Am I the only person who doesn't get what's going on in the Gaza strip?

[binkleandflip]

I'm aware it's being going on for years and that it has flared up today, but what is it all about?

not at all. I just find phraseology like ' ruffling feathers' bizarrely euphemistic and meaningless, given the serious nature of the context.

erm, and you're the one who said you found it kind of amusing? Totally see your point there.

well clearly you cannot grasp irony either.

Naomi Klein in today's Guardian is good.

donnie, deliberate understatement lost on you also...

Shall we start again? Have you got a link to the Naomi Klein article?

How long will it be before Hamas start firing rockets at Israel from Gaza and the whole depressing cycle starts again?

Will Fatah will hold onto the West Bank?

I also wonder how most Palestinians will feel about Shariah being enforced in Gaza?

I was very moved by the news reports showing peaceful, unarmed Palestinians standing up to the armed gunmen.