The IDF's shooting range

[Scurrilous]

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/394153.html

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"It sometimes seems the Gaza Strip has become the central shooting range of the Israel Defense Forces, the IDF's firing zone and training field. The weapons in use there are of dubious legality, the rules of engagement lack the element of restraint, and punitive measures that Israel would not conceive of inflicting in the West Bank are par for the course, in a region that produces far less terrorism than the West Bank.


The operation last Wednesday, in the Sajiyeh quarter of Gaza City, in which 15 Palestinians were killed - including at least seven civilians - was the latest illustration, for the time being, of what Israel allows itself to do in Gaza. Fifteen dead for the sake of liquidating one Hamas man who wasn't very senior in the organization is an intolerable price. In Gaza, though, it has become routine: Once every week or two, the IDF moves in, kills, demolishes and pulls out, and no one knows exactly what it was all in aid of. Why do wanted individuals have to be liquidated now in Gaza altogether? Is it only to bring about more revenge terrorism?

The fact that not one terrorist attack against Israel has originated from the Gaza Strip, because of the fence there, only heightens these questions. One begins to suspect that the IDF is behaving like this in Gaza simply because it can do whatever it fancies there."

[drdon326]

1. Dupe

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[stepnw1f]

2. It's time the US starts penalizing Israel for such behaviour like...

with-holding funding.

[DuctapeFatwa]

3. That would not be supportive of business interests. It would also be in

direct conflict with US policy, one of the few that enjoys broad bipartisan support.

[stepnw1f]

4. It's Already in Conflict

with Humanitarian rights. Besides...I did not say entire funds...

[DuctapeFatwa]

5. The regime has not granted humanitarian privileges to Palestinians

To suggest that they should do so is a violation of the Patriot Act, and one of the key warning signs of pre-Terror, not to mention treasonous, and considered by many to be virulently anti-Semitic.

[Forkboy]

6. "pre-Terror"

:D

[DuctapeFatwa]

7. yes, it's like pre-crime. The regime must be pro-active and round up

these rogue elements before they progress to overt anti-American incitement and terroist activities such as letters to the editor and attending rallies in support of terrorist causes such as peace.

[Les Claypool]

8. LOL...

That's funny but true.

[Les Claypool]

9. Thanks for posting this.

I was not aware of the difference in policy re: WB and Gaza.

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