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Originally posted by Gogogo
Xaccers: IDF actions cannot be regarded as terrorist and it is offensive to suggest this. Everyone regrets accidental civilian deaths and measures are usually taken to investigate errors. But frankly, when palestinian terrorists hide amongst civilian population what can Israel do? The Palestinian Authority must act but doesn't. Israel must respond hunt down the palestinian terrorists and deal with them.
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The Israeli gov spokesperson that was interviewed on Radio 4 had no remorse.
His attitude was they were palestinian children who were in the way of the target, so what if they died?
Now most countries with terrorism problems, like the UK, try to keep the moral high ground, going after the terrorists and arresting them whenever possible.
From what I have been told by my Israeli friends, and what I have seen on the news (which is not objective I know, but that doesn't mean it's lies), the IDF are more than willing to kill a few civilians so long as they are palestinians and it gets their target in the end. The argument seems to be something like "the target has killed 40 Israelis, so 5 palestinians killed to get to the target is a small price".
As for demanding that the palestinians sort out the terrorists, that's a bit hard when the next day you take out their infrastructure and ability to do so.