Damage to police headquarters by the Israeli's F16 bombers.
What's wrong?
With so many stories of death and destruction in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, one could be forgiven for thinking that there will never be peace, that the killing will continue and that no amount of help will help. People around the world still say 'Who cares anyway? It doesn't affect us.' While the former is an easy answer, the latter is a lie.
Osama Bin Laden refers to US support of the Israelis as one of the main reasons for his 9/11 attack on the World Trade Centre. The conflict - rooted in claims to the thin spit of land that lies between the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan river - is resolvable. That is the truth.
The unsung heroes of the longest running conflict in the Middle East are those Israelis and Palestinians who advocate peace.
For the Palestinians, the past one hundred years has been punctuated by colonisation, expulsion and military occupation. The Jews of Israel, on the other hand, have been denied the peace or security they so sought after centuries of persecution. Their return to the holy land resulted only in hostility and aggression from neighbouring states determined to sweep them into the sea.
The unsung heroes of the longest running conflict in the Middle East are those Israelis and Palestinians who advocate peace through the coexistence of the two peoples.
The fact is that they are the majority. Newspaper headlines focus on those who carry out spectacular terror attacks rather than those who seek to end the bloodshed.
But it is this group of people who hold the key to peace. It is these people whose voices must be heard above the constant clatter of machine gun fire and the rumble of armoured vehicles.
The unsung heroes of the longest running conflict in the Middle East are those Israelis and Palestinians who advocate peace through the coexistence of the two peoples.
The fact is that they are the majority. Newspaper headlines focus on those who carry out spectacular terror attacks rather than those who seek to end the bloodshed.
But it is this group of people who hold the key to peace. It is these people whose voices must be heard above the constant clatter of machine gun fire and the rumble of armoured vehicles.
As human beings it is our duty to spur the international community into action. Only by doing this can more senseless deaths be avoided and the root causes of terror be banished.
Through a combined effort, the voices for peace can be unified and amplified. They can be heard, a difference can be made and peace with justice must be secured.
As human beings it is our duty to spur the international community into action. Only by doing this can more senseless deaths be avoided and the root causes of terror be banished.
As human beings it is our duty to spur the international community into action. Only by doing this can more senseless deaths be avoided and the root causes of terror be banished.
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