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19. Just because Israel's "official" policy isn't to

Fri Jul 11, 2014, 09:49 AM

Jul 2014

target Palestinian civilians, the reality is much the opposite. You can see clearly in the immense death toll in Gaza thus far that all Palestinians, young, old, and militant alike, are targets.

They've created in Gaza a very large, densely-populated prison in which combatant and civilian are packed shoulder-to-shoulder like sardines, and the IDF doesn't bat an eye when targeting either. Israel's merciless attacks against a virtually defenseless foe is clear to the world.

Where are Gazans supposed to run to when Israel starts their bombing runs? Huh? They don't have the bomb shelters the Israelis have. If Israel really wanted to avoid civilian casualties, they'd send in ground forces to target specific individuals, but they prefer to cause as many deaths as possible.

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Israel hit by rockets fired from Lebanon [View all] Bosonic Jul 2014 OP

100 Palestinians dead, one Israeli 'seriously' injured... elias49 Jul 2014 #1

dontcha know, according to the Israeli and US mainstream calculus of death... ellenrr Jul 2014 #2

Seems to be the way it works... elias49 Jul 2014 #3

the IDF claims the children are actually small Hamas members disguised as children. nt ellenrr Jul 2014 #4

Here's how it REALLY works. Hamas deliberately uses children and the elderly. Proof: 7962 Jul 2014 #14

An unsourced quote Cal Carpenter Jul 2014 #16

there are inevitably unsourced quotes claims and piles of dog shit a mile fucking high cali Jul 2014 #17

You should know by now that if I post it, its true, but heres the speech itself! 7962 Jul 2014 #52

I guess many of them figure death is nyabingi Jul 2014 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author cerveza_gratis Jul 2014 #51

exactly samsingh Jul 2014 #54

Oh, so the women and children and elderly WANT to die? Chemisse Jul 2014 #58

Martyrdom. They preach it and teach it constantly and are eager to achieve it. Where ya been? 7962 Jul 2014 #64

CNN: Palestinians Want To Die � OpEd bemildred Jul 2014 #69

The deaths will stop when the rockets stop hack89 Jul 2014 #6

Not complicated? elias49 Jul 2014 #7

Hamas started a war hack89 Jul 2014 #10

Oh groan. Another apologist for Israel. elias49 Jul 2014 #11

It beats being an apologist for Hamas. nt hack89 Jul 2014 #12

agreed samsingh Jul 2014 #56

Oh please obama2terms Jul 2014 #28

Palestinians want their own 'state' elias49 Jul 2014 #41

what should Israel do when they are constantly attacked? samsingh Jul 2014 #57

Maybe give them a homeland? Chemisse Jul 2014 #59

And that's horrible, but it's only part of the problem obama2terms Jul 2014 #65

if the rockets stop firing into Israel, their attack will stop samsingh Jul 2014 #55

Nice to see someone else that can see reality! 7962 Jul 2014 #13

baloney. and the oppression and land theft? when will that stop? cali Jul 2014 #18

Gaza was returned to the Palestinians hack89 Jul 2014 #21

How about Israel return the land in nyabingi Jul 2014 #23

And what lands might those be? hack89 Jul 2014 #25

The lands from which the Palestinians were expelled nyabingi Jul 2014 #31

What lands were part of Gaza that the Israelis did not return? nt hack89 Jul 2014 #34

This is something I read from Juan Cole nyabingi Jul 2014 #36

kind of like how a prisoner is given title over his cell. nt geek tragedy Jul 2014 #38

The population of Gaza worked freely in Isreal until the Intifada hack89 Jul 2014 #39

sure, just like blacks in South Africa worked freely and had a good standard geek tragedy Jul 2014 #43

So their chosen solutions have made things so much better, haven't they? hack89 Jul 2014 #45

both sides need to realize that. nt geek tragedy Jul 2014 #46

Israel can live with the status quo hack89 Jul 2014 #47

Israel would love to preserve things as they are. geek tragedy Jul 2014 #48

A two state solution is the answer hack89 Jul 2014 #49

That's the answer, but Israel has zero interest in pursuing it. geek tragedy Jul 2014 #50

Israel's goal is expulsion of the Palestinians nyabingi Jul 2014 #22

Sorry excuse for a genocide, don't you think? hack89 Jul 2014 #26

Israel is very sensitive about it's public perception, nyabingi Jul 2014 #32

How many Palistinians do you think have actually been killed in the past 60 years? nt hack89 Jul 2014 #35

Don't know, but there have been many nyabingi Jul 2014 #37

I would guess about 30,000 over 60 years hack89 Jul 2014 #40

Huh! Is that all?? elias49 Jul 2014 #42

If Israel's goal is to kill as many as possible hack89 Jul 2014 #44

the deaths don't stop when the rockets stop Agony Jul 2014 #61

Everybody's sick of this crap. DeSwiss Jul 2014 #62

Now that the Hezbollah is occupied to kill Palestinians in Syria, fireflysky46 Jul 2014 #5

There needs to be a serious push-back against nyabingi Jul 2014 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author cerveza_gratis Jul 2014 #9

The hate goes both ways nyabingi Jul 2014 #20

Hamas official position is that ALL Israelis are legitimate targets. "Myth" Ha. 7962 Jul 2014 #15

Just because Israel's "official" policy isn't to nyabingi Jul 2014 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author cerveza_gratis Jul 2014 #24

Definitely not advocating violence of any sort, nyabingi Jul 2014 #30

This message was self-deleted by its author cerveza_gratis Jul 2014 #33

They're supposed to run AWAY from the target that Israel tells them they're about to bomb! 7962 Jul 2014 #53

OMG.. Israel: "We're going to destroy two makeshift hospitals. Get everyone out" elias49 Jul 2014 #67

Oh well, we'll see how that opinion works for you. Israel isnt going anywhere. 7962 Jul 2014 #68

The opinion works just fine, thanks. elias49 Jul 2014 #70

Well, if they didnt have rockets shot at them every day they wouldnt blow shit up. 7962 Jul 2014 #72

"the widespread myth that Israel doesn't deliberately target civilians." EX500rider Jul 2014 #60

The whole think reminds me of Native Americans being pushed onto small reservations Marrah_G Jul 2014 #27

A gas station? DeSwiss Jul 2014 #63

Maybe if Hamas would quit firing rockets into Israel, IronGate Jul 2014 #66

Wiped out and off the face of the Earth? DeSwiss Jul 2014 #71