Poll: was israel right for Attacking Gaza
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oh so you think it was justified?
does the fact that you are from israel have anything to do with that?
Personally I think it is disgusting.
The things that israel is doing to the Palestinian people are inhumane. If I had my way, israel would be wiped clean off the surface of the earth.
does the fact that you are from israel have anything to do with that?
Personally I think it is disgusting.
The things that israel is doing to the Palestinian people are inhumane. If I had my way, israel would be wiped clean off the surface of the earth.
It COULD(maybe) have been justified if they hadn't claimed that it was in self-defence.
As it obviously wasn't, it clearly isn't justified.
As it obviously wasn't, it clearly isn't justified.
I do not believe the extreme way in which they forced their ways into gaza was justified. However the palestinians have been shelling isreali towns with mortars on a daily basis. Do you think that is justified? If you live in seattle, and your canadian neighbours started shelling you daily, i doubt the US would have waited as long as isreal did to retaliate
Edit: Just to clarify, i am against the attack however i am capable of looking at it from the isreali point of view. In any case, reducing this conflict to a choice of right and wrong is severely dumbing the entire thing down.
Edit: Just to clarify, i am against the attack however i am capable of looking at it from the isreali point of view. In any case, reducing this conflict to a choice of right and wrong is severely dumbing the entire thing down.
I always found these topics strange. Palestinian media openly claim that Jewish people are a disease and that they need to be cleansed off the face of the Earth (And yes, I have seen this with my own eyes. It disturbs me to no end). Palestinian schools refuse to teach that Israel was ever its own country, instead they just say that it still belongs to them. The Palestinian people will often kill innocent civilians in an attempt to reclaim land that they haven't owned for generations. Israel has attempted to live peacefully with the Palestinians, but with every attempt they make, they are just thwarted by another suicide bombing or terrorist attack.
Despite this, when Israel fights back just to keep its civilians safe from having rockets fall on their heads, people rush to defend the Palestinians. How about this for the Palestinian plight. With the creation of Israel, somewhere in the realm of 100,000 more Jews were displaced from Muslim countries than Palestinians and they haven't been able to live in political stability ever since. Despite at least 2 generations of living in Israel, the Palestinians still don't believe that they have a right to call it home. I simply don't understand why people ever side with the Palestinians on this one.
Despite this, when Israel fights back just to keep its civilians safe from having rockets fall on their heads, people rush to defend the Palestinians. How about this for the Palestinian plight. With the creation of Israel, somewhere in the realm of 100,000 more Jews were displaced from Muslim countries than Palestinians and they haven't been able to live in political stability ever since. Despite at least 2 generations of living in Israel, the Palestinians still don't believe that they have a right to call it home. I simply don't understand why people ever side with the Palestinians on this one.
I don't think this compares very well.nekolux said:
More like "If you live in Seattle, the US government has annexed Canada and moved every Canadian to Vancouver or Montreal while occupying everything else and your canadian neighbours started shelling you daily, i doubt the US would have waited as long as isreal did to retaliate"
They only really threatened the use of nukes in yom kippur to force the US to support them though, I mean they managed to kick the ass of the arab forces but the soviet union was replenishing all the lost arab forces. Oh and isreals were basically allied with the US, if soviet union took over the US will have no influence in the area as the arab countries were pro soviet.Glefistus said:
Not to mention the fact that it wouldn't be easy to force them out as they have proven multiple times. If you destroy isreal you pretty much cripple the jewish religion, therefore the isreali soldiers are fanatical. You can't really beat fanatical soldiers that easily, not to mention the fact that isreal has about 3 million soldiers and a crazily advance army. The isreali merkava tank is pretty much one of the most amazing tank around. ( The barrel moves up to about i think 75 degrees and can shoot down helicopters )
Its not that, people are not siding with Palestinian what they are doing is saying what Israel did was wrong, which is was. Does that make what Palestinian did correct? No, both sides are bad neather has the high ground.nyaman said:
Which is why they probably will move against Iran if the US doesn't bring their program to a halt first.Glefistus said:
Yes, because the Jews were never terrorists. The Stern gang, the Irgun, the Lehi, the assassination of Lord Myone (sp? British ambassador the eygpt). Learn some history, neither side is white in this case. Terrorist simply denotes who doesn't have an official army.nyaman said:
And despite 2000 years of living in Palestine, the Jews don't recognise their right to call it home. Neither side is fair to the other.
Please not, I'm not attempting to flame, as I've said, it's almost impossible to pick sides in this scenario as each side does almost exactly what they accuse the others of doing.