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Terra:

The Israelis are trying to take out paramilitary targets in their raids. The palestinians normally target civilians, even though they have ample military targets to hit. There is a big difference there. I fail to see how a reasonable person can't see that.

As far as "the Israelis are the agressors" goes: do you honestly think there would be fewer terrorist attacks from the palestinians if the Israelis just left them alone? We both know that they'd just be emboldened and increase the frequency of attacks. This has been proven before. Whenever the Israelis move back, the palestinians increase the frequency of their terrorist attacks.

That situation is about public opinion: the palestinians are trying to sway world opiinion to their cause by showing the "devastation" inflicted on them by the Israelis through out-of-context photos and horror stories, failing to mention the reason why those situations come about in the first place, like sick bastards lighting off bombs in schools. Should schoolchildren be targetted in military action EVER? Can you conceivably believe that's right for ANY reason? You don't see Israel doing it EVER even by ACCIDENT, though young children have been injured and killed during valid military raids to try to supress atrocities against their people. It also doesn't hurt that many of those injured kids were probably armed to the teeth and trying to kill some Jews before supper.

While harming children sucks by any side, it is more valid to shoot a kid with a gun than to shoot a kid with a pencil and paper, don't you think? Or is your burning antisemetism getting the better of you?

It is no excuse to say that the actions of the palestinians are justified because they don't have a regular army. Regardless, it is a crime to target civilian populations, especially considering the multitude of military targets that they could more easily target.