I found that some of it was down to that old old old thing: good intentions. Gone wrong. The Road To Hell once again being paved with Good Intentions.
Here’s one of the guys involved, Dennis Ross U.S. Mideast Envoy:
“At times,” he wrote in the Post, “I argued with Israeli leaders and security officials, telling them they needed to allow more construction materials, including cement, into Gaza so that housing, schools and basic infrastructure could be built. They countered that Hamas would misuse it, and they were right.”
And that’s just fine with some of these people. Just another civil servant cocking things up. Totally screw things up, then say, Oh, well, too bad. Shucks. Happened with Covid. Oh well, we got it wrong; let’s just look forward and move on. And with Hamas: we thought they’d be nice guys; the Israelis told us they’d steal the cement. Turns out they were right. Oh well. Move on....
Now we’ve learned that there are huge tonnels under the southern border of Gaza with Egypt. Big enough to drive trucks through, they say. Tell me they don’t drive trucks through with cement to build even more tunnels, tell me they don’t use those tunnels to bring more munitions into Gaza; tell me all that, and I’ll sell you that infamous Brooklyn Bridge.
"Who Gave Hamas the Cement for Tunnels?”
Looking up this cement issue, for some weird reason, the algorithm led me to the article below. Once again, Palestinians saying: WE DO NOT WANT a two-state solution. As I pointed out recently.
What they want is a ONE STATE solution, the destruction of Israel. A United Nations-created country. And yet, all the pressure is on Israel.
"The Two-State Solution Is an Unjust, Impossible Fantasy” Tareq Baconi New York Times Guest Essay, 1 April 2024.
