The state of Israel was born 60 years ago through the massacre and exiling of Palestinians....many of whom fled to Gaza.Today they and their children and grandchildren are still being massacred and maimed in their hundreds including many women and children. The horror of the air bombardment can be seen on many news channels including Al Jazeera.
There is a difference however between 1948 and today...now the Palestinians are penned in with Israel controlling the air ,land and sea routes in and out of Gaza while its bombers and helicopter gunships fire off their shells and bombs with almost total impunity.The Palestinians cannot escape even if they want to.
The bitter irony is that many of these Gazan Palestinians actually come from just north of Gaza in what is now Israel.
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