Soren wrote on Jul 19
th, 2014 at 10:55am:
Israel did not respond to the Killing of the 3 boys with an assault on Gaza. It mounted a police operation which is a very normal way. They made arrests.
Whats the betting they simply said, "Round up the usual Hamas suspects"?
You seem to assume that the Israelis have an interest in actually capturing those who are responsible. If you read the
timeline of events, you'll note that the primary response of Operation Brother's Keeper was not to find the teenagers but to try and drive a wedge between Hamas and the PA and to put pressure on Hamas to try and provoke them, Soren. Israel was alarmed at the possibilities that the PA and Hamas had actually reached a reconciliation.
Quote:But then a Palestinian boy was murdered and Hamas opened rocket fire on Israel and would not stop.
Yes, you'll note, in response to that child's death, not the deliberate provocation of Operation Brother's Keeper. Was that Palestinian child responsible for the deaths of the three Israeli teens? Yet he was murdered and what's the better the Israeli colonists will get a slap on the wrist at most?
Quote:SO then the IDF goes in and cleans them out, hopefully once and for all.
The stated objectives at the moment are to destroy Hamas infiltration tunnels. Israel will be forced to bow, once more to international pressure and will back off attempting overt ethnic cleansing, Soren.
Quote:Gaza is in the crosshairs not because of the 3 boys but because of the continuous rocket attacks on Israel.
You don't seem to mind that, even though those rockets are deliberately and indiscriminately targeting civilians, not the IDF.
Why do you assume I don't mind?
Why do you think the deaths of these three teens justifies the deaths of hundreds of innocent people?
This entire affair is a tragedy for the Palestinian people, as has have all such Israeli operations. What is the greatest tragedy is that this will not secure Israel any better than it was before it was started and will more than likely just harden the resolve of those who seek its destruction.
Gaza is bombarded and invaded because of the Hamas rockets, not in response to the killing of the 3 Jewish boys.
The Palestinians ELECTED Hamas. Will they learn?
No.
The Jews want peace and the Arabs don't. That's al there is to it.