Tragedy, All this war, all this energy to over throw each other. Big ego's with to much power, in a world so small. Its sad, I hope we truly find ourselves pitted against a force alien to human society, so we can start representing our reality as opose to our beliefs.i love all my fellow people. The time is now, yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come. "we got money for wars, but cant feed the poor".- 2pac

Joey Roman, bronx, usa/ ny

In many ways this is Arafat's fault. Don't believe the revisionists who say Ehud Barak's offer at Camp David was not worthy of acceptance. It WAS the road to peace, but Arafat ruined the chance. I pity Abbas, a man who could have done what Arafat wouldn't.. but by this time the US and most of Israel were too tired to even try.
And, yet again, the victims are the innocent civilians.

I pray for peace in that land!

Allan Clare, bristol, england

Its all very well to recognise Hamas but they are launching rockets at Israel every day which aren't reported. This week a couple landed in a school. Its all well and good to cry about the Israeli occupation, we left Gaza and look what happened.... they fire rockets at us everyday!

You in Andorra with your bleeding left wing liberal heart, try living in a city like Sderot where deadly rockets land every day sometimes hundreds in one week.

Hamas are thugs and killers. They believe in the total destruction of Israel, we won't recognise them and I for one will vote for Netanyahu in the next election. If they want war then we will have to give it to them as hard as possible, its all they understand.

Gil, Tel Aviv, Israel

This is NUTS--the Palestinians voted in Hamas, a Terror organization if ever there was one. Their very CHARTER calls for "the destruction of Israel." Let them take the damned consequences.

Europeans...Americans...PLEASE...Cut the Welfare to this population. Let Iran and Syria provide for them. Or let them hit bottom and wake up to the Islamist Nightmare that awaits them under Sharia law.

My suggestion is simple: Donate ALL of that aid to Africa and impoverished people elsewhere. Why strengthen militant Islam which will only come back to terrorize Europeans and Americans????????

jeff cransston, Newark, New Jersey

This is who the people of Gaza voted for. This is what they have to live or die with. Since martyrdom is the cornerstone of Hamas ideology and has been taught to it's younger followers since birth, the latter will probably hold true.

malcolm, New York ,

The world community must see in Hamastan, just established in the Gaza Strip, a terror entity and deal with it in such a way. The slaughter taking place there now under the leadership of Hamas, and the longer term goal of Hamas as written in its charter, pronounced by its leaders and carried out by its operatives whenever possible, that is the physical annihilation of the Jewish state of Israel and its Jewish population should no longer be excused. End all assistance to this entity now!!!

Nadav Katz, Jerusalem, Israel

Fatah and Hamas are like the Iraqi Shiites and Sunni arabs.They will never agree.

David Nigel Braham, Milan, Italy

I think I would be joining Hamas if I was part of 1.5 million in a jail 25 miles long by 5 miles wide; I may control inside the jail but it's still a jail. And it's my country which the Israelis are sitting on due to violence-Israel has no right to exist outside its legal borders and Gaza is nowhere near its legal borders.

Jack, London,

No doubt the UK Unions of academics, journalists etc will continue to support a boycott of Israel as the Palestinians of Hamas in Gaza continue to impose their fundamentalist tyranny.

Already we have seen book burnings, destruction of Internet cafes, discrimination against women. This will deepen and continue. Soon woman will be treated like in Afganistan under the Taliban and forbidden to attend school, practice MOST professions and not leave the house without a full veil and in the company of a male.

Will this attract the attention of the carion crows for boycotting Israel, no. They will blunder on, blind to the fact that they support medieval tyranny, a lust for blood and a hatred of women.

Jackie, Birmingham, UK

The West needs to wake up! Recognise the Hamas government and begin serious negotiations to end the Israeli occupation.

David, Andorra La Vella, Andorra

The West - and Israel - should arm Fatah. It is the best hope.

Ben, York,

no body talks about it when they do it to themselves and their true nature become clear but everyone has a lot to say when israel defends itself

strumple, vienna,

We see all the time all developed concerned countries
come up with the laborious effort to sort out the crisis,but
this this term no one of them appeared on the stage to this prevailing situation.They should have been by this time as it raise doubt over the International Peaceful Steps. As a concerned, i would expect the help from the developed cointries.

I wish all the best to the victims.

salauddin, Dhaka, Bangladesh

ohhh.... poor residents of gaza... must get humanitarian help... Maybe they should start thinking about the results of having 10 children in each family...

in 1970 there were 250,000 people in Gaza, and today 1.5 million... If the same growth rate would have taken place in Britian there would be more then 200,000 million people on the tiny island, and you would need humnaitarian help too...

When will the world learn the people should at some point take responsibility over their lives?

nir, Tel-Aviv,

This unfortunately is the consequence of decades of giving nothing to the Palestinians, no hope, gradually the extremists take control.

Remember whether we like it or not Hamas were legally elected last year, what was the reward for having democratic elections, sanctions, that have led to possibly the biggest gheto (dare I say it) since the second world war.

Am I surprised = No

John, Gwynedd, Wales

Never have a people over so long been so utterly betrayed by their politicians as the Palestinian have been. After them come the Belgians but a long way behind.

Now will people believe what Israeli spokespersons have been saying all along? And why on earth did Blair make the linkage between the Middle East peace process and support for the Allies in Iraq and Afghanistan? He understands nothing but himself.

Christopher Gillibrand, Brussels, "democratic" Belgium/ Europe