Who will pay for Gaza’s protests at the Israeli border on the 70th anniversary of Israel’s re-birth as a nation?

Theresa May has urged an independent inquiry into the reasons for violence on the border between Israel and Gaza.

On the BBC Daily Politics today, Andrew Neil high-lighted the fact that the Hamas government in Gaza organised the protests and provided knives and guns and Google maps to show where the Jewish communities were on the Israeli side of the fence. He thought that Israel should have learned about crowd control from Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland, however, he failed to note that the unruly and threatening crowds were on the Gaza side of the fence.

Prevention is better than cure, so where were the Gaza security forces on the Gaza side of the fence to prevent assaults on the fence?

Will Gaza have a Public Inquiry into how the Gaza security forces performed in maintaining the peace on the Gaza side of the border?

Rather, the Hamas government in Gaza incited the violence and it is time that Palestinian hate-speech is put under the spot-light.

Meanwhile, there are plans to blow up the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem.  There is no information yet available whether these would-be bombers will ensure that there is a leaflet drop prior to their bombing to warn people to evacuate the building.

Update:

16 May 2018: After the general rush to international judgment we are now told that 50 out of the 62 killed were Hamas operatives.  An international group of military experts, the High Level Military Group, have produced a report on the border conflict, which you can download here.

Rubber bullets and water cannons are only short range.  The technology does not exist for stopping tens of thousands of people rushing a border fence to break through it, which was Hamas’ stated aim.

18 May 2018: In addition to the 50 Hamas operatives killed, Islamic Jihad claimed three more.  Thus far, more than 85 percent of those killed while trying to breach the border have been proven to be members of terrorist organisations whose direct aim is to bring violence and death into Israel.

Zeid Raad al-Hussein, the UN human rights chief, accused Israel instead of Hamas for Gazans being effectively “caged in a toxic slum”, and the UN is under the impression that Israel ‘occupies’ Gaza. It is wonderful to see words change their meaning.

28 Aug 2018: this is how they make fake movies in Gaza.  A short history of the last one hundred years.

21 Mar 2019: While Gaza did not hold a public inquiry, the United Nations produced a report.  The ‘report’ is exposed here for what it is.

9 Mar 2026: the ‘human shield’ tactic of Hamas may not be confined to Gaza. Will Iran hold a public inquiry into why a primary school was placed so close to a military base, or vice versa, which resulted in children being killed when a US Tomahawk missile hit the military base? Walls covered with children’s murals “separate the school courtyard from the IRGC base”, as shown on the linked map. This is reminiscent of Hamas’ using human shields in Gaza. The excuse for Hamas, that Gaza is small and crowded, cannot apply to the huge country of Iran.

The refutation that it was not a US Tomahawk missile but a failed Iranian one which jammed is here. “Conclusion: Wing position alone rules out a Tomahawk. The extreme dive fits a jammed Iranian Kh-55 losing guidance and control.” This is disputed as “an AI derived analysis from a partisan source that’s been doing the rounds and has been fairly well debunked on quite a few points”, but with no sources. It shows how little one can believe in warfare, but my main point remains – why was a primary school placed so close to a military base?

12 Mar 2026: The New York Times reports about further investigations. The rush to judgment is wonderful to behold, and typical of our ungodly age. If it is still being investigated, who are these judges in the media who have already formed their judgment and who have still to learn the basic judicial principles of 1. hearing both sides of an argument, 2. being in a position to do so and 3. having the authorithy to do so. “Jesus said to him, Man, who made Me a judge or a divider over you?” Lk 12:14. Meanwhile I have still to hear any reporter ask the question I have put. Why not? Presumably because, like Hamas in Gaza, Iran does not “do” public inquiries into the IRGC and no-one expects them to. People seem to have forgotten the prejudicial, premature and erroneous reporting of the “Israeli bombing” of a hospital in Gaza, about which the UK Prime Minister of the time commented: “I also want to say a word about the tone of the debate.” His comment is here; the essence is: “the British Government judge that the explosion was likely caused by a missile, or part of one, that was launched from within Gaza towards Israel. The misreporting of that incident had a negative effect in the region, including on a vital US diplomatic effort, and on tensions here at home. We need to learn the lessons and ensure that in future there is no rush to judgment.” Who is learning the lessons? This rush to judgment is a reflection on the media and its standards and it is not confined to one conflict. Prejudicial rush to judgment may win the propaganda battle for the moment but it will not win hearts and minds. When will nations learn to listen to the Prince of Peace? Christians should not be credulous, nor impartial but they should reserve personal judgment.