Has anyone seen the January 25, 2009 episode of 60 Minutes? Correspondent Bob Simon visited a Palestinian home in Gaza. The most unfortunate situation exists whereby Israeli Army soldiers have taken up residence in this home as if by eminent domain. The soldiers have actually taken up residence in the Palestinian home uninvited. In fact, the soldiers would not speak with Bob Simon, not let him in and forced the Palestinian family to turn him away lest they lock out the Palestinian family's children who were returning from a day at school.
Ack. How disgusting I thought. After thinking a bit more I imagined what this is like for those children. They're just children you know. They haven't created this world, they haven't been here long enough to make a meaningful impact on this world and yet they suffer. They suffer from seeing their parent's dominated, their homes violated and so they learn a lesson of hatred. Who are their teachers? Of course it is the Israeli soldiers. For these children, the Israeli soldiers are ambassadors of bad will. Most unfortunately, it is the young who will not soon forget.
You can see the 13 minute report here at: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4752349n
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