>>>>>>And how you can be such insensitive? A fried turkey with chestnut more important for you?
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>>>>>>http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-leaders-lie-civilians-die-and-lessons-of-history-are-ignored-1215045.html
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>>>>>Do you feel anyone here has an obligation to race onto the UT and post a diatribe against Israel every time they retaliate against Hamas? You seem to have concluded that nobody is bothered by the current offensive -- which their Prime Minister called "an all-out war" today -- because nobody posted about it. The attacks have been condemned by the UN and many individual governments, including the U.S. I suspect many agree with me that Israel has overreacted.
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>>>>You put your own feelings a bit ahead of real events. U.S. government did not condemn Israeli strikes, even UN didn't make any statements yet.
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>>>WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN GORDON JOHNDROE: "Hamas' continued rocket attacks into Israel must cease if the violence is to stop. Hamas must end its terrorist activities if it wishes to play a role in the future of the Palestinian people. The United States urges Israel to avoid civilian casualties as it targets Hamas in Gaza."
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>>>The UN Security Council called for an end to hostilities yesterday.
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>>That's not really the same as the attacks have been condemned by the UN and many individual governments, including the U.S.
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>>There have been a number of middle eastern governments condemning it, but the UN and the U.S. have been careful not to. In fact, the U.S. stated that the blame for the fighting lies with Hamas.
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>>Personally, I think Hamas blew it. They expected eventual Israeli retaliation, but not at this level.
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>FYI
>There was a truce that was for most part respected since june this year. It was ended by Israel incursion on 4th of november.
>After that home made rockets started hitting Ashkelon again. Israel took it as an opportunity to (over)react in yet another showdown
>of disproportinate force simillar to Lebanon case few years ago.
>Counting deaths only;
>There was 1 (one) death reported in Israel (before ofansive started) and as counter measure for that,
>massive 'counterattack' that left 290 (and counting) deaths in Gaza. (At the time when I got my news update)
>
>You can blame Hammas for many things, but they DID KEEP truce all the way up to 4th of november. That was perhaps
>only real surprise in this whole situation.
>
>All the rest was more or less expected.

People who live in glass houses shouldn't fire rockets from within civilian areas. Considering that the reports say that something like 80% of the casualties the Israelis have inflicted are military/terrorist/Hamas, I'd say that's pretty darned good shooting.

This won't stop until the Hamas and the Palestinians who elected them get it through their heads that sending rockets indiscriminantly into Israeli civilian areas is a bad idea that has to end.