafat should practice passive resistance, but Martin
Lurher King, Jr. said it isn't easy.
Think of how you would react if a tank rolled down your street, shot holes in your home and then
soldiers climbed out of the tanks, trashed your home's contents and shot anyone they pleased.
Initially, this is what happened in Ramallah a few weeks ago. |
