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Originally Posted by ntluser
Firing rockets into Israel is not going to win the Palestinians many friends either.
The campaign started by Israel is designed to stop Hamas firing rockets into Israel.It follows that it will continue until that happens.
In the IRA scenario, soldiers were placed in Ulster to keep the peace, which was not appreciated by either Catholics or Protestants, but at no time did the IRA fire rockets from Ireland or Ulster into England. Even with the soldiers in place there were incidents like "Bloody Sunday" where innocent people were caught up in gunfire between the British Army and the IRA.
I doubt if the Palestinians will like it if, in order to preserve the peace, the Israelis or even the UN place a peace-keeping force into Gaza to stop the violence or the smuggling in of weapons.
We know that there have been deaths on a massive scale. We know that there are many people around the world ( including you and me) who are uphappy about the carnage but what we and others think isn't going to change the fact that Hamas is firing its rockets and Israel is trying to stop them. Israel won't withdraw until the firing of rockets stops. Hamas can do that voluntarily or the Israelis can pound away until there is no-one left who is able and willing to fire rockets. But Hamas won't stop and so it all goes on.
Whichever way you look at it, violence is not the answer because history shows that after each war there are negotiations for peace.
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Correct but Eire and parts of the North were used by Republicans for equally murderous ends - the car bombs and mortars brought across the border might not have been rockets but they were just as deadly. How many innocent people were killed by British bombs and white phosphorous in NI?? Does it in any way match the indiscriminate carnage inflicted by Israel in Gaza??
We're going to have to beg to differ on this one I'm afriad. The fact is that Israel is killing more innocent Palestinians than Hamas has ever killed Jews. Unlike Hamas, with very limited means by which to fight, Israel has the latest weapons and equipment and even so is still killing hundreds of innocent men, women and children. I don't condone what Hamas has done in continuing this barbarism the Israelis are showing themselves to be no better than those they claim to be fighting. Indeed for many previously staunch supporters of Israel like me, they're worse! In what way is this action going to make them safer?