you can flip that on its ear and say that if israel stopped the arrests, destruction, and killing, there would be no terrorism.so retaliation on the part of palestinians for the deaths, destruction, and imprisonments brought about at the hands of israel is not okay, but killing hundreds in response to rocket attacks that killed no one is perfectly fine?how many israelis have died in the last year or so from rocket attacks?Regardless of who started what, or who provoked who, the fundamental question is one of proportionality.
Example 1: I shoot a rocket in your general direction (no harm done) You send a drone or a helicopter and destroy my missile launcher (maybe kill or injure me or my friends). That's a proportional response and no-one bats an eyelid, because if I'm injured as a result of my actions, that's just tough, I shouldn't have shot the rocket in the first place unless I was prepared to take the risk of being injured or killed by return fire.
Example 2: I shoot a rocket in your general direction (no real harm done) You send artillery, missiles and airstrikes that decimate and demolish my entire neighbourhood, slaughter hundreds of innocent people at a time, if not thousands, and force thousands of others to seek refuge wherever they can, then launch a ground invasion, that's a disproportionate response and at the very least a crime against humanity, if not an act of genocide. This is why people get upset, the world considers the "rabid dog" response to be a bit passé in the 21st century and is beginning to have serious concerns about your mental state.
Regardless of who started what, or who provoked who, the fundamental question is one of proportionality.
Terrorists do not deserve a proportionate response.
Add to that the fact that the terrorists launch from civilian areas
making a proportionate response impossible.
This is why people get upset
The people who get upset are idiots or terror supporters.
I shoot a rocket in your general direction (no real harm done)
If the rocket kills a couple of dozen children, then can the launching neighborhood be demolished?
No harm done? Asshole!
Terrorists get free shots until they kill people?
Then the Israelis can respond? Fuck you!
Responding to terrorism that results in deaths is an acceptable fact of life. If the Palestinians stiopped the terrorism, violence and belligerence then there would be no arrests, no destruction and no deaths, is that such a hard concept to understand.