Gaza is the high small stretch of land descending to the sea.it is historicly (in davids time)the land of the philistines.whom God wiped out.the ruins of thier cities are by the seashore to this day.just as foretold.
The syrian,jordanian,lebenon,and arababic nomads and travelers that settled in the land of israel during thier absence later got caught up in the aftermath of ww2 .the arab nations told them to leave the districts and after they murder the new nation of israel anniahilate were thier words)they could all go back and have the land.what resulted was the 6 day war..
Now all those people groups were homless and the arab nations who could have absorbed all those refugees refused to take them.it is these groups of peoples lumped together who became known as "the palastinians.
Israel allowed them to resettle in gaza and the other areas in an unsteady truce to this day which has been marred by extremisim and terrorist acts.And is used mostly external groups as a battle ground where those pushing hatred of israel can do so without thier own homes being bombed.the anti israel groups treat the palastinans as fodder and care nothing for them.
israel knows what it is to be a displaced peopl. And pours astounding amounts of aid into gaza.
Yes when rockets are fired from the hills and towns in gaza they deal with them as they MUST.they are fired indiscriminatly at israeli towns and cities.
But the rest of the time vast amounts of aid is poured..by israel,into gaza and the world media never reports it.there is utter bias in arab oil funded media outlets in the world.
.if a palistinian falls and hurts his leg in israel..he is taken to hospital..if a jew fell and hurt himself in gaza..he risks being beaten to death.
Yet still israel pours aid in and gives the highest level of medical aid to Anyone without discrimination.
They do this out of compassion .because they know what it is to be a displaced and homless people.
So many rant against that small nation..but a few of us will rant for it.
Having spoken from time to time with inhabitants of israel..and having asked them about how they feel about palistinians..i was surprised by the gentle nature of thier replies.. They said "they too need somewhere to live and raise children"
In a land where extremists have fired ,since 2005,some 11,000 rockets into israel..it is not the response i expected to hear.