The Smell Of Death

Israel took a bad move by this strike against Gaza. They may have crumpled a couple of buildings & killed a couple of Hamas militants, but the consequence is that they've doubled the number of enemies they have. The retaliation they face from a resurgent of Gaza symthasizers will not diminish any time soon.

@ pro-Israeli supporters, watch, read:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7709603.stm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KntmpoRXFX4
Still discussing on who violated the cease-fire?

@joe_mama:The Hamas are religious extremists, thank you very much, we know this already. They say weird and dangerous things, we know it too, all religious extremists do so, including christian and jewish extremists, don't they? And they will turn more extremist as long as their occupation continues, they will launch more Qassams and there maybe some more suicide bombings in the future, we also know it beforehand ("the father of a dead child doesn't want peace, he wants war", I read somewhere these days). But you justify the Palestinians' decades-long occupation, the building of illegal settlements on palestinians' land, their seizure, their imprisonement in Gaza, their starvation and now their killings because of what they ... say?(!) You're concerned about who's saying what, I'm concerned about who's doing what and the devastation produced by Israel has no match.

The peace will never be made as long as Israel keeps in steeling land in attacking innocent people, Maybe Hamas is the only oranisation in the world that have the guts to face Israel.
Maybe when Israel stops getting free of charge weapons from America, and stop using the forbidden rockets as we saw, peace will be made then.

Shame on Newsweek for printing such obvious propaganda! Hamas is not beneath killing these "innocent civilians" and painting anti-arab slogans in houses that the IDF SUPPOSEDLY occupied just so the media will pick it up and further damage public opinion about Israel. Newsweek apparently has no discernment at all and falls easily for Hamas' ploys. No person with half a brain would believe that Israel would allow such war crimes, which the U.S. would never abide by, especially since Israel needs the support of the U.S. Plus, it's Hamas that brainwashes their children and citizens into believing it's their duty to run to the houses and locations which the IDF warns is about to be destroyed. Then, Hamas terrorizes Palestinians into saying whatever they have to in order to avoid being murdered for non-support. The little Palestinian girl who's family was killed in IDF attacks apparently doesn't fear Hamas because she said that "Hamas is the cause, in the first place, of all wars." (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLIdxF-GHWw). It is no coincidence that "hamas" means "violence" in Hebrew. Hamas WANTS as many civilian casualties as possible. The radical Islamic mentality loves death as much as we love life. The worse things get for Gaza residents the better for Hamas, who aren't doing one thing to help the Palestinians. Ironically, Newsweek also publishes an article with more balanced insight into "Who's Responsible for Civilian Deaths?", which clearly shows the IDF has no choice but to target the rocket launching sites in the middle of schools and neighborhoods. Any one who sides with Hamas is on the side of terrorism, murder, and racist slaughter. If you side with Hamas, you should be ashamed of yourself know that whoever blesses Israel will be blessed, and whoever curses Israel will be cursed.

By the way, Christopherkidwell1, if you think that Israel fired even one rocket into Gaza during the "cease fire" and the media missed an opportunity to rail on Israel about it, you are even more completely deluded than your post reveals. THOUSANDS of rockets have been fired into Israel from Gaza because they swear not to stop until every last Jew is dead. "Someone else who doesn't want peace in Gaza" is Hamas, brainiac! Your ignorant justifying of Hamas is the attitude that was responsible for the world allowing 6 million Jews to be slaughtered.

Oh, and Isis5632, "purposely demolishing houses" is what you have to do to destroy the bunkers and tunnels that exist underneath those houses! Read Newsweek's article "Gaza: Who's Responsible for Civilian Deaths?"

@joe_mama
1. It's not war, "you idiot", it's occupation, which you choose to call "war", I don't know why. And occupation can also very well "be hell". Who are the occupiers, then? Well, not the Palestinians...
2. There are no conditions on "crying about inhumane treatment". Inhumane is inhumane.
3. You mentioned Hamas' writings on Islam. Well, Israel was born and is advocating its existence as a Jewish state. Fine with me, but as much theocratic as Hamas' ideas.
4. You mentioned "Hamas' willingness to use current events". Didn't ever cross your mind, you clever "lemming" that the timing was just right for the Israeli politicians, a few weeks before the elections? Well, read some Israeli press, they discuss it themselves. Moreover, the ending of the operations was openly linked by the Israelis to Obama's inauguration date. Still not clear to you?
5. Don't the Palestinians have the right to "further their cause"? Is it only Hamas's cause? Isn't ending the occupation a right cause?
6. "Palestinian women and children die and the world rallies to their cause". What exactly is wrong with the world doing that? Was it wrong during the World Wars?
7. "Hamas has been begging for this fight". Read CNN on who ended the cease-fire.

Love, KK

PS. Never hit a man anyway. What's more, never hit civilians with illegal white phosphorus bombs. Or schools. Or hospitals. Or aid workers.
PS2. 1300 Gazans not starving anymore...
PS3. A "man in anger" does not mean "a man in justified anger". Especially when he is the occupier....

You mean they had lives before? Remember: Israeli control of their borders, air, sea, energy and food resources, daily several hour-long checkpoints, 18-month blockade, denial of movement inside and outside from the Strip, denial of international aid entrance, starvation, for God's shake STARVATION,... my turn to ask:
"Why?"
Because of Hamas and its counterproductive tactics? Well, remember that Gaza (and not only) is occupied for decades now, long before Hamas were created - and were created because of the occupation. So, here comes my second "Why?"

Israel is right in going in and bringing hell to Gaza. They harbor Hamas they deserve to be punished. Where is the outcry when Israel is being hammered daily by rocket fire? It's ashamed that the rocket fire doesn't get the media exposure that Israel gets for defending herself.

Hamas is wrong, and Israel has a right to defend itself. But purposely demolishing houses? I pray for the Palestinians every day, no people should have to endure neglect by their leaders and massacre by their enemies.

The IDF did what the Naziz had done during the so-called holocaust. This is the true colour of the Zionist sate of Israel, they are just as bad as the Nazis. If the so-called holocauts is true then the Jews really deserved it. Hitler should have wiped them from the face of the earth!