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Israel and Palestine

28 March 2004, 18:00 PM
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
By Dr. Arun Kumar Goswami, Bangabandhu University College, Gopalganj
28 March 2004, 18:00 PM
Israel held Hamas responsible for suicide attacks inside its territory. The latest in the series of suicide attacks occurred during the middle of March 2004. The Hamas attackers executed a double suicide bombing at an Israeli seaport. According to Israel, the killing of Yassin was revenge killing . Now, after the assassination of Yassin, the Hamas threatens to kill the Israeli prime minister. Israel fears revenge attacks. Ismail Hanieh, a top Yassin aide, said the Hamas would continue carrying out attacks on Israel. Hanieh said, " Sheikh Yassin's death is not going to harm or affect the movement. It's going to give us encouragement to go ahead with our programme to achieve our goal".

One of the relevant arguments that emerge in this context is "revenge attack". Who is attacking first? Who is taking revenge? Is it Hamas who attacks first by propagating the ideas to crush Israel? Or, is it Israel that is taking revenge by killing innocent Palestinians? Why some big powers had supported the creation of the Jewish state ? Can the religious texts of Jews, Christianity and Islam help us to understand the root causes of intolerance in the birthplace of these holy religions? The explanations and interpretations of Israelis are far from "real". The extremists inside Israel and Palestine use the language of violence, which might not be the path of solution. Both the parties should follow the path of non-violence. Palestine and Israel should recognise each other. They must follow the ideology of pluralism and the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi.

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