Middle East Conflict

[domalino]

But what is your solution? Israel can't negotiate with Hamas and it can't apparently bomb or attack Hamas. So really all you're allowing Israel to do is to passively defend itself from Hamas attacks.

Basically you're saying that Hamas are going to attack Israel and Israel should just take it.

Mentioning the US response is quite silly because where are Al Qaeda and where are ISIS/ISIL now? Osama Bin Laden is dead and the leader of ISIS was vapourised, both organisations have been degraded into essentially nothing. The only comparison is the Taliban but they survived because they were sheltered by Qatar just as Hamas are here.

I noticed that you instinctly jumped to criticise the western response to terrorism but you said absolutely nothing about the fact that Syria and Russia did and are still doing exactly the same thing but worse given they bombed civilians in the process....... Interesting!

Not sure it’s worth carrying on this conversation if your response to me saying Israel would be perfectly within its rights and actually achieve something with targeted bombing of munitions factories, tunnels and targeted assassinations is that I think Israel should do nothing.

 

[Don Karleone]

It's worth pointing out that the "warnings" are being broadcast by IDF spokesmen in English & Hebrew, over the internet or on TV.

The people supposedly being warned don't speak English and have no internet access or electricity.

They are nothing more than a fig leaf to excuse the death and destruction that has happened and is to come. "Oh well we warned them, not our fault".

Straight out of the IRA play book.

Not that it makes it much better but they do leaflet drops as well apparently.

 

[west didsblue]

Not that it makes it much better but they do leaflet drops as well apparently.

In Arabic.

 

[inbetween]

Not sure it’s worth carrying on this conversation if your response to me saying Israel would be perfectly within its rights and actually achieve something with targeted bombing of munitions factories, tunnels and targeted assassinations is that I think Israel should do nothing.

What should Israel do if those munitions factories and tunnels lie in the centre of a civilian city or under hospitals as apparently Israeli intelligence has found out? Hamas are not that stupid.

 

[domalino]

Not that it makes it much better but they do leaflet drops as well apparently.

Yeah but offering rewards for hostage info, not evacuation instructions.

 

[ali benarbia's studs]

Crazy the knock on effect which has angry people attacking jewish people in London and the Tel Aviv plane in Dagistan.

This tit for tat retaliation will go nowhere, ceasefire and hand back hoatages before more death takes innocent lives.

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

It's worth pointing out that the "warnings" are being broadcast by IDF spokesmen in English & Hebrew, over the internet or on TV.

The people supposedly being warned don't speak English and have no internet access or electricity.

They are nothing more than a fig leaf to excuse the death and destruction that has happened and is to come. "Oh well we warned them, not our fault".

Straight out of the IRA play book.

And then they bomb the safe areas and evacuation routes towards them.

 

[domalino]

What should Israel do if those munitions factories and tunnels lie in the centre of a civilian city or under hospitals as apparently Israeli intelligence has found out? Hamas are not that stupid.

Well the great thing about border tunnels is that they’re under the border, not hospitals.

And the great thing about the billions of weapons the US gives Israel is they have the weapons to take out one building in a city block and leave the rest untouched.

But they’re not doing that, they’re levelling the cities with 1000lb JDAMS.

 

[trueblue1972]

It's worth pointing out that the "warnings" are being broadcast by IDF spokesmen in English & Hebrew, over the internet or on TV.

The people supposedly being warned don't speak English and have no internet access or electricity.

They are nothing more than a fig leaf to excuse the death and destruction that has happened and is to come. "Oh well we warned them, not our fault".

Straight out of the IRA play book.

They also drop letters , but you know that

 

[halfcenturyup]

Israel has asked civilians to move to the South. According to international law, they have complied with the rules. Any civilian that gets caught in the cross fire will be treated as collateral damage. It is unfortunate but that's what happens when you go to war.

Show me in "international law" where it says you can ask a civiliation population to leave and if they don't you can bomb them.