The killings of these civilians is a shame for Israel but an ever greater shame for the Hamas fascists who openly admit they use civilians and children as human childs and are proud of that fact.
The cycle of violence will in the long run exhaust and rob both sides of any empathy for another (it has already). Fact is, Israel can only lose no matter what they do. If they don't shoot back when their territory gets attacked, the Islamists and enemy states mock them as a paper tiger, that is only dependent on Uncle Sam and cannot defend itself. If they shoot back, they get defamed as child murderers.
What many people forget is that the Hamas rocket shootings only started AFTER Israel responded to international pressure and pulled out off Gaza in 2005, using tanks against their own citizens while dismantling Jewish settlements. In other words: More than 20 years of occupation in Palestine Gaza had ended and Hamas had nothing better to do than thanking the receding Israelis by sending missiles on civilians.
The uncritical pro-Palestine atmosphere on the streets and on social media in these days sickens me. Neo-nazis, left-wing radicals and Islamists united in their hatred of Israel. Where were these people when the Assad regime killed thousands of Palestinians and left more than 200.000 Palestinian refugees in the Syrian War? Apparently, Palestinians killed by other Muslims aren't worth the protest while Palestinians being killed by Jews are. Antisemitic hypocrites, nothing more.
And honestly, are the current developments really surprising? NO government in the world would in the long-term tolerate the attack on its territory. If some crazy militia hiding in Tijuana would shoot missiles into California over the course of many years, I guess everyone here would support a military strike by the US Army.
The cycle of violence will in the long run exhaust and rob both sides of any empathy for another (it has already). Fact is, Israel can only lose no matter what they do. If they don't shoot back when their territory gets attacked, the Islamists and enemy states mock them as a paper tiger, that is only dependent on Uncle Sam and cannot defend itself. If they shoot back, they get defamed as child murderers.
What many people forget is that the Hamas rocket shootings only started AFTER Israel responded to international pressure and pulled out off Gaza in 2005, using tanks against their own citizens while dismantling Jewish settlements. In other words: More than 20 years of occupation in Palestine Gaza had ended and Hamas had nothing better to do than thanking the receding Israelis by sending missiles on civilians.
The uncritical pro-Palestine atmosphere on the streets and on social media in these days sickens me. Neo-nazis, left-wing radicals and Islamists united in their hatred of Israel. Where were these people when the Assad regime killed thousands of Palestinians and left more than 200.000 Palestinian refugees in the Syrian War? Apparently, Palestinians killed by other Muslims aren't worth the protest while Palestinians being killed by Jews are. Antisemitic hypocrites, nothing more.
And honestly, are the current developments really surprising? NO government in the world would in the long-term tolerate the attack on its territory. If some crazy militia hiding in Tijuana would shoot missiles into California over the course of many years, I guess everyone here would support a military strike by the US Army.