And So It Goes On

Horrific scenes on TV this morning after Hamas launched an attack it named 'Operation Al Aqsa Storm' on Israel with militants crossing into Israel using paragliders, boats and on foot while raining down 5,000 missiles on it's town and cities.
The number of dead inside Israel currently stands at 250 with 1,452 Israelis wounded and civilians and soldiers taken hostage and in retaliation, Israel attacked Gaza in what it called 'Swords of Iron' and 232 Palestinians have been killed and 1,610 wounded, many from an 11 story block of flats which was hit and in the bombing of two Gaza Hospitals which have resulted in the deaths of Medecins Sans Frontieres nurses and doctors.
As the Palestinians have been under a murderous Israeli military occupation for over 70 years, the reasons behind the Hamas attack are plenty but nobody should be condoning their actions, there is never any justification for murdering innocent people going about their business but Israel has been literally getting away with murder for decades and have been backed by America and Western allies.
Immediately following the attack we had the American President and UK Prime Minister saying Israel had the right to defend itself which it certainly does, but then the same goes for the Palestinians and many have pointed out the juxtaposition of the West's support for Ukraine in their struggle against the military occupation by Russia to the reaction of the military occupation of Palestine by Israel.
To me if you are supporting the occupier in any scenario then you are backing entirely the wrong side but both sides have to be condemned for their appalling acts, Hamas for attacking Israeli citizens and Israel for occupying and murdering Palestinians in their thousands for decades.
The fear is that the battle will escalate out with Lebanon groups saying they are watching the situation and Iran who have said they will 'stand by the Palestinian fighters until the liberation of Palestine and Jerusalem'.
The U.S. secretary of state Antony Blinken urged the Palestinian Authority to restore calm and stability in the West Bank in a call with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas but a return to calm and stability is the Palestinians standing by while Israel attacks them and steals their land so the cycle will continue until the International Community take steps to end the occupation, stop backing Israel so slavishly and move towards the feted two-state solution.
Until then Palestine will attack Israel, Israel will attack Palestine and the families of innocent Israeli's and Palestinians will continue to bury their dead relatives so something has to change.