>>>>>>>>I would find that difficult to believe given the Norwegian track record in WWII. Unlike the Dutch who basically accepted the Nazi occupation, the Norwegians had a huge resistance effort and did not go willingly into that good night...
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>>>>>>>>The number of people here who seem to think that Israel should simply accept 200 rockets a day being fired at them by Hamas simply boggles my mind.
>>>>>>>Yep me too, but I'm silly, out of touch, factless, etc. Just a fat old conservative who is sick a tired of liberal bs. I don't care anymore if they like my responses or not, but I will respond when the bs meter goes off the scale.
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>>>>>>OTOH Israel are responding in exactly the way they have for the past 50 years. If it doesn't work it doesn't work.
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>>>>>If by your standards what's happening is "not working", can you offer suggestions for improvement?
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>>>>Stop building on the west bank.
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>>>>Live with the missiles and reduce them by embargoing non food/medical supplies. Use modern counter measure to deal with tunneling. All the little non sexy things that politicians don't like.
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>>>No new ideas there - why aren't they already being done?
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>>>>Keep the missiles in perspective. Israel loses more people to road accidents every year
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>>>There's a cost/benefit ratio to driving and MVAs. Are you trying to say casualties inflicted by indiscriminate rocket attacks have a similar, or lower ratio? If so, can you elaborate?
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>>Looks like the policies are already working
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>>https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Peace/osloterr.html
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>>I'm not sure how you'd work out a cost benefit ratio on something like that.
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>I'm not sure what you're saying - that Israel is already implementing your suggestions, and reaping the benefits - or that they're not, and don't need to ?
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>>Whats the cost benefit of your security policies turning you into a pariah state. Many Israeli commentators regard the continuing occupation as something that will in the end destroy Israel.
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>Well, sure, their policies have made them a listed terrorist organization and pariah state in much of the First World. Oh - maybe you were talking about Israel - I don't see it, myself.
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>Not sure what you mean about "continuing occupation".

Yes they need to carry on doing more low impact but effective policies to resolve their problem in the long term.

Continuing occupation ? West bank and Golan Heights

And where did I say Israel was a terrorist state ?