Two rockets were fired by Hamas militants today from Gaza into Israel. The ultra terrorist organization, Hamas, is comprised of mostly Palestinian militants with one goal; to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. The rockets were fired just weeks after Israeli troops pulled out of Gaza after a month of combat. In the last few days rockets have also been launched from Lebanon into northern Israel.

Although nobody has been injured by the lastest attacks, it is unlikely this will not stir up more violence in the region. Israel has made it quite clear they will not stand idle while their nation is under attack.

Hamas wants Israel to open Gaza’s border crossings, but Israel says it won’t until Hamas frees an Israeli soldier held since June 2006.

Hamas says that will only happen if Israel releases hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, including high-ranking militants and the masterminds of deadly suicide bombings.

Clearly there is no sign that the violence between Palestinians and Israelis is going to stop any time soon. What I cannot understand is why the American Government, specifically the Obama Administration, is ear marking $900 million to send to Gaza for reconstruction. The money is going to be wasted because fighting between the two nations is going to occur again meaning any rebuilding that takes place just becomes a new target which will undoubtedly be destroyed and thus need to be rebuilt again and again.

Also, any money sent over to Gaza will be in control of the Palestinian authority and no matter what they say, anyone can see the money is going to trickle down to Hamas. In essense the Obama Administration is going to be funding the perpetuation of this violence. Since America is a large supplier of arms and money to Israel already, it seems the US is paying for both sides to fight it out. Meanwhile back home the American deficit continues to grow at an alarming rate. It makes no sense. Rather than sending money to rebuild Gaza, why not just send them money to move out of Gaza. This is a very complex situation and I do not mean to make light of it, but at the end of the day one thing is clear. The US should not send money to rebuild a haven for terrorist activity.

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