On Saturday 30 March the Israeli government began a new invasion of the West Bank’s cities. Its first act was to send more
troops into Ramallah. The army began to bulldoze their way into the compound of the PLO headquarters where Yasser Arafat had been under house
arrest. Other West Bank towns were put under siege.
Although the media has been barred from certain areas, the whole world knows about the terrible battering the Palestinians have faced. We know about
the destruction of ambulances, houses and shops. Many parts of the West Bank’s shaky governmental infrastructure, which had already been battered in
previous months of Israeli military actions, came under attack once more. Maybe one and a half million people were put under curfew, terrified of
venturing out. Homes were without water and electricity. Ambulances and health workers could not get to the injured and dying. People were beaten up by
soldiers. House to house and office to office searches were conducted. An estimated 4-5,000 people have been arrested and detained.
The Israeli Defence Force met greater-than-expected resistance from the Palestinian militias at the Jenin refugee camp — a one kilometre square patch of
land which is home to over 15,000 people. As we go to press it seems some hundreds of Palestinians have been killed. And perhaps 50 Israeli soldiers —
most of them reservists — have died. There has been another suicide bombing in Haifa.

read the rest of this article which argues that we "have to do more than take sides or make emotional appeals. In this conflict there are
complex issues which need to be worked through".

it is at  http://www.workersliberty.org.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=60&mode=&order=0

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