Hamassacre in Gaza: Terrorist Organization Says No To Peace Deal

by D. Culbert
Every night before I crawl into bed with what I hope is a head free of thoughts, the negative ones anyway, I try to catch up on the news depending on how late it comes on the television. It's not a good idea for somebody who is hoping to good to bed with a clear head to stay up long enough to catch the news for obvious reasons, but I do anyway, and I usually end up laying in bed for up to 45 minutes to an hour, sometimes even longer, struggling to clear my head of some of my thoughts about the news I had just heard.

It's dumb of me to think that I can go to bed at midnight with a clear head immediately after watching the news, but it's the only time when I can catch the final news wrap-up of the day because the kids and their mother own the TV between 4pm and 830pm, after which I watch "my shows" (usually a couple hours worth in the evening), and then I flick on the local news. It's a ritual for me around here.

The only other time I catch up on the news is first thing in the morning over my coffee. Other than that that's it.

Last night news stories were of the usual fare; terrorism, crime, dumb politicians, smart politicians, feel good stories, the not-so-feel good stories, lifestyle, sports, blah, blah, blah, and of course the conflict between Israel and Hamassholes in the Gaza Strip. It was the latter that caused me to toss and turn for about an hour after going to bed, but only because I couldn't believe the gall of the terrorist organization that is supposed to be the voice, and apparent savior of the Palestine people.

When I heard they said no to a deal to end the Israeli military offensive where more than 700 people have been killed, most of whom are innocent civilian, I couldn't believe it.

It's not the fact that Hamas leaders said no to the deal. It's why they said no to it that gets me.

According to the "so-called" protectors of Palestinian rights, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera, the deal is no good for the Palestine because it is not in their best interests.

In other words, opposed to innocent Palestinians being blown to bits, having their homes and livelihood destroyed by Israeli tanks, fighter planes, foot soldiers, mortars and rockets, Hamas thinks it's in the Palestinian people's best interest to be used as human shields so that they can attempt to fulfill their unrealistic destiny, the destruction of Israel and the extermination of it's people.

How effin' stupid is that, and to think there are people who actually think that is Israel that is inflicting pain and suffering on the Palestinian people. What is wrong with those people?

Are they that deaf, dumb and blind, or are they merely siding with Hamas and the people they are using as human shields, denying the right to a safe and decent life, they are the underdogs. How long has Hamas and Hezbollah been firing rockets without provocation into populated Israeli settlements now? It's been going on for years hasn't it, perhaps almost, if not more than a decade now right?

And how long has Hamas and Hezbollah been strapping bombs onto men, women and children and sending them across the border into central business districts so they can cause death and carnage by detonating themselves all in the name of Allah while the Israelis have all but turned the other cheek in the hope that a peaceful resolution can be reached to end the assault on them. Of course I understand that Israel has retaliated on occasion and before now, but not to this extent.

The Palestinian suffering is being perpetuated by people who think that Israel and its people don't have a right to exist, and those same people are willing to sacrifice the lives of the very people whose best interests they claim to be looking out for just for the sake of gaining international condemnation against Israel.

Hamas has committed and is committing some pretty serious crimes here and Israel in defence of its borders and people are trying to shut them down if only because the rest of the world hasn't had the balls to help find a solution, too afraid of the consequences of their interference.

Hamas saying no to a peace deal, one that would have undoubtedly given Palestinians some hope, and would have definitely reduced the number of innocent civilians being slaughtered in the conflict, is a clear indication that Hamas has no intentions of doing what is in the best interests of the Palestinian people.

Their rejection backs up my insistence that Hamas is only in [it] for themselves with Israel. A Hamas leader and his militants only goal in life is the total destruction of a country that has bigger guns, bigger tanks, bigger bombs, and more soldiers to defend itself.

I don't know about anybody else but I think Hamas is using what happened to the Philistines in 732 BC as justification for their actions against Jews today. I really do. What Hamas is doing today is merely avenging what happened to the Philistines back then. That's my theory anyway.

In 732 BC the Philistines, the modern day equivalent of the Palestinians, lost their independence to Assyria (what is now northern Iraq), and since that time subsequent revolts by them have all been crushed.

They're still fighting that battle today in my opinion, the conflict in Gaza evidence of that.

The biblical stories of Samson, Samuel, Saul and David all include accounts of Philistine-Israeli conflicts. Gee, talk about a perpetual war. Who do you think is doing the perpetuating by the way, the Israelis? If you think that give your head a shake.

Anyway all I'm saying is that if it wasn't for Hamas and other morons cut from the same violent clothe, and the fact that they can't seem to let go of the past, not to mention a grudge so to speak that dates back centuries before our time, the Palestinian people wouldn't be suffering to the extent that they are.

I am not by any stretch of the imagination an expert when it comes to the goings on between the Palestinians and the Israelis but it seems to me that it's the Palestinians who need to smarten up if they want peace in the region. If I were a Palestinian wanting a brighter future for my family, a better way of life, a peaceful existence; I'd be taking up arms to exterminate Hamas and their followers, wipe them off the face of the earth. My fight with the Israelis wouldn't begin until I was certain that Hamas war mongers were no longer relevant, and if that meant annihilating them to the brink of extinction, then so be it.

Life will only get better for the Palestinian people when they "snap out of it" and realize that no good can from people who are willing to sacrifices them merely for their own gain. There is not much for the Palestinian people to gain by backing Hamas, Hezbollah and other extremist factions who sole mission in life is to avenge something that happened to the Philistines 732 BC.