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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Muslima][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]

Israel is killing children on purpose in Gaza.  It is attacking areas with complete knowledge of, and indifference to, civilian casualties.   That is reality, no matter how much you pretend otherwise.

If that doesn't coform to how you believe Israel would or should act, pick up the phone or write a letter.   But please stop trying to suggest that it's Hamas that is responsible for Israeli-inflicted deaths.

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If you believe this, you have been smoking something stronger than Hooka.  [/quote]

Could you point out what part of the previous post requires smoking something to believe? I lead a smoke-free life and the post seems accurate (unfortunately) to me.
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Israel is not killing kids on purpose.  Israel attacks flash points, points where things are launched from.  Hamas appears to be firing from regions where they know there is shelter.  Israel responds from where the rockets were launched....

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Is it your suggestion that Israel does not know that there are children at the locations it is attacking? It appears to me that you are actually saying that Israel is killing children on purpose, it just has an excuse. 
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Frankly, I am sitting in my suburban Virginia living room, typing on my computer.  I do not *know* if Israel knows what they are attacking or not.  What I do know is[b] a standard military doctrine is to fire back at what fired at you.  A lot of countries do that. [/b] The assumption is the enemy is civilized enough not to fire from residential areas.  I will grant, that because of the density of Gaza, that becomes more difficult.  But, if I see a muzzle flash, that is where I return fire.  My best guess is Israel quickly responds based on where radar shows the rocket launch.

War is not clean.  We think we know the answer, but mistakes can happen.  Unfortunately, mistakes cost lives of innocent people.  I wish Israel was more careful.  I wish Hamas was not firing from residential neighborhoods.  Heck, I wish there was no conflict.  I wish the two sides could peacefully coexist as equals:  a prosperous and peaceful  Palestine and Israel will benefit both sides.

Imagine if the monies being spent to destroy each other were spent for good?[/quote]

Not true in this case. Israel argues that it can invoke the right to self-defense under international law as defined in Article 51 of the UN Charter. The International Court of Justice, however, rejected this faulty legal interpretation in its 2004 Advisory Opinion. The ICJ explained that an armed attack that would trigger Article 51 must be attributable to a sovereign state, but the armed attacks by Palestinians emerge from within Israel’s jurisdictional control. Israel does have the right to defend itself against rocket attacks, but it must do so in accordance with occupation law and not other laws of war. Occupation law ensures greater protection for the civilian population[/quote]

Exactly.  Israeli supporters only invoke norms of international law and rules of war when it serves their strategic objectives.  They completely ignore it most of the time.  Sometimes it's done more artfully than other times, as with the PP who will keep regurgitating the standard "war is cruel/shit happens" line until Gaza has been completely depopulated and reduced to rubble. [/quote]

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