Independent Blog Post #???

I am ashamed to admit that I have no idea what number blog post this is. The last week was quite hectic as we had mock Congress which took up a good amount of time. Anyways, on to the blog post.


Recently there has been quite a lot of noise about a possible Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip. In fact, Israel called up an additional 75,000 reservists on Friday, a move that indicated that they could be preparing for a ground war.

For years relations between the Gaza Strip and Israel have been tense. The situation has been exacerbated by both sides repeated escalations. If Israel bombs a rocket site in Gaza, then they are met with rockets landing in their major population centers, and so on and so forth. Both sides need to take a deep breath, and step back from the brink of war. Another war in the Middle East would benefit no one, especially as most of the region is currently on not so good terms with Israel, and with a current Civil War ongoing in nearby Syria.

Either Israel or Gaza needs to be the bigger person and stop retaliating and show the world that their side is the one being attacked, and so win international support. Recently on the site Reddit.com a video was posted of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking candidly, without realizing that the cameras were rolling. Now this footage must be taken with a grain of salt, seeing as it was posted to a part of reddit which is notoriously toxic, r/politics, a den of extreme liberalism which is often controversial, and partisan.