http://www.thecommentfactory.com/israeli-attacks-are-disproportionate-and-counter-productive-1120/ Join And Start Writing Today! Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:44:42 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.thecommentfactory.com/israeli-attacks-are-disproportionate-and-counter-productive-1120/comment-page-1/#comment-532 yusuf Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:39:09 +0000 http://www.thecommentfactory.com/?p=1120#comment-532 Between the lines I see that you are a person who isn’t blind to the facts: that humanitarian aid is coming into Gaza even in the midst of war, that 70% of all Palestinian casualties are hamas militants (an extraordinary, unparalleled achievement in the history of war, especially when Hamas militants are hiding themselves and their ammunition in the most populated areas of Gaza). You suggest that we go back to sanity. Israel would love to do this, only problem that you left unmentioned: Hamas doesn’t recognize Israel, or it’s right to exist. Even now, they wont talk to us. They are not firing rockets in order to stop the blockade, because there was no blockade before the rockets! They keep on firing simply because the wish to preserve their right to… fire. Were you any happier if there were 200, or 2000 dead Israelis? So would hamas. They are trying to make this happen for 8 years now. Thank god we are stronger, and only need to answer claims about being disproportionate”. Peace for all of us Yusuf Between the lines I see that you are a person who isn’t blind to the facts: that humanitarian aid is coming into Gaza even in the midst of war, that 70% of all Palestinian casualties are hamas militants (an extraordinary, unparalleled achievement in the history of war, especially when Hamas militants are hiding themselves and their ammunition in the most populated areas of Gaza). You suggest that we go back to sanity. Israel would love to do this, only problem that you left unmentioned: Hamas doesn’t recognize Israel, or it’s right to exist.
Even now, they wont talk to us.
They are not firing rockets in order to stop the blockade, because there was no blockade before the rockets!
They keep on firing simply because the wish to preserve their right to… fire.
Were you any happier if there were 200, or 2000 dead Israelis? So would hamas. They are trying to make this happen for 8 years now.
Thank god we are stronger, and only need to answer claims about being disproportionate”.
Peace for all of us
Yusuf

]]> http://www.thecommentfactory.com/israeli-attacks-are-disproportionate-and-counter-productive-1120/comment-page-1/#comment-531 yusuf Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:38:32 +0000 http://www.thecommentfactory.com/?p=1120#comment-531 Hala, your comments about "disproportionate reaction" are almost logical. You are only forgetting that hamas and the Islamic jihad have been firing rockets at Israel for 8 years now, well before hamas came to power. If you are into body counting, you should start the Israeli death tow then. Even now, hamas is still firing at Israel cities, killing four civilians in the last week only (though he was hoping for many more). Imagine looking down from your window and seeing two teenagers trying to still your car. Now, imagine that you call the police, and they send a “proportionate response”- another two teenage police officers, with two little pocketknives. As you call the police with amazement, they tell you that they don’t want to be “disproportionate”. My guess is that that you would yell at the phone: “this is ridiculous! Send over 3 police cars, and many trained police officers to put an end to this outrage!” and you would be right, too. Hala, your comments about "disproportionate reaction" are almost logical. You are only forgetting that hamas and the Islamic jihad have been firing rockets at Israel for 8 years now, well before hamas came to power. If you are into body counting, you should start the Israeli death tow then. Even now, hamas is still firing at Israel cities, killing four civilians in the last week only (though he was hoping for many more).
Imagine looking down from your window and seeing two teenagers trying to still your car. Now, imagine that you call the police, and they send a “proportionate response”- another two teenage police officers, with two little pocketknives. As you call the police with amazement, they tell you that they don’t want to be “disproportionate”. My guess is that that you would yell at the phone: “this is ridiculous! Send over 3 police cars, and many trained police officers to put an end to this outrage!” and you would be right, too.

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