I'd like to put the question to all those morons who are labling Gazans as murderers and so on...
What else is a human being is expected to do when they are faced with such blatent deprivation of their basic rights? Who gives you the right to decide what they should and should not have? It is so sad that the world today is being ruled by a bunch of hypocrates and greedy bunch of individulas who have no regard for others. Stop all that bloody winging and give the land back to their rightfull owners and all will be good!

wiseman, Manchester, UK

Cut the murderous Gazans off - why should Israel feed and supply electricity to those who want their complete annihilation ?
When the Palestinians decide to give up their mediaeval ways and join the civilised world, then give them help.
Let them blame the real culprits - their power seeking leaders who profit from their peoples disaster.
They have been given sufficient aid to rebuild dozens of times but it suits their leaders to accumulate the money for themselves or buy arms.

Tony, Edgware,

Sir,
The so-called peacemaker & ex-UK PM Mr Blair (or "Bliar") is staying at a hotel built upon a hill named quite appropriately, "The hill of evil counsel" !

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6979352.stm

SC, London, United Kingdom

Gaza should be thoroughly cleaned. It is at present no more than a maggot-infested corpse, the stench of which makes life in the neighboring areas impossible. All who renounce violence should be invited to leave, without arms; the IDF should then go in and clear out all weapons and weapons-bearers; and the peaceful should then be permitted to re-enter and begin life anew, free of verminous rule.

Maynard, Oxford, UK

Islamic Jihad terrorists said its firing of Kassam rockets on Sderot Monday morning was meant as a "gift" for the new school year. Nine rockets were aimed at Sderot during the morning, causing property damage and forcing the evacuation of toddlers from a day care center. One rocket fell several yards away from the facility.

So here we have Islamic Jihad boasting about their intention to kill school children. What comment can anyone make about this except to say that their ethics and beliefs must be coming from some Silicon based life-forms from another galaxy. On the other hand, why go so far? The name of the organization says it all. Islamic Jihad. Islamic jihadi ethics.

Every newspaper in the West which does not raise an uproar about this, and every government which does not do it's maximum to stop this, is and will be, morally, an accomplice if and when, God forbid, children in Sderot (or elsewhere, no just in Israel) get killed by Muslim jihadists.

Mladen Andrijasevic, Be;er Sheva , Israel

Where are the Pal's going to create a State? Does anyone seriously believe the Israeli's who are becoming increasingly Zionist will actually give up even a significant portion of their "settlements" in the WB?

And I find it damnable that the Isreali's treat other minorities like they've been treated.

Jim Edwards, London, Canada

Islamic Jihad terrorists said its firing of Kassam rockets on Sderot Monday morning was meant as a "gift" for the new school year. Nine rockets were aimed at Sderot during the morning, causing property damage and forcing the evacuation of toddlers from a day care center. One rocket fell several yards away from the facility.

So here we have Islamic Jihad boasting about their intention to kill school children. What comment can anyone make about this except to say that their ethics and beliefs must be coming from some Silicon based life-forms from another galaxy. On the other hand, why go so far . The name of the organization says it all. Islamic Jihad. Islamic jihadi ethics.

Every newspaper in the West which does not raise an uproar about this, and every government which does not do its maximum to stop this is and will be, morally, an accomplice if and when, God forbid, children in Sderot (or elsewhere, no just in Israel) get killed by Muslim jihadists.

Mladen Andrijasevic, Be;er Sheva , Israel

All the while Hamas refuse to recognise treaties made between Israel and the previous Palestinian Government, there can be no peace, nor can there be attempts to make peace. Hamas has as it's main policy, the complete removal of any Israeli presence in the middle east. Hamas was elected to be the Gov. of Palestine based largely on their being seen as using what money they had to provide schools, Hospital, other medical requirements for the Palestinians. The Fatah is not only corrupt it is also largely seen as being corrupt, this corruption starts at the top and filters down through the entire movement. Sending Tony Blair in to try and achieve some form of dialogue is rather like building a sand castle on a beach, whatever he may accomplish, will, at the first obstacle, vanish as though the tide returns to wash it away.

Geoffrey, Zavalla, Tx, USA

I think that first of all, the Palestinian goverment should grip the "inside-war" between Hamas and Fatah, for then, try to reach an agreement with Israel. If it's not possible for the president Abbas to topple the Islamic terrorist groups, the U.S and the U.K goverment should tackle the problem there, to avoid a future internal chaos that could affect not only Palestina, but Israel and other countries. On the other hand, the idea of cutting off all the supplies to Gaza, could be the right soultion (becuase of the human rights), but could be a "warning" to the guerrillas. As an american citizen, but with Israeli ancestors, I would like to see peace on both sides, because Israel is not willing to make an end of Palestina, fade to find a solution for a peace atmosphere in Middle-east. And as I said before, to cut off the supplies to Palestina isn't the right way to solve the problem. The U.S and the U.K should tackle this situation in a right way.

José Cáceres, Arlington, U.S.A/ Virginia

Dear God. The Israelis and Palestinians must be warned!

