Tanker,
I suggest you travel to the region and talk to the people on the street to understand how frustrated they are about this nonsense conflict.
Killing will cause more revenge and ruins the likelihood of peace. Relative of those who die will not compromise anymore. So the situation gets worst...
There's a convincing argument to be made that one of the main reasons Israel have retaliated against the rockets is so that we can all have a giggle at Haystack's ignorance.
There speaks a supporter of Israel.All Israel know is aggression. They have never talked peace in any meaningful way. The good thing is that Israel is becoming more and more isolated. They have the same few friends with more countries turning against them. It will be interesting to see the vote after Nov 29 when Palestine apply for recognition at the UN. the vote should be around 130 or more for and maybe 20 against.
12 EU countries will vote for Palestine to have observer status. The vote needs only a simple majority. After Palestine get UN observer membership they can file war crimes and crimes against humanity at the Hague International Criminal Court against Israel. This would include charges against individuals such as Netenyahu, Israel's various defence ministers. Guilty verdicts would preclude all foreign travel as there would be obligations of arrest on all members countries of the UN. certainly the 131 who vote for Palestine would arrest Israeli individuals.
In the past few minutes there have been air raid sirens and explosions heard in Tel Aviv with rockets landing in the outskirts. Hamas have rockets that can reach Tel Aviv and central Israel, but have chosen not to use them before.
Just to lighten the posts up a bit, On R4 they have just introduced Tory Blair as a "peace envoy".. Yes Blair! I kid you not. It would be almost funny if it wasn't true that he has been given such a dishonest title.