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In reply to the discussion: Letter from Gaza by a Norwegian doctor, "this,THIS cannot continue." [View all]Avalux
(35,015 posts)28. What is Israel's best weapon against Hamas?
Hope. It's really that simple. Give them hope, give them a reason to look forward to tomorrow, give parents a reason to believe their children will grow up and be able to live free. Give them the ability to have a home, a Palestine.
Israel's oppression and violence has allowed Hamas to thrive in Gaza. I'm sick of the justifications, the religious bullshit, all of it.
The violence must end. Too many innocent people are dying.
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Sorry, but you have lost the propaganda war, drowned in the rivers of blood of innocents.
Fred Sanders
Jul 2014
#9
Larger Context? Squeezed and starved and controlled. How does that fit in to your picture?
vanlassie
Jul 2014
#13
Math don't lie, and of course a nation can do all kinds of things that a militia in a prison can not
Fred Sanders
Jul 2014
#14
that is absolute bullshite -and Nazi Germany did actively support the Jewish settlement in Palestine
Douglas Carpenter
Jul 2014
#58
Actually, you're WRONG. Israel notified the people they were coming. The cops didnt.
7962
Jul 2014
#46
Just stop, PLEASE! This horror requires all decent people to stop trying to turn us away
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#67
We aren't claiming certainty about who shot down flight 17 even with overwhelming evidence yet we
kelliekat44
Jul 2014
#16
When you target a heavily civilian populated area you are targeting civilians, period.
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#70