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Dear friends,

When it comes to Israel's last attack in Gaza every Israeli, politicians as well as civilians, army commanders as well as soldiers, are deeply sorry and regretting the disaster that stoke the palestinians. But you must know, that all this happened due to the Chamas regime, which was elected by the palestinians a few years ago. Now, finally, they start to understand that these terrorists are destroying their lives and their hopes for peace. The Chamas organization is trying to destroy Israel completely, they don't want us on the map. Israel withdrew from Gaza 3-4 years ago, wanting them to be independent and take care of themselves. Electricity, fuel and money is transferred all the time to help them getting civilized. But unfortunately, the Chamas took the money and used it to buy more arms and rockets. Instead of building up their country they are constantly occupied by fighting against Israel. They get artileries and arms from Iran and they are smuggling their arms through secret tunnels that they're constantly building. What would Norway or Sweden have been doing, if daily - during 7-8 years - rockets are being shot over their innocent citizens (altogether 7000!!! during this period) somewhere near the border of their neighbours?? Children are not sleeping in the nights, peeing in their underwear out of frighteness, liviing in shelters sometimes for days and weeks. They cannot go to the school every day, adults cannot work, businesses are being closed, families are getting killed/hurted and crippled, their houses are getting destroyed. Would any country in the world be passive and careless to such a situation? And this is after years of negotiations that failed. I don't claim that Israel is not doing any mistakes; unfortunately they are. But like in every war, (and this being a very complicated one) mistakes are happening, but we still have to defend ourselves and fight for our survival.

l just read an article written by an Italian journalist ("Coriera de la Sera") with the title "The Chamas forced us to be their human shelters by hiding behind our children and ourselves". Palestinians told him how armed Chamas people broke into their homes, hiding from the Israeli army and then to blame Israel for war crimes. They begged the chamas people who occopied their houses, to leave and to take with them all their arms before their children and families would be killed.

So, as you see, this is not only something that the Israelis claims, but the citizens in Gasa! They also describe not only how the Chamas broke into their homes, but also how they fired rockets on the Israeli citizens and shot the Israeli soldiers from their houses, schools, mosques, hospitals, universities, UN buildings etc. The ones who tried to avoid this was blaimed to be betraders and shot immediately!

That's all, my friends! I hope you now have a clearer and more objective picture of the whole situation. Let's all hope for a permanent peace in the Middle East and in the whole world as well!

Evy