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From my OpenSalon Blog:
Imagine if Hamas had chosen not to deliberately break the ceasefire by bombing Israelis.
Imagine if Egypt took down its wall across the entire southern border of Gaza today and allowed in food and medicine as the international community has begged it to do.
Imagine if the Palestinian leadership had used the $7.6 billion in aid allocations in 2008 to build roads, hospitals, and sewage treatment plants.
Imagine if Hamas had distributed food and medicine instead of guns and rockets.
Imagine if the Arab countries that hold Palestinians in refugee camps let them out.
Imagine if Palestinians were free to travel to any of the other 20 Arab countries besides Jordan.
Imagine if the Palestinians were allowed to own land in any of the other 20 Arab countries, or become citizens or vote there.
Imagine if Iran didn’t fund terrorist organizations like Hamas.
Imagine if the international community offered to build schools and hospitals in Gaza instead of offering cash that could be used to buy weapons.
Imagine if Arab countries offered peace prizes to Palestinian families instead of cash bonuses to surviving family members of suicide bombers.
Imagine if Palestinian organizations did not have the planned destruction of Israel in their charters.
Imagine if Hamas offered to negotiate.
