Fear Controls the State of Israel

As an intelligent person, that focuses on both sides of the conflict, I decided to study the Israeli side. Everyone that visits this blog, and everyone I know, know that I am Pro-Palestinian, however we need to understand what the Israelis think, however, we do not have to agree with them.
The popular Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, was the first place I started. I went on its website and read several articles. The one that stuck out to me was an article explaining the Hamas rockets raining on Israeli cities, This is an excerpt:

"But the world should know this: No matter how progressive the government in Israel, no matter how grave the suffering of the Palestinians in Gaza, without an end to the rockets, there will be no peace process and certainly no peace. While the rockets are flying, nothing else moves. Nothing that Israel has tried, neither diplomacy nor brutality, has been able to stop the rockets. Only Hamas can do that. The world and Washington could have made the rockets a priority years ago, and perhaps brought this to resolution. But the world has other things to think about, and Washington as well. "

I have many comments on this part of the article. The Israelis are living in total fear of destruction and are trying to prevent another Holocaust (that will never happen) from happening, or that is what they think. But the truth is, no one is trying to wipe the Jews from the face of the Earth. The rockets launched by Hamas are there to resist the occupation, to resist the thousand of home demolitions, the thousands of innocent deaths and prisoners, the Wall, the checkpoints, all the aspects of the occupation.

I truly want to believe that if Hamas stops these rockets, then peace will find its way to that region, but it's very complicated. Another comment: The "nothing Israel has tried, neither diplomacy or brutality". The Israelis should know why these rockets are raining on their cities. The brutal occupation that has been in effect since 1967 and has been tightened in the past few years is the cause, as well as the failing of finding a solution to this problem. And Israel tries diplomacy to gain on its part, and not to gain peace. The many peace processes that have occurred in the past all have one common denominator. The West Bank is split into many parts, some settlements will not be removed, and the Palestinians cannot control their airspace, harbors, borders, water and other vital things to a country. The question is why? Because Israelis don't want to see the Palestinians prosper, or rather they do not want to deal with a threat of a powerful country sitting next to them, only the Palestinians in the occupied territories have to deal with that. All the diplomatic solutions Israel has tried is stripping Palestinians of their rights to a REAL country. Not a country that is controlled by another, then that would be occupation all over again.

I can understand the Israelis' fear of these rockets, and the threats from Iran, but I should think that these fears should drive them to a peace process, not to more tightened occupation. I would like to see a cease-fire, a real one this time, which insures rights on both sides. Hamas shouldn't launch rockets, and Israel should loosen its occupation [for now, it should actually end it, but that's not going to happen overnight] and to tear down the Apartheid Wall. Then peace will be reached, because one group cannot be asked to stop the violence with the other group still using it. Both sides should stop.