I have listened to two amazing podcast episodes (47 & 48 if you wish to listen to them) on the current issues with Israel and Palestine.
My views on them have been tempered by a good friend of mine, who while he agrees what is happening in Gaza is terrible, appears to have fallen for Israeli propaganda. This is probably because of friends of his who live in Israel, who have to live in the shadow of rocket attacks from Gaza. What was interesting was his claim, told to him by his friends, that such attacks have been launched from the West Bank. Those who have read my other posts on this are aware that Labib Dumaidi was murdered when settlers attacked the Palestinian town of Huwara before Hamas went and murdered over 1000 Israeli civilians. When I mentioned this to him, he said that it was wrong, but so were the rocket attacks on settlements. He said it was not reported on due to the media in the UK being biased. While no rocket attacks from the West Bank have taken place, attacks on settlements have occurred.
The podcast episodes do not look at how America and the Palestinian Authority tried to overthrow the (then) democratically elected government in Gaza, but they do look at how the chance of peace that was won in 1991. I like how they did comment that while there are extremists on the Palestinian side, there are also too many in Israel. What was interesting was a solution of a return to the Oslo Peace Accords but with the settlements remaining, but being under control of the Palestinians with Jews being allowed to live there.
If you do get a chance, have a listen to them and let me know what you think in the comments below.
