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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Wed Aug 20 09:11:58 2014, in response to Re: An Article Worth Reading: Why They Hate Israel, posted by Nilet on Wed Aug 20 01:24:09 2014. There was no blockade until 2007.Israel does not indiscriminately shoot at schools, mosques, and hospitals. It occasionally misses its military targets, but it isn't setting out to do so. There is a story of one air force pilot who has flown 17 missions over Gaza and never once fired at his target because of the presence of civilians. When will you understand the difference? If Gaza unilaterally disarmed without a peace agreement with Israel and Hamas lost its power there, you might see improvements in the standard of living of its citizens, like in the West Bank. Facts on the ground don't really interest you though, do they? Israel is not deliberately keeping Gaza impoverished. Gazans brought that upon themselves by electing Hamas to their parliament. I believe that Israel did play a major (and unnecessary) role in escalating to the current round of violence, and I've said as much before, but that doesn't change the fact that if you look at historical events (and you have to go back further than 1967 to understand this), Israel is not the aggressor in this conflict. Israel has offered the Palestinians nearly everything they have wanted, and they turn it down each time. Are you going to tell me that Hamas, an organization committed to Israel's destruction, is promoting peace? |
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