In the past ten years Israel has doubled the number of settlements in the occupied territories. In the last year Israel has built 34 new settlements. There is a double standard going on here and a failure to recognize that most of the violence has come from Israel. Five times as many Palestinians (unarmed civilians) have been killed by Israel in the occupied territories.

Israel is established on 78% of the territory of Palestine. Nearly a million Palestinians lost their homes so Israel could exist. The suicide bombings should be condemned. But so should the acts of Israel's violence against the Palestinians, shooting at journalist and blocking access for food and medical supplies to Janin.