Will this increase or decrease the likelihood of terrorist actions in America, Europe and the rest of the world?

If you were a member of a family murdered in this conflict, would you be seeking revenge?

Should Tzipi Livni and Ehud Olmert, be tried for war crimes if or when this conflict comes to an end?

What will the price of oil be in 4 weeks time?

Savad,


In summary, Israel does not care whether the BBC reports the facts or not. For the reasons mentioned above, Israel is not trying to court the favour of world opinion; this was a cause lost several centuries back. To put it bluntly, the fact that Israel exists as a highly successful nation state is two fingers up at you, at the BBC and at the rest of the world.

I was going to give a detailed response to the whole of your letter, but refrain from doing so, but will restrict it to this passage towards its end.

I think it illustrates the attitude, which a large percentage of the world perceives as Israels present stance. To me, it portrays an arrogance, which doesnt win favours.

I dont think that the Israel or the Israeli people are universally despised; I dont think that there is a universal wish for the demise of Israel or the Israeli people, but I do think that there is anger and despair at the actions instigated in the name of the Israel, by the present and recent past governments.

The people who are angry are not considering the religion or the culture of the Israelis, but the actions of Israel as an entity.


Edited

Ps. The same attitude was held by many of the recent American Administration and Bush and his cohorts. The American people were not disliked as group, but the actions taken in the name of their country were.

I see Hamas have launched four rockets from Gaza onto Israeli civilians this morning.
Israel will retaliate, and it won't be tit for tat......
Hamas really care about their civilians don't they............?

They ought to care - they just fail to plan for the future. After all, where will Hamas launch their attacks from when they run out of human shields? Such a waste.

ps - Hamas would like to thank supporters of the DEC for their kind donations that will help to rebuild Gaza. As you can see, the money is already being invested "wisely".

To Hamas, life is simple.
Grab a child as a human shield.
Child gets killed.
Israel condemned.
Child becomes "shehad" (martyr)and has eternal life in paradise.
More recruits created to further jihad against Israel and Jews everywhere (as publicly promised by Hamas)
Win-win military policy.
It's Hamas and their ilk and their fellow travellers who think precious human life is a cheap commodity in their war of hate.

Fred

I'm sure you think that today's rocket attacks from Gaza are a perfectly reasonable and justifiable cry for help from a people to whom nobody is listening, and that any military response by Israel will be shocking, uncalled for, disproportionate and unexpected.

So let me get this in first: Fred - you're a bleeding heart gullible fool. Get a grip.

Count - same applies.

G

Charts, I am glad you will not be negotiating for Israel.

If because you have physical might you can kill or murder with impunity I think you are wrong.

Fred - go poke a tiger with a sharp stick. Cynic will take up your case with London Zoo when you unexpectedly and disproportionately get mauled to death.

As said earlier, I don't read Fred's posts on this thread for the reasons mentioned, but I can imagine what he came out with from Gausie's response LOL

I've just remembered how to squelch a poster and have now squelched you know who. I've got someone else squelched too, pauluk something or other.
Such an onomatopoeic word - very satisfying.
Richard

Oh it is a good facility, you don't even see the name of the squelched one.
Maybe Stalinist air brushing out of history had something going for it after all LOL

cynic will form his own view of this bloody and largely mindless conflict, caring not whether it is deemed to be patronising one side or another

oh, I doubt it.

Cynic appears to have a mind of concrete - thoroughly mixed and permanently set.

The Israeli warning after the rocket attack on Israel this morning has been ignored and mortar fire from Gaza has wounded three people.
The response will come and will be "disproportionate". Understandably. The sufferings of the innocents in Gaza is created by Hamas. Pure and simple.

And what good will it do?

At how will it enable any future peace initiatives?

If the toll of life from the "disproportionate", how many further generations will have distorted views and attempt to wreak revenge?

The response, you appearing to be suggesting, is as primitive as the action of the people firing the rockets.

Both sides probably of the same genetic base.

Stupid.

Fred: Both sides probably of the same genetic base.

This time, you are correct.

Both the Arabs and the Jews are Semitic races (as indeed are the Assyrians some of whose descendants are seen as Christian Iraqis these days). Hence the use of the expression "anti-semitic" to mean "anti-Jewish" is a relatively modern usage.

I have no idea what he has come out and said, (squelched), but the last lot to come out repeatedly with "genetic" origin and "racial" origin crap was the Nazis.
Same thing with identifying someone as being Jewish (e.g Trotsky) or Arab or Muslim or whatever; also a load of ill thought out crap; comment on someone (if you really must) by their actions, not their "race" or religion.
Otherwise you end up going around condemning doctors because of Shipman or Mengele.
The sooner we all interbreed and look the same colour etc., the better. Same with religion, the sooner that dies out and we all concentrate on our common humanity, the better.
Intelligence or academic achievement is no bar to sheer ignorance, tunnel vision or plain stupidity.

Once again, I think Charts is looking in the mirror.

gausie ... you may (or may not) know plenty about plenty, but about me you know bugger all