Gaza and Missile Diplomacy

Arab -Israel conflict has like any other conflict evolved from a totally unbalanced forces of a well supplied (recognizing Israel will not have survived without military supplies from WEST) army against a rag tag group of displaced tribal people with small arms and not much organization. The 1970's with so called PLO terrorist activities in retro respect was nothing but bunch of guys in prison yards shooting at the guards and walls.

Now however this conflict is reaching a more equal balance even though Israel still enjoys F16s, guided missiles, Apache helicopters, A1 tanks, 2 Ton bombs from good old US of A. The Palestinians have finally arrived at contemplating how to fight the occupation. The Missiles are the sign of that profound shift. It began with Intifada and suicide missions and now has matured with industrial strength resistance against occupation. I foresee further development of Palestinian fire power and creative methods in the near future.

This profound shift is the only way for this conflict to reach the ultimate end. The Israelis have demonstrated for over 40 years that they will only respond when threatened with fire power. Now perhaps they will begin to see "real" negotiation is the only way they can survive. Not with F16s like they have been since 1967!!