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Terrorism in the Gaza Strip

As many of the Gaza Strip citizens lived under the chaos of the political differences between the Palestinians and Israelis both, they found themselves wondering: what is the future of Gaza? Will it continue is its current turmoil and descent or will it prosper once again as the city of the seas?

Not only are the citizens prisoners to the constant onslaught of terrorist attacks by radical factions, even the largest political groups are corrupt. The highest levels of office in both the Israeli Army and Palestinian factions, such as Hamas and Fatah, have been reported to support terrorist attacks on civilians - even women and children, out of vengeance. The lengths the Palestinians have gone to in order to in order to attempt to regain full autonomy of their land is deplorable, essentially turning the Gaza Strip into a warzone. But aren't the actions of the IDF just as deplorable? It seems that the only law of the land is "an eye for an eye." Where is the mercy, compassion and sympathy?

Both the Israelis and the Palestinians have always been known for their convictions and unrelenting character, which some believe is their downfall. And while Palestinians quibble over their small scraps of land, the Israelites will continue to enjoy their vacation from Hamas violence. However, the future of the Gaza Strip does not look promising.

Up to about 50 years ago, The Gaza Strip was a small area in Palestine where Muslims, Christians, and Jews all lived peacefully as neighbors while enjoying the use of the land for worship. When WWI came about and the British forces invaded Palestine the British government trained a Jewish army and gave the land as a gift to the Jews. That is when Israel was founded as a Jewish nation. With very little concern to the Palestinian citizens, they took over and attempted to evict them from their own land. Many escaped into neighboring countries but more stayed and fought for what they believed in. Gaza Strip Palestinians were of course part of the group that remained and thus how we define Gaza City today.

Let this be a history lesson to the Palestinians and the Israelis. The Gaza Strip whether under Israeli control or Palestinian control will never see peace as long as Israel surrounds and occupies the Palestinian land. The Gaza Strip and the remainder of the land surrounding it belongs to the Palestinians and the Palestinians alone. But what will you do with the millions of Israelis that settled on their land? Isn't that the million dollar question? The truth is Israelis have been there for 50 or so years. Since they already have settled there you cannot remove them in any way shape or form. The Israelis and Palestinians will have to live under one nation controlled by the original owners where Jews, Muslims and Christians lived side by side prior to the occupation and the formation of the Israeli nation.

Do we sympathize with Gaza or become numb and immune to having any emotion towards the Gaza city citizens? The right thing to do is to impartially sympathize with Gaza with no strings attached. After all, haven't citizens of the Gaza Strip seen enough? We can all sit at home and pretend that those humans are all the way on the other side of the world and everything is ok. But, the righteous thing to do is to have some feelings towards other humans and intervene while we can to avoid any further destruction and division of that land that is holy to most of us.

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