Reply to Peace
The letter from Gaza was printed in yesterday's Guardian newspaper [page 12 ]It came as an email to the writer of the article Ahdaf Soueif who has just written a book Mezzaterra..Fragments from the Common Ground.
A few words about the Israeli pull out from Gaza.It did withdraw some 8000 armed Zionist colonialists from Gaza.Their presence being unsustainable among the million plus Palestinian refugees that make up its population.However,since the pullout Israel has continued to attack Gaza with missiles,naval warships tanks and warplanes.Some 200 residents have been killed in quite indiscriminate attacks including the family on the beach a few weeks ago.Incidentally ,many of the Zionists evacuated from Gaza are now living on the illegally occupied West Bank and adding to the Palestinian humiliation there.

The Zionist occupation of Gazza [itself a huge refugee area ] was a study of breathtaking arrogance.The small number of Zionists controlled almost the whole of the beachfront for almost 40 years!No Palestinians allowed.They stole the best land for their settlements.They controlled the scarce water supplies and ensured that Israeli cattle got more that Paleestinian residents.They chopped up Gaza into zones making daily travel of only a few miles a torture and this went on for decades.Palestinians could be kept for hours at these checkpoints which were also closed down completely at times in acts of collective punishment.Gaza was used as a kind of giant prison an experience which the Israelis intend to continue by slightly different means.
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