Oliver, Edinburgh,

Mr. Hider, turning their guerillas into an army sounds better than supportung cells of Fatah-thugs who terrorisd NOT Israel but their own people. The Fatah thugs in the West Bank will lose it to Hamas naturally because THEY & ONLY they accepted and still are on Hizbullahs and Irans payrollTHEY SAY THAT WITH PRIDE; check your sources ....Hamas rejected money from Iran Fatah happily opened their hands to fill their dirty pockets and filthy consciouses

Massad Abu Toameh, Jerusalem,

Oh No! Not Mr Blair - he cannot tell the difference between the truth and a lie.

Anthony Davies, Sheffield, UK

Israel should cut off all supplies to Gaza, why should they be alloewd to bite the hand that feeds them.
I have no vested interest or ethnic bias.

Dave Madley, Alicante, Spain

Incidental to this article:
Close to 30,000 Jewish - and a few hundred Arab - volunteers from Palestine served in the British Army during WWII. When a 'Palestine' shoulder tag was permitted, the Jews by and large adopted it. Not so the Arabs: "We're Arabs, not Palestinians!" they declared.
Furthermore, the PLO was founded in 1964, three years before Israel captured the 'West Bank' and Gaza Strip! [

DC, Chertsey/Addlestone,

So the saga continues the only difference is this time they have a poodle (Blair) to blame.

Israel will never declare peace or want peace with the Palestinians for a very simple reason. If there is peace in that part of the world then Israel won’t get Billions of Dollars per month as aid which it receives now, from the world with the auspices of "WE ARE THE VICTIMS".

Yet Israel has killed, maimed, uprooted and caused more harm to the Palestinians in the past fifty years, than the Palestinians ever did to them in the thousands of years.

The world especially the USA has turned a blind eye to all this.

James Hewitt, London, UK

"Rockets and chaos confront Blair "

Visiting Britain was he ?

TomTom, Leeds, England

well, I do not think that tony Blair will be able to strike a deal betweel the palestiniens and the Israelis given the stubborn position held by Tel-Aviv.

To put an end to this long-standing conflit, the Israeli leaders should undestand that the Palestinian people are free and have all the rights to live and own their land.

History will never deny that Palestine is a deeply-entrenched country that has been suffering at the hands of a tyrannical israeli leadership.

sami Ayad, Brussels, belgium

Blair is a has-been. It is amazing how he has disappeared from view. And there's no progress to make here, because Israel is not willing to give anything. Israel's attitude is astounding, but typical of their lack of shame. They bomb the Gaza power station into rubble, prevent rebuilding, and then say how generous they are to allow electricity into Gaza. There is no difference these days between Gaza and the Warsaw Ghetto. Blair also lacks shame in refusing to recognise this fact.

Alex, Paris, France

Blair can sort it in time. Although I never voted for him , he is a political giant as opposed to his deposer brown, who is a political disaster.

allan scott, nottinham, UK

As long as Qassama are being fired into Israel, HAMAS IS NOT IN CHARGE.

Israel should NOT just threaten to cut off utilies. JUST DO IT!!!

S K LIN, Hongkong,

Read what the newspaper al-wahad news says about Blair's visit. It's hard to disagree - the Middle East deserves better than this.

john problem, london,

having tony blair as the peace envoy, is like having sir alex ferguson as the ref at a man united and man city derby!!

martin, ipswich, suffolk

Blair represents western globalist ideals, not to mention unwavering support for Israel, including a blind eye to practises that would be condemned as barbaric if they were undertaken by other less 'friendly' nations.
In the UK, we had bombers from Leeds. If there were more bombings from people from Leeds, would it be considered appropriate to withdraw water and electricity from Leeds? ...or would that be a ridiculous and inhumane reaction?
As long as the western allies take such a partisan approach to middle eastern politics, in general, and continue a policy of 'manipulation', there will be no peace. If I know that, then surely Bush, Blair and Co know the same.
Hamas may be terrorists, but we have to ask: Why is it that, in general, the ordinary, non-terrorist Palestinian supports Hamas? Is it because they have no other non-puppet, credible or active representative that has any chance of saving them from the misery of the last 50 or 60 years?

L Okugbeni, London,

James Wolfensohn

Blair’s predecessor as envoy for the Quartet of the US, Russia, the EU and the UN, appointed in 2005. He resigned last year, blaming the US for undermining his efforts

Well at least Bush won't have to worry about Blair blaming the US.

Oliver Runnalls, Brighton,

"secular rivals Fatah"

Wow. You have to blind to think that they are "secular". They are barely any different from hamas.

Although, they may well pretend to be secular for their western backers, who are obviously desperate for peace and so, will believe it.

MM, Andover, Hampshire

Keep on dreaming palestinian state hahaa hahaahahaaaa

John Bender , seatile wa, us

Hamas run's gaza better than , cut crime down, they more control over school's and are true plaestian's ! why cant the west understand that they if they dont deal with hamas,there be no peace!

Blair should know that, just look at northern ireland!

narinder, derby,

This article cuts through the western and zionist propoganda myth.

Hamas represention the Palestinian's struggle. Gaza is free Palestine (or North Vietnam by analogy). Fatah represent collaborators with the West Bank under foreign occupation (or Soutj Vietnam by analogy).

james phillips, durham, usa