Israeli bus killer lynched by mob.
For those who claim that there is an anti-Israel bias in the British media, it's worth taking notice of the almost non-existent coverage of an extreme right wing Israeli shooting dead 4 Israeli-Arabs:
Apart from Ariel Sharon's hilarious comment, the incident is incredibly serious. The Gaza pullout must go ahead, whether or not it is simply a ploy by Sharon to gain an ever larger chunk of the West Bank and continue building settlements (in defiance of the road map). Whether Gaza is turned into a large open-air prison or not, this is a first step towards a possible peace and the two-state solution which has been dreamt about. Despite the Israelis claims, groups such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad are prepared to settle for a Palestinian state, as long as East Jerusalem is the capital, the settlements are demolished, and the refugees have the right of return. The last of those demands will be the hardest to fulfill, and was the one which evaded Arafat at the Camp David negotiations.
Israel itself is facing a demographic timebomb. Before too long, Jews will be the minority, as the Arab birthrate is far higher. For Israel to remain a Jewish state, it needs to act now, unless it wants to seal its own fate. Hopefully the Gaza pullout is the first sign that peace can be achieved.
An Israeli soldier who shot dead four people on a bus in an Israeli Arab town has been lynched by an angry crowd.
The 19-year-old, believed to have deserted in protest against the Gaza pullout this month, opened fire as the bus passed through Shfaram.
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon called the incident a reprehensible act by a "bloodthirsty terrorist" (sic).
The gunman was beaten to death by a crowd of people who stormed the bus after his weapon ran out of bullets.
Israel is preparing to pull its settlers and soldiers out of the Gaza Strip and correspondents say there have been fears of attacks by Jewish settlers opposed to the pullout.
Apart from Ariel Sharon's hilarious comment, the incident is incredibly serious. The Gaza pullout must go ahead, whether or not it is simply a ploy by Sharon to gain an ever larger chunk of the West Bank and continue building settlements (in defiance of the road map). Whether Gaza is turned into a large open-air prison or not, this is a first step towards a possible peace and the two-state solution which has been dreamt about. Despite the Israelis claims, groups such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad are prepared to settle for a Palestinian state, as long as East Jerusalem is the capital, the settlements are demolished, and the refugees have the right of return. The last of those demands will be the hardest to fulfill, and was the one which evaded Arafat at the Camp David negotiations.
Israel itself is facing a demographic timebomb. Before too long, Jews will be the minority, as the Arab birthrate is far higher. For Israel to remain a Jewish state, it needs to act now, unless it wants to seal its own fate. Hopefully the Gaza pullout is the first sign that peace can be achieved.
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