C'mon, it's Jan 6 meanwhile: Is everyone in US still really fine with what goes on in Gaza?

I'm not fine with it, but other than write our elected officials and send aid donations it doesn't seem like there's a lot the average U.S. citizen can do. It really irks me that Israel, which is on the whole a pretty modern, well-to-do nation, receives so much aid from the U.S. Personally I'd prefer to help the people with the least in life first, for example, children in the U.S. who are homeless or orphaned, rather than subsidize the Israeli military. "Israel has large income from heavy tourism, as well as from donations from individuals and organizations around the world.

USA is aiding Israeli economy at the level of US$ 3 billion annually, of which 1,8 billion is allocated to military expenses, the remaining to the civil economy of Israel. Since Israeli economy still runs on heavy deficits, the country cannot be without this help, even if the recent governments have declared economic independence as of its main objectives. " (from http://www.wrmea.com/html/usaidtoisrael0001.htm) "...the sheer amount of aid the U.S. gives to Israel, unparalleled in the history of U.S. foreign policy.

Israel usually receives roughly one third of the entire foreign aid budget, despite the fact that Israel comprises less than .001 of the worldÿs population and already has one of the world's higher per capita incomes. In other words, Israel, a country of approximately 6 million people, is currently receiving more U.S. aid than all of Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean combined when you take out Egypt and Colombia. " (from http://looklex.com/e.o/israel.economy.htm).

Yes, most of us have been thoroughly disgusted by decades of Palestinian terrorism and feel that whatever Israel tries to do to stop it is worth trying.

Yes, I'm 110% in agreement with Israel's right to defend themselves from terrorism and acts of overt aggression. They have also demonstrated an uncanny level of concern for the family of these terrorists (more than the terrorists themselves do by encouraging their own women and chlidren to engage in suicide bombings/other acts of terrorism plus insistence they NOT leave the area despite the pleas and advance warning/notification of bombings). Palestinians have plenty of other nations to turn to if they do not like it in Isreal - Israel has no other place to go...remember, this is a nation of people that suffered the worst at the hands of others during the holocaust.

Why do the surrounding nations not want to extend a hand to their own by brining the palestinians in and supporting them the way Isreal does its own throughout the world? The surrounding palestinian nations certainly could do so if they were inclined...

Not happy about it, but yea I'm fine with it. If Israel can finally pull the carpet out from Hamas the Palestinians would be able to prosper and grow like a normal people. It's unfortunate that Hamas wants to wipe Israel off the map and keeps shooting rockets into Israel.

If only Hamas would say they want peace with Israel and stop their agressive actions, Israel would work with them. The world would demand it eventually. Everything is going according to plan and right on schedule.It will work out perfectly.

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I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.