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Osem · 12-01-2009, 15:06

So if they're not being told to leave their homes do we assume their homes safe from attack? If they're not safe what other option do they have?

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/applications...office/?p=2959

Yes the Jews have been victimised for a very long tiime but the difference between then and now is that even those traditionally supportive of Israel's plight are turning against them. How much more evdience do Israel's leaders need before they see that what they're doing is morally wrong, isn't going to solve their problems and will only add to the hatred.

Yes many problems could be solved if there were no militants but in what way is the innocent population responsible for the actions of the minority of militants who are firing rockets? Perhaps we should bomb Parkistan into oblivion because of that country's links with militants and terrorists. What would such action achieve except generate even more hatred and more terrorists? The closest example we've had of a situation similar to that endured by Israel in recent years was the IRA conflict. Did the Govt. resort to the indiscriminate bombing and murder of republican areas and civilians to solve that seemingly insoluble problem? Should we have bombed Dublin? Despite the most grotesque provocation by the IRA and their ilk we didn't resort to that and didn't dialogue prevail in the end?

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Osem Inactive Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Right here! Posts: 22,315	Re: Scores die in Israeli air strikes So if they're not being told to leave their homes do we assume their homes safe from attack? If they're not safe what other option do they have? http://www.oxfam.org.uk/applications...office/?p=2959 Yes the Jews have been victimised for a very long tiime but the difference between then and now is that even those traditionally supportive of Israel's plight are turning against them. How much more evdience do Israel's leaders need before they see that what they're doing is morally wrong, isn't going to solve their problems and will only add to the hatred. Yes many problems could be solved if there were no militants but in what way is the innocent population responsible for the actions of the minority of militants who are firing rockets? Perhaps we should bomb Parkistan into oblivion because of that country's links with militants and terrorists. What would such action achieve except generate even more hatred and more terrorists? The closest example we've had of a situation similar to that endured by Israel in recent years was the IRA conflict. Did the Govt. resort to the indiscriminate bombing and murder of republican areas and civilians to solve that seemingly insoluble problem? Should we have bombed Dublin? Despite the most grotesque provocation by the IRA and their ilk we didn't resort to that and didn't dialogue prevail in the end?