I am not going to delve into the complexity of the situation in the Middle East, and the futility of the solutions offered by so many mass-media-informed citizens of the world, who seem to have a deep knowledge how to solve the problem between the two sworn enemies. No, Israel withdrawal will not solve any problems (for Israel, I mean) as Israel did withdraw from Gaza a couple of years ago, and the launching of missiles into Israeli cities has only intensified ever since. No, Israel opening of the boarder would not solve the problem (for Israel, that is) as whenever they tried it, suicide bombers from Gaza blew themselves up in Israeli cities.

If you are honest with yourself, you must admit that you do not have a solution, and that it’s hard to find a single side to blame, as both are at fault. It is quite tribal thinking that forces us to take sides, favouring one over the other rather than try and look at the complexity of the issues and seek a solution.

Anyone who claims that Israel should let missile fall on its land, and suicide bombers explode in its cities, is a bit out of touch with reality. The first role of a country is to defend its own citizens. However, if you object the Israeli attack as you don’t believe it would solve the problem, I would fully agree, but do you have another solution? What would you have done if you lived there? What would you have done if busses exploded in London weekly, or if missiles were launched on Kent from France? All this is rather difficult and lazy thinking, although makes one feel good, has never solved anything.

The thing I am most perplexed about is why are the heated emotions here in England? After all, there were no demonstrations in the two weeks leading to the attack, when Hamas fired missiles on Israel and Israel made it clear that it would respond if the firing continued. Why didn’t you demonstrate to stop the attacks on Israel, even if not to protect Israel but merely to stop the unavoidable?

Why didn’t we see any demonstrations against Shiites killing Sunnis (and vice versa) in Iraq, against the war against PKK in Turkey, the genocide in Darfur; against Hamas killing the Fattah supporters in Gaza, Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, Iraq-Iran War, the massacre in Algeria, Russia in Chechnya, the war in old Yugoslavia, and many others. There were no demonstrations in London, even if the death tolls were much higher.

Is it possible that under the intellectual and liberal veils, some good old anti-Semitism is raising its head? Just be honest with yourself and think why you are more emotional about Gaza than about the PKK or Sri-Lanka for instance. Are you simply the product of the mass media brain washing, or maybe you are not as liberal as you want to believe you are?