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It would be similiar to the people up north throwing stones at the paras and the paras replying by bombing everybody in the area as a response. The response was disproportionate to the Palastine aggression.
Israel are still occupying land that they should not be. They should move back to the land they were given at Palastines expense in 1947. When Palastine was divided in two to accomodate the Jewish people. Maybe then a peaceful cooperation can be found.
each Israeli airstrike just recruits more Palestinians to fight with HAMAS.
We've seen it in Ireland with the IRA and Loyalists.
It's really sad and so obvious that it will never end unless the tit for tat ends.
Read your history. Palestine was divided into two when the Arabs, lead by the Jordanians, invaded at exactly the same time that the British handed over their old (post WWI) league of nations mandate to the UN. (The British were given most of the old Ottoman Empire lands in the Middle East to administer but by the late 30's had granted independence to most of the Arab states. The formal intent to establish a Jewish homeland also dates from this post First World War period).Israel are still occupying land that they should not be. They should move back to the land they were given at Palastines expense in 1947. When Palastine was divided in two to accomodate the Jewish people. Maybe then a peaceful cooperation can be found.
I agree with most of what you say but the UN Agency for Palestinian refugees said that around 50-60 civilians have been killed. That means that 250+ Hamas fighters have been killed which I see no problem with.My sister works for a NGO and has visited every war torn area in the past ten years and always says that it is Gaza that causes her to despair the most. She said they are the normal civilians are the most amazing people she has met but they are living in conditions beyond belief. Whatever the politcal situation, the world needs to face the fact that there is a humanitarian disaster happening and a State i.e. Israel is blocking aid from getting in. This is totally unacceptable and there is no defence for it.
As for Israels decison to use Air Strikes, what do they hope to achieve? They won't bring down Hamas, they haven't stopped the missiles and they have killed over 300 people compared to 4 Israelis while causing massive instability in the region. Personally I would love troops to enter Gaza and take down every single member of Hamas and every other militant group. Its not going to happen though. Look what happened when Israel they attacked Lebanon in 2006. They are not going to that again. So within the next couple of days we are going to be back at exactly the same situation as before. They will be some sort of ceasefire which both sides will break and nothing will have been achieved apart from more misery and despair. There will only ever be a political solution to this problem but I will be damned if I know how it would work.
And anyone who accuses anyone who dares to criticise Israel of being anti-semetic should take not part in any discussion on the subject. This is not an argument that be broken down to good v evil or right v wrong. Both sides are as bad as each other. Lets be honest here, the whole region is a basket case
And then our own Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheal Martin condemns Israel for defending itself. What an Anti-Semetic Muppet !!
And anyone who accuses anyone who dares to criticise Israel of being anti-semetic should take not part in any discussion on the subject.
Yes but what else would you attribute his utterance to; ignorance and stupidity or an attempt to court the vote of the ignorant and stupid Irish people who are blindly pro-Palestinian?Criticising Israel for attacking Gaza is not anti-Semitism.
Anti-Semitism is hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group.
250+ gunmen killed with 50-60 civilians... hard to see any way they could have done better than that.I agree whole-heartedly - anyone should be able to comment on a country's foreign policies without being accused of religious intolerance. Criticising particular actions taken by Israel is not anti-semitic, no more than criticising actions by Palestine (or Iran, or Malasia) is anti-Islamic. Part of the problem with the entire debate is that people are accused of antisemitism if they disagree with any actions by the Israeli state. I, for one, am not prepared to accept that moniker, but I do feel entitled to have and state my opinions on the actions of the Israeli state.
That said, I agree that Israel should be able to address attacks on its country, but surely they actually have the expertise and military equipment to do so without such huge loss of civilian life? Also, the (current) geography of the area makes it hopeless for humanitarian aid to get through if Israel refuses it to be allowed through. I don't think anyone would support Hamas' attacks on Israel, but from a political perspective at least, it seems counter-productive for Israel to respond in its current manner.
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That said, I agree that Israel should be able to address attacks on its country, but surely they actually have the expertise and military equipment to do so without such huge loss of civilian life?
250+ gunmen killed with 50-60 civilians... hard to see any way they could have done better than that.
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