Fino ad oggi ero stato – a questo punto erroneamente – convinto del fatto che la nuova recrudescenza nella guerra in Medio Oriente, fosse da imputare alla Palestina.

Pare, tuttavia, che i giornalisti abbiano dato di nuovo prova di sè e, distratti dalle elezioni di Obama, abbiano “tralasciato” un piccolo particolare. Particolare che potete ritrovare in questo articolo di Jimmy Carter sul Washington Post [per chi non lo sappia, ex presidente degli Stati Uniti d’America e presidente e fondatore dell’omonima fondazione) e di cui vi riporto un piccolo estratto:

Since we were only observers, and not negotiators, we relayed this information to the Egyptians, and they pursued the cease-fire proposal. After about a month, the Egyptians and Hamas informed us that all military action by both sides and all rocket firing would stop on June 19, for a period of six months, and that humanitarian supplies would be restored to the normal level that had existed before Israel’s withdrawal in 2005 (about 700 trucks daily).

We were unable to confirm this in Jerusalem because of Israel’s unwillingness to admit to any negotiations with Hamas, but rocket firing was soon stopped and there was an increase in supplies of food, water, medicine and fuel. Yet the increase was to an average of about 20 percent of normal levels. And this fragile truce was partially broken on Nov. 4, when Israel launched an attack in Gaza to destroy a defensive tunnel being dug by Hamas inside the wall that encloses Gaza.

Alle volte è bene prendere con le “pinze” ciò che scrivono i giornali, perchè spesso frutto di verità parziali.

(via polisblog.it)
(via washingtonpost.com)