I just don't get why Americans are so totally ignorant, well I do it's because your government and media need you to be so ignorant.
Hamas did not start this violence. Israel carried out 20 attacks on Gaza killing 6 people including a Hamas Official.
Let's put the boot on the other foot. Hamas kills 6 Isralies including Ehud Barak, what would the Israeli response have been? A darn site more than the 3 people killed in total by the Hamas rockets launched in retaliation that is absolutely for certain.
For the act of killing half the number of people that Israel did in its completely illegal strike on Gaza Israel thinks a suitable response is to use the might of its sophisticated military to then kill another 110 Palestinians.
It's not proportionate, it's not legal and it sure as hell shouldn't be tolerated by the rest of the world.
When the IRA were attacking the UK we didn't bomb the IRA, or attack Dublin. if you are the ones with the military might it is up to you to be the ones that act with restraint and to try to have some semblance of order. All the Zionists are doing is killing people.
on the subject of retaliation. To my mind NOTHING the Palestinians do can be seen as starting anything. Whilst the Israelies continue to occupy Palestinian land illegally I do not see why they think they should be immune from attack. They should leave all land that was not part of the original territory and return it to the Palestinians.
The next time anybody Jewish thinks about the holocaust they should remember the people who died fighting the Nazi oppression and then they should look at how the Israeli state has behaved towards Palestine. it is disgusting to think that a people that should be so grateful that others fought the oppression and laid down their lives trying to free captured Jewish prisoners now seek out war and conflict.
Whilst Israel and American Jews exploits its military advantage and the basic blackmailing of the US presidency there can be only one way to have peace in Palestine. Arm the Palestinians to the hilt, so that Israel cannot keep carrying out air strikes at will and threatening ground invasion.
If the Israelis left the stolen land and stopped killing Hamas officials then i could have some sympathy. But as they are nothing but aggressors and bullies I personally would be happy to see Israel wiped of the map. Please note I am not anti Semitic. I do not hate Jews, I hate Israel and their complete disregard for humanity.
I agree with practically everything you say, except your suggestion about any involvement with arming someone, anyone. I just do not think that is the answer to all of this. I can oppose the civilian murders of Israel, though, and the Occupation, and I do, but only through nonviolent methods!
There is power in Nonviolent Resistance, look at what happened with Apartheid in South Africa, look at the liberation of India from Colonialism, look at The Civil Rights Movement in the US.
Occupations invite Resistance, and ultimately Palestine will be free!
Sherri