On the Conflict in Gaza

ONE WHO IS GENUINELY INTERESTED in peace must know how to speak the language of peace which is the truth.

Given the circumstances, this is the only contribution that I could make at this time to make clear my solidarity with the suffering nameless civilian population in Gaza, the West Bank as well as in the nation of modern Israel.
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THEREFORE, I must be forthright about my own after-action analysis on the recent incident in Gaza and I shall take the viewpoint of the civilian population on both sides of the one side of our shared humanity.

I feel quite strongly about the amount of casualties on the civilian side and on the overall, the ratio suggests that both sides of the conflict did not take to their professional military regard, the intrinsic rights of innocents in a battlefield environment.

I disagree with the argument that the casualties were disproportionate. The forces were locked in asymmetric conflict which indicates that the means by which combat power were made available to either side were disproportionate yet their will to overcome each other in battle were equally matched. This indicates that should the situation have been reversed on either side, we will still have to endure the same result in the amount of casualties and in that proportion.

I can not justify in my mind how the casualties soared to that extent. I've been going through the RISTA (military jargon for Reconnaissance, Intelligence, Surveillance and Target Acquisition) motions in an urban environment over and over in my head and the only conclusion that serves to convince me is that military expediency was placed well over civilian safety. This alone without going into tactical specifics that are unavailable to me, compels me to report that indeed there were unspecified injustices that occurred in the course of that incident and I believe both parties to the conflict have to account for the damage inflicted on the civilian population on the overall.

I recommend that the best thing to do to preserve the common good of the Palestinian people at this time is to break them free from the cycles of violence that engulf their daily lives. And to do this at the soonest possible time.

Concomitantly, because of the nature of peace, this would also serve the common good of the Israeli people and assure long-term peace for their national communities.

Therefore, the initiative, as regards to the observances that would open up the processes that would eventually lead to sustainable peace in that region at this moment lies with the will of the Palestinian people WITH the international community including the nation of modern Israel because it is their population that is most vulnerable at the time of this report to the tides of conflict that indicates the relentless onslaughts of the will of war in that region.

The recent incident in Gaza attests to this fact.

The unborn Palestinian state must be allowed to break out and emerge into the stage of human history at this point in exile time to live in peace with the nation-state of modern Israel.

And we must apply all means and measure to de-escalate the conflict and work towards being able to progressively limit the damage that the will of war can and is able to inflict upon the long-suffering civilian population on both sides of our shared humanity in that region.

All towards a better, brighter, kinder future for the generations of life in that region.
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Prosper the Peace. Prosper the People.

Sancta Sanctis!

Glory to God in the highest
Adoration to Jesus Christ
Peace to men of good will.