1) This assumes that somehow the IDF knows the identity of EVERY SINGLE Hamas and Islamic Jihad operative.
2) Pakistan is not hostile terrority. Gaza is.
No (to the 1st one). Hamas has the obligation to protect Palestinian civilians, which it fails to do it seems. Especially seeing it just beheaded 30 of them for speaking out against them. To a lesser extent the IDF does as well by warning innocent Palestinian civilians about impending...
No one is ignoring facts (including myself) AFAIK. But it is unrealistic to expect a 100% perfect and 100% ethical course of action in this type of situation, when you are obligated to defend your civilians against a terrorist entity. What do you purpose be done differently?
I'm not saying what is happening is a perfect solution. Any civilian death is terrible- Israeli or Palestinian. But ultimately it's unrealistic for the Israeli gov't to do nothing against a terrorist group that calls for genocide and/or dhimmitude of Jews.
So if that's what you're not saying, then what should be done to stop Hamas from firing rockets, using tunnels to smuggle weapons and for infiltration?
So the solution is to do nothing about rockets being fired into Israel, Hamas attempts to infiltrate Israel, and expect that the Israeli gov't. and Hamas will just call quits eventually? :rolleyes:
That's a very easy thing to say, but not necessarily easy to do. How would you purpose a surgical strike be done when it's known that schools have weapon caches and your enemy is using tunnels and civilian infrastructure?
TBH I have never understood this. Coming from a Jewish background, I understand why certain faiths are against active proselytization and spur-of-the-moment conversions. But to say that converts are never accepted? Seems odd to me b/c one would think that Zarathustra would've had to convert his...
I'm not saying he ever admitted to being a bigot, but he did admit in some form his statement was a stupid one to make:
Unfortunately, many clerics on both sides of the conflict use hateful rhetoric.