SHELLS ON BEIT HANOUN: A REGRETTABLE MISTAKE?

I WILL SHOW HERE SOME PARAGHRAPS OF THE PIECE "WE OVERCAME OUR FEARS" BY JAMEELA AL-SHANTI, OF THE GUARDIAN
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1942943,00.html

"This is Israel's tenth incursion into Beit Hanoun since it announced its withdrawal from Gaza. It has turned the town into a closed military zone, collectively punishing its 28,000 residents. For days, the town has been encircled by Israeli tanks and troops and shelled. All water and electricity supplies were cut off and, as the death toll continued to mount, no ambulances were allowed in. Israeli soldiers raided houses, shut up the families and positioned their snipers on roofs, shooting at everything that moved. We still do not know what has become of our sons, husbands and brothers since all males over 15 years old were taken away last Thursday. They were ordered to strip to their underwear, handcuffed and led away."

SO THIS PIECE LET US UNDERSTAND THAT MAYBE IT WAS NOT JUST SIMPLY A REGRETTABLE MISTAKE, AD MR. OLMERT SAID, MOREOVER IT SEEMS TO BE AN UNJUSTIFIED SLAUGHTER ON INNOCENTS: IF ALL MEN WERE AWAY, WHY THE ISRALI TANK BOMBED THE HOUSES KILLING CHILDREN, WOMEN, AND ELDERLY?

"We faced the most powerful army in our region unarmed. The soldiers were loaded up with the latest weaponry, and we had nothing, except each other and our yearning for freedom. As we broke through the first barrier, we grew more confident, more determined to break the suffocating siege. The soldiers of Israel's so-called defence force did not hesitate to open fire on unarmed women. The sight of my close friends Ibtissam Yusuf abu Nada and Rajaa Ouda taking their last breaths, bathed in blood, will live with me for ever."

AS, WESTERNS, SHOULD LISTEN TO THIS. AS, YOU, UWCs, LEADERS OF THE FUTURE SHOULD CARE OF THESE WORDS:

"But as though this occupation and collective punishment were not enough, we Palestinians find ourselves the targets of a systematic siege imposed by the so-called free world. We are being starved and suffocated as a punishment for daring to exercise our democratic right to choose who rules and represents us. Nothing undermines the west's claims to defend freedom and democracy more than what is happening in Palestine. Shortly after announcing his project to democratise the Middle East, President Bush did all he could to strangle our nascent democracy, arresting our ministers and MPs. I have yet to hear western condemnation that I, an elected MP, have had my home demolished and relatives killed by Israel's bombs. When the bodies of my friends and colleagues were torn apart there was not one word from those who claim to be defenders of women's rights on Capitol Hill and in 10 Downing Street."