All life is sacred, but this is not an even playing game here. Comparing Israelis outside of the 'Green line' to kids with bombs on their chests is not appropriate...that kind of talk goes a little further than some mindless terrorist propaganda.
I can see how uneducated, ignorant, desperate teenagers in the WB would say something like that, but here? Come on. Could the Jew hatred in this thread be any thicker?
I am sure somewhere you have a rationale for your beliefs and I hope you will say what it is because as I see it, what you have said above is a contradiction. If you believe
ALL life is sacred then how on earth can the killing of innocents not be wrong wherever it takes place. Lost, totally lost. Here is a link to the Guardian's obituary of one of the UK's sons shot in the head trying to rescue innocent terrified children in Gaza.
Obituary: Tom Hurndall | World news | The Guardian
I don't read the Guardian or the Independent when it comes to Israel. I've seen them mis report dozens of times in the last year alone...calling Gilo part of 'East J'lem', ******* up the reporting on the so-called 'attack' on a Red Cross truck, citing Syrian casualties in border clashes as undisputed fact, etc.
I do think all life is sacred.
Peace will come when they love their children more than they hate us. The difference here is that Israel uses technology to cut down on civilian causalities and Hamas uses technology to target civilians.
I'm a mother. I understand that Palestinian children have mothers. Trust me, I sympathize.
But I won't demonize Israel for defending itself. I won't. Israel has a right to self-determination every bit as much as the Palestinians do. The Arabs in the Ottoman Empire first fought against the British, and those in 'Palestine' then struggled against Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon, before finally coming full circle and aiming their anger at Israel.
The Arab world is just as responsible for this mess as Israel is, if not more. Palestinians are stateless thanks to poor leadership, not Islamophobia. Jews in Arab lands & in Israel, however, just suffer from classic anti-Semitism.
I can't go to Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Yemen, and a handful of other countries because they don't like Jews. Uh-huh. You still want to apply uneven criticism? Abbas wants Palestinians to be able to move freely about in Israel and in the OT. But he rejects ANY Jew on Palestinian land. That's awfully backwards if you ask me.
