Gaza's Victims Too Young To Understand, But Not To Die

[kayecy]

21. Neither Hamas nor Israel are prepared to negotiate peace with the other......

What I said was that the concept of self-defence is meaningless in this situation......When an impoverished community has been subjected for many years to inhuman treatment, economic blockades etc, they are bound to resist.....Claiming self-defence against a resitance movement is nonsense......Is there any other western democracy that would bombard a refugee camp and claim it was in self defence?........Such a bombardment is even more henious when you consider that most Gaza residents are refugees are from the area now occupied by Israel.

So do you believe Israel lifting the blockade will stop those rockets? Hamas has been very clear they don't want peace with Israel and there's nothing Israel can do (stop settlements, etc) to change their minds. Do you not take Hamas at their word?

Israel has caused this problem by refusing to allow the refugees to retun to their ancestoral homes......Hamas does not want peace with Israel and Israel has said it will not negotiate with Hamas......In my book that makes them equally guilty of being war-mongers.

If we can agree on that we can move on to discussing what Israel might do in place of bombing.