By
Sarah
Stern
There
have been one million people, extending from Ashdod to Sderot who have been
receiving a steady barrage of rocket attacks and have fifteen seconds to run
for their lives. Israel has endured over 800 of these attacks from Gaza in the
last year. Could you imagine how the United States would respond if San Diego
were receiving this sort of an onslaught from Mexico, or Buffalo from Canada? According
to article 51 of the United Nations Charter, every any nation has an inherent
right to defend itself. Hamas, which is on the official State Department list
of Foreign Terrorist Organizations, was swept into power in free and open
elections on January 26, 2006. It is the group that has been behind much of the
suicide bombings which Israel has endured since 1996. [more...]
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