The Israeli Palestinian Conflict is a very important issue in my opinion and I'm glad that youth radio covers it without really taking a side (so far from what I've seen). Setting a political view aside, it seems you have gone to the heart of whom it is really affecting. Among some kids today it seems like certain global humanitarian issues and other problems go in and out of awareness like fads. I've seen so many people at my school sporting a "Stop Genocide in Sudan" t shirt who are unable to really discuss the issue itself, in fact even I myself have been unable to find good articles on certain issues that aren't convoluted with political subterfuge that leaves me almost less aware after reading it. Coverage like this encourages a better way for a teen to find a truer awareness in global issues. : )

My one obsession these days is to find a way to publicize the fact that Israel cannot continue to think they have carte blanche in bombing Gaza. I am personally outraged, and I am certain that there are many who agree. They cannot continue to wear the mantle of "Victimhood" and also continue to cause such devastation. There must be consequences, and the most obvious is to REFUSE to ever again buy a product or foodstuff that comes from Israel. A world citizen "boycott" of whatever Israel exports. Lets do it today and do it in the future!!

You had it. Gaza was unoccupied! You could have made it another Singapore or Qutar. Hamas has repaid Israel's complete evacuation of the Gaza Strip with a rocket, missile and mortar campaign against Israel's southern communities; 5,600 have been fired since August 2005, 3,000 in the last year alone. Today, half a million Israelis are living within range and only sheer good fortune has prevented mass casualties. Hamas Charter’s declaration: “[Peace] initiatives, the so-called peaceful solutions, and the international conferences to resolve the Palestinian problem, are all contrary to the beliefs of the Islamic Resistance Movement.” But the body of the Hamas Covenant includes unequivocal statements of Hamas’ irredentist commitment to the annihilation of Israel via jihad. Jihad martyrdom is lauded in article 8 “the Hamas slogan,” ,which states, “Allah is its target, the Prophet is its model, the Koran its Constitution; Jihad is its path, and death for the sake of Allah is the loftiest of its wishes.” Article 13 makes plain that Hamas’ jihadism is completely incompatible with any meaningful Middle East peace settlement. The people of Gza made a decision. Stop playing the victim card and take responsability for your actions!

Ehude Barak is the Defense minister, and belive me, you really need one when you get 60 rockets a day on your innocents people, every day for over 8 years. War minister is something only Arabs country have.