Just now watching CNN: Israeli govt has confirmed story of babies being beheaded

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6. The whole situation is horrific.

I read an article that several Middle Eastern Countries, including Saudi Arabia and Qatar, had been warning Israel for a long time that something like this would happen. It has not helped that the Israelis have been involved with establishing illegal settlements in Palestinian territories and forcing them out of their part of the land.

Both sides have had their degrees of fault over the years, Hamas is far more brutal in their methodology. The world is Pickachu face about a violent attack that was totally foreseeable. It does not matter who you are or where you live, people will only take so much before they will fight back. If all sides cannot act rationally and realize that nobody will always get their way 100% of the time, nothing will really change.

Benjamin Netanyahu had a brother, Yonatan, who was Israeli military and the only solder to die in the Raid on Entebbe. His family released a book of his letters to various people over the years which was really interesting. He actually got to the point where he realized that perpetual war was not the path to follow. He was a patriot and fought for his country but realized that things really needed to change. It would be interesting to be able to know what he would have though of his brother's hard line approach.