Violence at Israeli-Gazan Border

[Belsnickel]

I'm posting a variety of links that are news sources, not opinion or analysis pieces. It's always good to read different takes on the events that have been unfolding:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/14/world/middleeast/gaza-protests-palestinians-us-embassy.html

https://www.afp.com/en/news/23/gaza-toll-rises-60-fresh-protests-against-israel-gather-doc-14v7jx16

https://apnews.com/42e68289e3244ca2879f258d4e445850/58-dead-in-Gaza-protests-as-Israel-fetes-US-Embassy-move

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-usa-protests-palestinians/israeli-forces-kill-dozens-in-gaza-as-u-s-embassy-opens-in-jerusalem-idUSKCN1IF0M8

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-44116340

https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2018/0514/US-embassy-opens-in-Jerusalem-as-dozens-killed-in-Gaza

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/14/610934534/18-palestinian-protesters-die-gaza-officials-say-as-u-s-opens-jerusalem-embassy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/jerusalem-gears-up-to-embrace-the-new-us-embassy/2018/05/14/1d6707dc-5558-11e8-a6d4-ca1d035642ce_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.65dccf735935

https://www.axios.com/us-embassy-jerusalem-during-gaza-protests-death-toll-46abc366-af06-407b-a61f-aa1498eff58f.html

https://www.allsides.com/story/clashes-gaza-us-embassy-opening

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/carnage-and-celebration-mark-u-s-embassy-opening-in-jerusalem

So I'm not sure what you all have heard or read about what's going on, but this is definitely a mess going on right now. Since this is a highly politicized topic, there are a lot of different points of view over the blame that is to go around. I listened to a reporter talking about Gaza, recently, and describing what this area is like. How the people are essentially imprisoned in this land, unable to leave and under a blockade. It's easy to say that Hamas is to blame for this, so it's their own fault, but when you have young people that have been living all or most of their lives under this 11 year struggle it becomes hard to place blame on them.

This is just such a complicated situation and sad that lives were lost. I feel the events of this week will do serious harm towards any peace process in the region, and that damage can be blamed on Israel, the Palestinians, and the U.S.