[Noela]

No you're not the only one Dan - I wrote a similar
post under the thread "Israel switches to Iran after Gaza"
on 26 Jan.

I'm not against sending aid - surely it is sorely needed -
but the irony of the situation is there for all to see -

In Community life the prevailing wisdom is if youngsters
trash a place they are expected to work to undo what
they have done - yet in international relations the
international community provides the money and
manpower (many of the places ruined were govern-
ment buildings) to prepare Palestine for a two-state
solution - Israel goes in and trashes it - the
international community builds it again - and so.

Surely at the very least Israel should be expected
to put up some of the money to repair what they
have done - but that is not likely to happen!