Billo_Really,
et al,
Yes!
You can't target indiscriminant weapons.
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Then they should not be using them. That is a depraved indifference to the civilian community under their threat.
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First, any day is a good day to neutralize a terrorist (Jihadist or Fedayeen).
Israel, likes a number of other countries, is resolved to undertake the following measures aimed at addressing the conditions conducive to the spread of terrorism, including but not limited to manifestations, lack of the rule of law and violations of human rights, ethnic, national and religious discrimination, political exclusion, socio-economic marginalization and lack of good governance, while recognizing that none of these conditions can excuse or justify acts of terrorism. With the absence of a government in Gaza that can ensure the apprehension and prosecution or extradition of perpetrators of terrorist acts
(members of the ‘Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade’, ‘Al-Aqsa e.V.’., ‘Hamas’, including ‘Hamas-Izz al-Din al-Qassem’, Palestinian Islamic Jihad’, etc) in accordance with the relevant provisions of national and international law, alternative means are adopted.
End the occupation and blockade and Israel won't get rockets.
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There is no reasonable expectation that HAMAS or the terrorist supporting general population of Gaza will not use there freedom to further continue and advance the HAMAS agenda. That is an unacceptable risk.
Given the past practices in criminal and terrorist behaviors on the part of the Arab Palestinian, they must first demonstrate they can accept and adopt acceptable behaviors before they are entrusted to run free. You saw what they did in 2005. What assurances do we have that they won't replicate those behaviors again?
Most Respectfully,
R
They were trying to settle their differences peacefully with the unity government, that's why Israel took them out. Israel doesn't want Hamas to be a political movement, they want them to be a terror cell.
Even when the Pals try to do thing peacefully, they get bombs and missile strikes from Israel.
Hamas is not the problem, the occupation and blockade is the problem.
Those have to end, for the problem to be solved.
Chronological order....
Hamas was founded as an off-shoot of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Hamas was officially chartered to establish an Islamic state in the area of Israel. Not just Gaza and the West Bank, but Israel. Meaning their openly overt intention is the destruction and removal of Israel as a nation.
Hamas deposes Fatah from Gaza.
Hamas takes power from the Palestinian Authority.
Egypt declares Hamas an enemy after ousting the Muslim Brotherhood, and closes tunnels.
Rocket attacks from Gaza increase throughout May.
As the rockets increase, Israel clamps down on Gaza. Hamas forms a unity government with Fatah on June 2nd.
Fatah still has no real control over Gaza, but proclaims recognizing Israel, and a rejection of violence. Israel agrees but requires that Fatah reject Hamas violence.
June 15th, three Israeli, un-armed, non-soldiers are kidnapped and murdered, while Gaza people celebrate, have a festival in the streets, and post pictures of three blood red fingers on social media.
Fatah is at odds with Hamas. The Palestinian Authority fights against Hamas, and helps IDF to locate and destroy Hamas tunnels.
As a result, Hamas uses the tunnels to lunch 100s of rockets into Israel, in the largest wide area attack in years.
Israel starts their ground war offensive into Gaza, backed by PA and Egypt. Fatah, though not directly endorsing the action, is very much against Hamas and Gaza.
The unity government of Hamas and Fatah, was doomed at the start. Fatah was, and is, open to finding a peaceful solution, of a mixed Arab Israeli government in the land of Israel.
Hamas was never willing to accept that, and is chartered, and hell bent, on the absolute elimination of Israel as a country.
There is no possible way for those two goals to unify.
Anyone who thinks otherwise, is on the far side of insanity.