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In reply to the discussion: Apologists for Hamas should repudiate lack of morality [View all]Bonobo
(29,257 posts)1) Israel accepts an Egyptian-proposed Gaza cease-fire; Hamas keeps firing.
This is a tough one to deny. I say true.
2) Hamas deliberately aims rockets at civilians; Israel painstakingly tries to avoid them, actually telephoning civilians in the area and dropping warning charges, so-called roof knocking.
This is a fact although there is undoubtedly some killing of civilians that may be a little less scrupulous than this. The NYT had an article on a bombing of a shelter where Palestinians were urged to go. Generally though I think they are trying hard not to kill civilians or the numbers would be much higher. For reference, see the number of civilians US killed in one week of their "war" with Iraq.
3) "We're using missile defense to protect our civilians, and they're using their civilians to protect their missiles."
This is the most unfair of all the statements. Israel has the high-tech underwritten in large part by the US. Palestinians have none. As for them using human shields, I think this is largely just the result of the fact that there is nowhere else to go combined with human nature. Of course you will try to hide and not be caught.