In the Gaza Strip, a small area where the people are very poor, the Israelis have destroyed 250 acres of olive trees in recent weeks. This is the way oppressors down through history have justified their violence against the people. The Israelis have resorted to this oppressor's logic to justify each new escalation in their war against the Palestinians. These Israeli military actions have led to over 200 Palestinian deaths so far, from the end of September to mid-November. Thousands have been injured.
Israeli officials claim that their troops only use lethal force as a last resort.
Our conclusion is that the soldiers are aiming for the heads of the civilians. A recent comment by Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak reveals the Israeli leadership's monstrous mentality. But the opposite is true, and the state of Israel would then be in a much more complicated situation. In Barak's own words, the only reason he and other leaders have not ordered troops to kill even more Palestinians is because of fears of negative effects on the interests of the Israeli state. Aside from this concern, Palestinian lives are worth nothing to these cold-blooded murderers.