(The below article was published earlier in The Pioneer, January 10, 2009)
Israel, Occupation and Hamas
Israel’s devastating attack on Gaza is not about the makeshift rocket attacks against it by Hamas but about the ongoing Israeli occupation of Palestinian land and seizure of valuable Palestinian resources like water which is in short supply in the region. That why the Israelis are one state that has no permanent borders but constantly expanding ones. It should be remembered that under the (...)