Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Gaza burns as leadership fiddles - Israel Opinion, Ynetnews

Gaza burns as leadership fiddles - Ray Hanania, Palestinian American Author and Columnist: "In assessing the escalating violence in the Gaza Strip, nearly every Arab analyst has placed the blame on Israel, avoiding the real challenges posed by rising strife in Palestinian society itself.

Gaza remains in turmoil, but not solely because Israel maintains the upper-hand in the military conflict there. In other words, yes, Israel is a part of the problem, but focusing only on Israel is a fatal error.

Arab World analysts continue to turn away from the obvious, however, because Arabs as a culture reject the notion of accepting blame and responsibility [emphasis added]. Instead, they prefer to embrace preposterous theories that cast all blame on the foreign element, Israel, hoping to rally the Arab and Palestinian spirit."

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