While we were all ringing in the new year in our own joyous ways, there was a children's hospital in Gaza City that was at the wrong end of a bomb with the Star of David on it. As an Israeli jet screeched overhead, it drowned out the screams of hundreds of children down below.
Was it right for the Hamas to have broken the ceasefire? No. But does it give Israel the authority to go on trampling human rights with impunity as it has done since its inception?
The 'United' Nations at this point of time can't even agree on a press statement, let alone a course of action to be taken with thousands of civilians living in rubble and squalor, with no fuel, food, water or electricity. All this, at a time when Israel refuses to allow international media into Gaza despite an order from their own Supreme Court. It's amazing how until America condemns something, it's perfectly alright to carry on doing it remorselessly.
One has to ask, what is the aim behind all of this? Does the Israeli government realize that it is hurling tonnes of bombs at an ideology that is of its own making? Does it realize that it will only wheedle itself into a false sense of security for a short while after which the resurgence from the other side will be devastating?
If there are those of the belief that India should be doing something similar with Pakistan, wait and watch what happens in the aftermath of this tragedy. Should change your mind.
Unfortunately, the ones getting caught in the rockets and the mortar care little (or atleast cared little a while ago) about the legitimacy of the lines that divide them. They are people who have families to feed and everyday struggles for existence that get worsened because of the complex questions that the rest of the world is to scared to take a stand on.
*Solidarity for the people of Palestine* May this travesty end soon.
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