The Silence is killing me.

[Culprit]

Israel can do what it wishes and the world stands by and does nothing.

Both sides kill innocent people in this conflict and Israel can do as it pleases and all we hear is the condemnation of the Palestine Government.

[David]

It's funny then that it always seems to be the Palestinians who attack first. The Israelis simply retaliate.

[Culprit]

[David]

I don't really buy the line that the Palestinians are the little guys standing up to the Israeli bullies. Look at where Israel is positioned on the map, compared to all the massive Islamic countries, of which only two (Syria and Egypt) are not still officially "at war" with Israel. Many of these countries, and the Palestinians too, wish for nothing more than the total eradication of Israel, essentially another holocaust.
I will however ask you this. If the Palestinians never attacked Israeli civilians, would the Israeli government respond so violently? Whereas we will have weeks, even months of peace before a Palestinian suicide bomber suddenly attacks. If anything, I think the Israeli government deserves more international support.
I am not saying that the Israeli government is innocent, obviously. Undoubtedly they have committed acts that they should be ashamed of. All the same, just because both sides have committed violence does not mean they are equally wrong.

[Culprit]

They both are guilty. Killing people for whatever reason should be condemned and no one condemns Israel. They have killed just as many innocent people as the Palestinians. The difference is they say it’s a military operation and collateral damage. The Palestinians then walk into a bus and kill many innocent people on their way to paradise with a suicide bomb.

The world has an obligation to condemn both parties yet they don’t.

[David]

The thing is, most (if not all) of the Israeli attacks are directed at the leaders of the terrorist organizations that sponsor these suicide bombers, whereas the suicide bombers just kill random civilians.
You'd have to be crazy to live in Israel right now, that's for sure.

[Culprit]

[Donny]

"The thing is, most (if not all) of the Israeli attacks are directed at the leaders of the terrorist organizations that sponsor these suicide bombers,"

David, maybe you could explain why Israeli forces knocked out that power station, cutting off electricity to many thousands of families ?

From CBS News: "No deaths or injuries were reported in the Israeli actions so far. But the warplanes knocked out Gaza's electric power plant, raising the specter of a humanitarian crisis. The Hamas-led government warned of “epidemics and health disasters” because of damaged water pipes to central Gaza and the lack of power to pump water.

Gaza City is one of the most densely populated cities on the planet and hundreds of thousands of people are living in the dark, reports CBS News correspondent Sheila MacVicar."

[London Dave]

[3rd degree]

Agree with you Dave. The whole thing is a sad never ending cycle.

[David]

Any links to the articles? As I find it hard to believe that Israel would target innocent civilians. They have no reason to.

[Culprit]

[Proud Pies]

Amazing that the United States never sanction Israel over any of their strikes.

America is run by big business........and most of those in big business in that country are Jewish!

I'm not saying I have anything against Jewish people, i went out with a Jewish guy for 3 years.

[Culprit]

[Proud Pies]