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In reply to the discussion: The Rude Pundit: What's Happening in Gaza: A Savage and Obviously Anti-Semitic Blog Post [View all]WatermelonRat
(340 posts)136. In a chaotic war zone, it does not take great callousness or negligence to create tragedy.
The tiniest error or oversight is enough. Sometimes not even that. Sometimes everything is done right and innocents still get harmed. This is a frustrating reality of war. It is not to Israel's benefit to harm civillians - on the contrary, it's in their best interests to avoid them to the greatest extent possible. It is precisely because Israel does all that it can to avoid civillian casualties that Hamas uses civillian homes to store weapons and house command centers, because they know that more often than not, Israel avoids striking when they suspect civillians may reside in a building.
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The Rude Pundit: What's Happening in Gaza: A Savage and Obviously Anti-Semitic Blog Post [View all]
meegbear
Jul 2014
OP
this is a war where one side has most of the weapons, does most of the killing, and ALL
yurbud
Jul 2014
#141
Because Gaza has among the highest population density, it is difficult to place defense/aggressive
alfredo
Jul 2014
#61
Did you see that little Palestinian girl in the hospital on the news last night?
Chemisse
Jul 2014
#120
Don't forget that it was Israel that first went on a collective punishment campaign
cpwm17
Jul 2014
#5
Hamas DOES have bomb shelters - buried under hospitals, schools and mosques.
Fozzledick
Jul 2014
#39
When will the Israeli government put those responsible for stealing Palestinian land...
Spazito
Jul 2014
#23
For the same reason that kids kick the back of the driver's seat when their parents--
eridani
Jul 2014
#55
Has Hamas been able to inflict anywhere near the casualties on Israel than Israel has on Palestine?
Maedhros
Jul 2014
#27
So you condemn Israel for successfully defending themselves from terrorist aggression.
Fozzledick
Jul 2014
#28
It showed what happens when Hamas chooses to fire rockets from densely populated areas.
Fozzledick
Jul 2014
#35
In a chaotic war zone, it does not take great callousness or negligence to create tragedy.
WatermelonRat
Jul 2014
#136
You're dealing with an apologist for ethnic cleansing and war crimes.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Jul 2014
#140
Or, escalating gang-level violence to a military assault with mass casualties. n/t
cprise
Jul 2014
#34
Dehumanization of Palestinians permits this while the western world looks away, the population
Fred Sanders
Jul 2014
#17
Can we expect American sanctions against Israel for its aggression against Gaza?
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jul 2014
#21
The ultimate example I saw was when some New York tourists made a wrong turn....
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2014
#29
I agreed with you up to here, but as you say the Palestinians are disorganized...
Hippo_Tron
Jul 2014
#158
That is an opinion piece. It is not a declaraton of policy by the Israeli government.
JDPriestly
Jul 2014
#162
From what happened in the years prior to Hamas, it wouldn't matter who leads the Palestinians...
Violet_Crumble
Jul 2014
#117
DO NOT equate what is happening in Israel with the Jewish people - that is all I ask.
jillan
Jul 2014
#63
Yes Netanyahu was elected. So was Bush and Cheney for 2 terms. Re-elected AFTER the world knew they
jillan
Jul 2014
#164
Israel does not represent Judaism. They hide behind Judaism to excuse what they do.
McCamy Taylor
Jul 2014
#66