Last night President Shimon Peres was interviewed by Pierce Morgan with the core topic being the potential invasion of the Gaza Strip by Israel. Peres opened the interview first by thanking the United States and President Obama for their support; he also thanked Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas for his continued discussions on how to proceed peacefully. The public acknowledgement of Obama and Abbas is important to Israel as over the last few months relations between Israel and these other parties had been cool at best.
Peres claimed that the Hamas controlled Gaza could end the violence at any moment simply by not shooting anymore; he argued that Hamas has a choice, Israel does not have a choice. Peres discussed Israel's devotion to the peace process and he pointed to the continued negotiations with the Fatah controlled West Bank as evidence that Israel is willing to move forward peacefully. Meanwhile all night, even during the interview with Peres, @Tweet_Palestine and @PalestineVideo were posting videos and messages about civilian targets being bombarded by Israeli rockets. There is no question that the deaths inside Gaza greatly outnumber the deaths inside Israel, however civilians on both sides are in great danger. When asked if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu planned to invade Gaza, President Peres would not give a definitive answer saying that it is up to Hamas... if they stop firing, the violence ends. Hamas claims that if Israel stops firing, the violence ends. The power structure in Israel can cause some confusion for outsiders... the President of Israel is the ceremonial and largely advisory role of the Head of State, while the Prime Minister is the chief executive and the Head of Government. In the United States President Obama is both Head of Government and the Head of State.
Marrina Yeomans Period 3
11/19/2012 09:51:29 pm
"If you stop shooting, I'll stop shooting" That line would cause an never ending circle of shooting, hoping for one side to stop firing. But it seems neither one wants to back down now that they are firing at each other. But people are getting innocently killed and they haven't done anything wrong. Growing up with war it seems normal for this to happen. I wonder when a world without a conflict will come.
Alexia M period 6
11/20/2012 04:27:03 am
I dont know think that the violence will end if one side stops shooting. If one side stops shooting, the other will take advantage. The reason that the shooting hasnt stopped is that exactly. Both sides are in fear that if they stop shooting, the other side wont. This will show weakness and deffinately wont solve the problem. To be honest, I think the only way this will end will be in a war. This dispute is so strong that violence will have to be the answer. A war is the answer. To get people on their side, they are showing pictures of dead people from their country saying that the other side is the bad ones. This is getting deadly and will only get worse before it gets better. 11/20/2012 04:37:39 am
This is stupid of both sides to say if they stop shooting we will stop shooting...like come on why don't you peacefully work it out. Innocent civilians are being caught in the cross fire and its beginnning to affect many people in both countries. Someone needs to realize that innocent children are dying from the bombings and rockets. They do not deserve that and the world needs to figure out a way to end this peacefully.
Alexis Lavallee period 5
11/20/2012 05:33:50 am
It frustrates me reading that both sides are willing to work towards peace if the other just "stops shooting". If they both want the violence to end, why can't they both just stop shooting?? Obviously a lot of civilians are getting hurt unintentionally, and I think it would be a very poor choice for Israel to invade the Gaza Strip. I don't understand why Peres said Hamas has a choice while Israel does not. If they both want peace, why can't they reach it?
Jessica Period 1
11/20/2012 10:20:17 am
I agree with what President Shimon Peres said in his interview with Piers Morgan. The United States, nor any other nation in the world, would allow thousands of rockets to be rained down upon them from a territory on its border ruled by a group of people sworn to its destruction, without retaliating. Nor would a country that is being attacked clearly state to its enemy its intention to invade. To think otherwise is foolish. If Hamas agrees to stop firing if Israel stops firing, then why don't they just stop already?
Nicole Morales Period 6
11/20/2012 11:06:46 am
I think that Isreal and Gaza really need to think about the civilians instead of saying that "we will stop shooting when they stop". It's like kicking your little sister or brother and then them kicking you back then saying "he/she started it"! I really think that they should try harder to make peace.A rocket killed four kids at a school. C'mon! Isn't that insentive enough!
Danika Wayss Period 6
11/20/2012 11:18:56 pm
I think that if both sides will not cease fire first then US should make Isreal cease fire. The only concern would only be that maybe Gaza is bluffing and really has no plan of ceasing fire. I think Hillary Clintons job is very important now. She alone is respnsible for convincing Isreal and Gaza to both stop the violence and be careful not to offend either country.
Travis period 6
11/21/2012 03:38:38 am
I think that Israel should have to be the ones to cease fire. Israel is way bigger than Gaza and has way more high tech weapons. There iron dome missile system is stopping a lot of rockets before they even hit densely populated areas. Gaza doesn't have any defense systems so more people are getting hurt. I hope Israel doesn't invade Gaza because that would just get everyone mad
Hunter Bazarnick
11/23/2012 09:34:12 pm
Israel is kind of like a middle school kid bullying a little elementary school kid right now. The catch is the elementary kid has lots of brothers in high school. Israel should just cease fire and weep about their "pride". It's silly that they are still fighting.
Gabbie Demers period 5
11/24/2012 12:48:53 am
The fact that these to countries are acting almost like high school kids saying ill stop if you stop, using twitter as a sense of showing whose worse. I think personally for a topic that's been going on and cause so many wars you would think they would have learned there lesson by now, but no they both just want to be the one to win. I think if they really wanted to resolve peace they would've stooped firing by now. In the end in order to resolve this peaceably someones going to have to step back but they both have very headstrong personalities in order to do so.
Yannick Borter period 3
11/24/2012 04:09:59 am
I think that is a difficult situation. "if you stop shooting then i will stopp shooting". this secentense is a good start for armistice. The big question is who stop shooting first.
Mikaela Period 1
11/24/2012 09:37:47 pm
I think it is childish for them to fight about who will stop shooting in order for there to be no more violence. I think they should come together and solve it peacefully. But, that could start another war. No matter what there may be shooting and people dieing.
Sam Malm Period 1
11/25/2012 07:29:08 am
They're really fighting over who has to stop shooting? Thats how school is like. The other wont back down due to reputation being at stake
Molly period 1
11/25/2012 10:30:20 am
This is just childish. "I will stop shooting if you will stop shooting" result? Stop shooting! But no, they cannot ruin there reputation with themselves being the first to stop, honestly, this is for the safety an peace towards your people! Do the right thing.
Tiana Dickenson Per. 4
11/30/2012 10:56:24 am
I agree that the whole "if u stop shooting then I will stop shooting" thing is dumb. One side might not stop shooting because it is an opportunity to take advantage and both might not trust each other...most likely they won't so neither one will.
Daniel Peladeau Period 6
12/3/2012 06:11:11 am
They should both just stop firing at the same time, I hate when this happens and one side just says we will stop as soon as you stop, while the other side says the same thing. They need to both stop at the same time because one might take the advantage and shoot everything and destroy the other side. They are both worried that it will happen to them if they stop firing. They need to stop this madness before many civilians continue getting killed in both countries.
Oanh Nguyen Period 5
12/5/2012 06:51:53 am
This is kinda childish of Israel and Gaza. They should try and BOTH stop at the same time instead of negotiating who's gonna stop first. While they're having their childish dispute, tons of lives are being taken in both countries. At this rate, a war will happen sooner or later.
Bronwyn P.1
12/12/2012 09:54:33 am
I dont think this war will end if the other side just completly stops firing. This will have to be fixed by either a discussion or if one side wins. There have been so many deaths all ready because of this dipute. WHo knows what could happen in the weeks to come. Comments are closed.
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