One Good Reason.

Gaza would not need to drown in blood once again for its people to realize that they live under difficult conditions. Gaza would not need to drown in a bloodbath before it wakes up from its shock of the fight between brothers, who are fighting over limited, transient authority.

Had the elite been true to the people, things would have been different. Moreover, the writers, journalist and politicians would have done much more to handle things in a different way more felicitous for people living in the region.

We will not be fair to Gaza if we leave it…to the control of thugs, and those shouldering rifles to decide its future with a bundle of meaningless, yet deceitful slogans. We will not be fair to all Palestinians if we let part of our own land, which has been the first to witness the occupation reduced. However it has not been liberated in the full sense of the term, because Israel still maintains cruel stranglehold over all borders plunging Gaza's million and a half Palestinian in a prison-like matchbox.

Depression and hopelessness seem to be a characteristic features of the wiped out body of Gaza, where people have been forced to live under Israel-led siege which has almost obliterated all aspects of life. What kind of example has Gaza set after the reduction of the occupation five years ago or so? Instead of working to rebuild what Israel's occupying forces had destroyed after the recent assault, salving their wounds, treating psychological problems and unifying efforts to resist the occupation, the Palestinians in Gaza tend to violently debate or sometimes--within the same family- quarrel pettily over their political affiliation. What a disgraceful behavior! Hasn't the time come to get ourselves out of our slumbering torpor? They cannot blame their inability only upon the occupation, though it is the driving force behind it.

For ten years, the Palestinians in Gaza tried Fatah and experienced a mismanaged and disorderly Palestinian authority, and then they have come, for change, to experience Hamas, but it is too late. On one hand, Hamas has internationally found itself abhorred by the entire world, and unable to fix the situation. The bottom line, at least in my opinion, is that neither Fatah nor Hamas proved any prosperous stage in Gaza's history, but rather miserable flops and that the problem is not as easy as anyone could imagine. And for the upcoming few months as Hamas governance is about over, I-like so many Palestinians of course, fear that another bloody infighting will break out—God I hope not…

Undeniably, Gaza is like a big prison, but ignorance & will-o'-the-wisp have made the Gaza Strip inferno on earth for everyone. Now it is much more obvious that it is all a "struggle for power". Have we forgotten about our fundamental issues- like the refugees' right of return and the cause of Jerusalem, or the cupidity for office has turned our hearts stone-like to the extent of being blind to our people suffering? After what I have seen, it is no strange to me to learn that we no longer matter to our leaders

There are more than one thousand reasons that push people to leave Gaza. However there is a reason to be optimistic. This is our only homeland and this alone admonishes us to roll up our sleeves and start right away to rebuild what has been destroyed. We must bravely accept the challenge and start forging ahead on our avenue toward restoring our glory. We should have faith…believe in our potentials to continue fighting for our reason.