Time for another exile?

Israeli rocket attack on a residential building on Sunday killed close to sixty people, thirty seven of them being children. The explanation from Israel - "It was a mistake" they said something similar to this when the UN post was attacked last week where six aid workers were killed. A mistake indeed and mistakes like these go on for ever. Yesterday I watched a report on TV about the double standards of media reports. Some people feel that the media is biased and is supporting the Lebanese when Israelis are suffering because of the rocket attacks from across the border in the north. The report showed Israeli people, grown ups and kids alike inside under ground bomb shelters living the best life they could given the present circumstances and the participants said that the Israelis are suffering a lot because of this crisis. Let us look for a moment on the plight of the Lebanese. If the Israelis are living in shelters, the Lebanese are living in their own apartments not protected but in a very vulnerable situation. One Lebanese man spoke about the Qana incident that he could not find help at the hospitals because the authorities could not do anything because of such attacks.

What the western world has not realized so far is that this action of Israel that has support from USA and Britain, is brewing hatred towards them among people not just in the Arab world but also among people all over the world. I personally have started losing the respect that I had for the United Nations. It has been more than two weeks since the crisis started and the UN has not done anything to stop it. People have called for restraint and ceasefire but it has not happened till now. What is the purpose of an organization if just a couple of its member nations are dictating the way it should act?

If this attitude of the Israelis continues and if the western countries continue to support them in such actions, it won't be too late before another Israeli exile and believe me, they will not have many to sympathize.