On the contrary. I care very much about Arab Palestinian lives.
We just disagree on whose responsibility it is to protect Arab Palestinian lives. You want to put all the responsibility on Israel. I want to put responsibility where it properly belongs: on the Arab Palestinians.
The Arab government in Gaza needs to:
1. Stop attacking Israel.
2. Actively police the border protests to remove terrorist actions and violence against Israel.
3. Prevent children, the disabled and other vulnerable groups from approaching the border.
4. Stop smuggling weapons into Gaza.
5. Spend available $ on building infrastructure for the people of Gaza, rather than on violence and terror.
6. Stop inciting violence and calling for violence.
7. Accept Israel as a peaceful neighbor.
Now, Mr. Objective, do you agree that Gaza should do these things?
You don't blame Israel for anything. You scapegoat the Palestinian's at every turn. There is no empathy in your posts for the Pals. The entire world is against you and you even refuse to believe that. Your Eisenhower moment is coming.
You didn't answer my question, Mr. Objective. Do you think that the government of Gaza should: stop attacking Israel; actively police the border protests to prevent violence; protect children and other vulnerable groups; stop smuggling weapons into Gaza; spend available money on infrastructure and not terror; stop inciting violence; accept Israel as a peaceful neighbor? Yes or no?
As for me, when discussing Gaza, you are correct. I don't put much responsibility on Israel. That is because Israel has acted, in my opinion, with exquisite restraint in all the years since she ceded Gaza and ended the occupation there. And she did so under extremely difficult circumstances.
Let's look again at the military difficulties at the Gaza border* in the past year. The conditions are tens of thousands of people gathering at the border to protest. Since the protest is built around a "right" to return, (though no such right actually exists in international law), there is a drive at the border to approach it, breach it, take it down. Israeli citizens are 1/2 a km from this border. The government of Gaza is willfully, intentionally inciting violence by calling to "rip the hearts out of Jews" and march to Jerusalem (which is not "return" by the way, but marching on the capital). The government of Gaza is pressuring people to attend, providing transportation, and paying them to get injured.
In this crowd at the border are children: babies, five-year-olds learning how to behave, children 15, 16, 17 who are indistinguishable at a distance from 18, 19, 20 year old adults and child soldiers. There are journalists: some trying to get good images, and some perhaps working as militants. There are medics, some of whom may also be militants. There are unarmed militants. There are armed militants. There are men and women throwing rocks (which are considered lethal weapons, btw). There are people, especially children and young people, burning tires which provides cover for the militants. There are children with knives who cut through the fence, only to whoop and shout and then return back. There children and adults with knives who cut through the fence and attack Israeli soldiers. There are terrorists planting IEDs at the fence line. There are snipers. There are people throwing grenades instead of rocks (can you tell the difference between a rock and a grenade from a distance)? There are people flying firebombs. And people firing rockets. And yes, Israeli soldiers have been injured and been killed.
Remember the POINT, for the Israelis, is primarily to protect Israeli lives. (Which does not mean they don't care about protecting Arab lives as well). The biggest risk is tens of thousands of people breaching the fence. Its an extremely difficult situation to deal with.
So yeah, I think Israel has done remarkably well in limiting damage and preventing Arab deaths under the most difficult of circumstances. I don't know what they could have done better. Maybe you have some ideas.
Bottom line though, the violence is not helping anyone. And Gaza should stop it.
*Tinmore, we know its not a "border" but a demarcation line. Leave it alone.