Thursday September 16, 2010

I've Been Thinking:

It seems like deja vous.

Yesterday, nine rockets were launched from Gaza into Israel. All nine rockets landed in an open field in Ashkelon. There were no injuries and there was very little damage to property.

The IDF has confirmed that two of the nine rockets were phosphorus. Irony of ironies is that the Palestinians condemned Israel for firing phosphorus rockets during Operation Cast Lead in December 2008.

Israel responded to yesterday's attack by bombing a section of Gaza. One tunnel worker was killed and two were injured.

This is a real rerun - Gaza launches rockets and Israel bombs back. The problem is that this is a very dangerous cycle. Analysts claim that this cycle of violence is due to the direct peace talks.

My thinking is that this could be the beginning of a new status quo, a status quo where Gaza indiscriminately drops bombs on Israel.

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