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In reply to the discussion: Israel vows to destroy Hamas tunnels [View all]A couple of hundred per tunnel times 30
Don't you think a force of several thousand armed men could hold an Israeli town for a day or two?
To what possible end? Israel would take that as a green flag to go house-to-house and kill every last Palestinian, and US government and media would support them 100%. Hamas would gain absolutely nothing from such a stunt, and they would stand to lose everything.
Don't you think a force of several thousand armed men could hold an Israeli town for a day or two?
And even if that preposterously unrealistic bomb-crazy wet dream were a potential reality, it still doesn't justify the campaign of preemptive slaughter of Palestinian civilians.
We are not talking about an invasion - we are talking about a massive terrorist attack to designed to kill thousands.
Rather like the massive invasion and ongoing terrorist attack that's already killed thousands of Palestinians. Except that Israel has already proven that it has the means and the will to carry out such an attack, whereas Hamas does not.
Hamas could stop the fighting in a heart beat. They won't so the battle continues. Talk to Hamas.
Thus the murderous aggressor nation is painted as the victim of the oppressed, scattered, and occupied minority. Do you actually believe that?
Israel is responsible for its own actions. Israel is responsible for the murder of Palestinian civilians. Israel can stop the fighting in a heartbeat. The only reason that they don't stop it is because they don't want to stop it.
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If Hamas had not fired rockets not one Palestinian in Gaza would have been killed.
former9thward
Jul 2014
#46
Even if that were true, how many Palestinian civilians does Israel get to murder?
Orrex
Jul 2014
#51
Well if you think that analogy is equivalent then there is nothing to discuss.
former9thward
Aug 2014
#81
The exits are supposedly in Israel. They could handle it from that end with very little death toll.
jwirr
Jul 2014
#9
Why does my tone bother you more than Israel's deliberate murder of Palestinian civilians?
Orrex
Jul 2014
#56
If Israel can claim self defense against a population that it is brutalizing and severely oppressing
cpwm17
Jul 2014
#10
The West Bank Palestinian people and their Gov. asked Hamas to accept ceasefire & were also refused.
Sunlei
Jul 2014
#12
Once ground troops went in the hamas"Gov" was toast. They had their chances to accept ceasefire.
Sunlei
Jul 2014
#17
no other country supports hamas either. not even their neighbor egypt will allow woman/childen in.
Sunlei
Jul 2014
#22