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Originally Posted by RizzyKing
This blame football is wonderful isn't it either side kicking it to the other when it suits them. Both groups have an equal share of responsibility for what has happened and trying to blame one side more then the other is hardly a good start to any diplomatic process is it. How stupid do you have to be to fire rockets at a superior military opponent and then to keep it up after they have taken offensive action.
Hamas are doing it hoping to expand this conflict into a wider conflict trying to get their so called arab friends to jump in as well. Israel at some point has a lot of questions to answer and personally until such time as they are prepared to act in accordance with international law they should be expelled from the UN. Also the US needs to stop protecting Israel from international responsibility for it's actions. This is not a simple situatio that has a simple solution it will take many years and being honest a change in the leadership of both sides before we can even begin diplomacy.
There is never going to be a solution while either side has a grip on the past and won't let that go. That is not to say the past isn't important but no forward progress can be made till both sides are prepared to forgive past conflicts and are prepared to compromise for the good of all their people.
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Totally agree.
SE917, You asked: "If you were the leader of Hamas and your land was being blockaded by Israel what would you do"?
I would like to answer that question if I may. As leader, I would look at the number of my fellow citizens, who are dying, for my beliefs. The children have no politics, & no preference as to who governs their land. They just want to live.
I would assess my position & call an immediate halt to all hostilities. My organisation is in turmoil, & to continue with this campaign will only result in more civilian casualties. I would sue for peace. I would use the ballot box to encourage a regime change, & seek to live in peace with my neighbours.
Instead, we see Hamas, continuing to put its fellow citizens in harms way, it is trying to alienate Israel from the rest of the ME. This conflict has sod all to do with the Gaza strip, its more to do with an organisation who prefers the terror option, to the political one.
That said, I also think Israel has used excessive force in the area. It is killing more Civillians than is acceptable. (Dont come back at me for the use of the term acceptable, take it as read). The use of certain weapons in a built up area is designed for use against military targets only. I initially expected ground troops & Armour, I did not expect them to use this amount of force.
Hamas is using this as a propaganda & media weapon, & Israel is falling right into the trap. The time has come for this conflict, to halt.