Why is Israel getting away with these atrocities?

Have you never heard of Mordechai Vanunu? Ever since he revealed the truth about Israel's nuclear capabilities in 1986 the idea that Israel can be destroyed by anyone except one of the superpowers is nonsense. And apparently death or meekly accepting being treated like sub-humans for the Palestinians.I think the phrase is approximately 'a plague on both their houses'.

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The US has nukes too. That didn't save the twin towers nor would it have saved the capitol had the 4th plane made it to it's target. Cowardly Jihadist terrorists who set out to kill all the innocent citizens they can fear no nukes.

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BUZSAW B 4 U 2 C Y BUZ SAW ---- Jesus said, "When these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads, for your redemption draws near." Luke 21:28

maybe i'm just dense, but how does "fear no nukes" translate into "cowardly?"

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This is the party of Hamas as it was when the Palestinians elected them. The people of Palestine were very aware of just who it was they were electing. If we were the ones living in Israel, I wonder how any one of us would react to what has happened in that area? It is very easy to be critical while at home living our comfotable lifestyles, in the US, Canada or the UK etc.Here is the linkHamas - Wikipedia

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Everybody is entitled to my opinion.

Let's not forget that Israel is a post war invention made in the image of Judea that ceased to exist in 70CE. It was created for to give the Jewish people some where to call their own after the atrocities of WW2. It obviously isn’t working out where it is so let's move it to somewhere that will.Let's re-locate Israel to some place not surrounded by their traditional enemies... Someplace in the hot arid center of the USA for example. Surrounded by friends the US can serve as an eternal defender for the beleaguered and put-upon Jewish people.

Well, Herzl and Pinsker did try to attract interest in an independent Jewish State in Argentina, Cyprus and Uganda, but I guess the traditionalists favoured the old stamping grounds.

GRRREAT Idea! Let's give em part of Texas. The part that includes the Bush Ranch!lfen

Well, if you think about it, it pretty much makes sense - the Palestinian population feel backed into a corner and have voted for a government to fight their cause.The ablity to fight back (in any way they can) is pretty much the only freedom they have left.Imagine it from their point of view - if an occupying power built a wall around the US, removed a US citizen's freedom to travel, bulldozed homes in strategic areas, crippled the country's economy and dismantled its army, do you not think that civilian Americans would start fighting back in ANY way they could?Now let's be clear, I'm not arging moral superiority for either side, I'm just pointing out that it is simply not a case of good guys versus bad guys (as much of the American population seem to see it). Over the years Israel has done just as much to perpetuate the conflict as has Palestine. However, as Israel has a formal army structure, it's actions are afforded undue legitimacy.We are used to hearing this on the news:"Israeli soldiers were shot by a Palestinian terrorist."A palestinain might see it this way:"Israeli terrorists were shot by a Palestinian soldier."------------------Now, look at this site from the BBC.
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Intifada toll 2000-2005From 2000-2005:Total Israeli deaths - 950
Total Palestinian deaths - 3223Seems to me that Israel is MORE than just defending itself....Edited by RickJB, : No reason given.Edited by RickJB, : No reason given.Edited by RickJB, : No reason given.

So you think it justifies endangering the lives of the people in the hospitals? It justifies putting the entire population of Gaza at risk for a breakout of cholera? It somehow justifies the bombing deaths of innocent civilians?Regardless of how wrong the actions of Palestinian militants are, it doesn't excuse Israel's use of military force against a civilian population. It doesn't make Israel's arrest of Palestinian government officials an acceptable response. Two wrongs don't make a right no matter how you rationalize it.I don't know why you'd think it is "funny".

The dictators like Japan before ww2 encouraged suicide bombers perhaps this is the problem with Palestine. Dictators care little for the people. The Palestinian leadership proved their lack of compassion under their watch by not providing jobs for their own people.The biggest enemy to the Palestinians is not Israel but the Arabs leadership that instead of being thrifty has its people rely on welfare *UNRWA* and jobs in Israel.I suppose the wall is a threat to the Hama's leadership because when has the arabs in control of Palestine ever cared for their own. Like the refuges of Hong Kong.I have never seen anything made in Palestine and this is not due to a lack of ability of the Palestinians. This is probably why they are so threatened by a wall that keeps its people from entering Israel for jobs.Palestinians should not be cutting the hand that feeds them yet it has which has cause a wall to be built and with no jobs in Palestine.The arab rich world needs to care for their own. They need to be exporting products like the peoples of hong kong so the people are not dependent on welfare. The only thing Palistinian leadership appear to be exporting and importing is terrorism. The palestinian people would be better served by the dictators in charge with importing jobs for their own peoples. The palestinian people would
be better served if Israel was in charge of the Palestine peoples needs instead of the Hama's that only appear interested in serving terror.****resorce articlesThe good people of Hong Kong should go down on their knees every night and thank God that there was no UNRWA in the colony in 1949. So, come to think of it, should the German and East European refugees who flooded into Western Europe after WWII. (I have seen the number 14 million somewhere ” the Sudeten Germans alone numbered three million. Where are the festering camps? Where are the suicide bombers?)Page not found | National ReviewDictators, rulers-for-lifeHamas itself comes under withering fire from several writers, including many who express impassioned support for Palestinians. In the Al Arabiya page someone asks, ''What did Hamas expect'' when it took the Israeli soldier? With concern for the Palestinians and little sympathy for Israel, he cries out, ``The people in Gaza have enough troubles than to be occupied again due to the stupid, irresponsible actions of Hamas idiots.''The majority of the writing Arab blogs and commentary through the Internet stands in support of Palestinians and remains highly critical of Israel. Still, Arab democrats are increasingly noting that, however much anyone sympathizes with Palestinians, there is little doubt that Arab autocrats, dictators and assorted rulers-for-life have long used the Palestinian cause as a thick cloak to cover up the deficiencies of their rule.The Internet, it seems, is slowly drawing out the threads of that cloak, making it transparent enough to re- veal the ugly truth it seeks to conceal.http://www.miami.com/...iamiherald/news/opinion/14992600.htmEdited by johnfolton, : No reason given.

What seems to be missing in this discussion is the historical context. People seem to be forgetting that this particular situation in the middle east is the direct result of white European colonists moving into the region without the consent of the indigenous peoples, taking the best land, having the colonial government provide services and infrastructure not available to the indigenous population, and treating the indigenous population as second class subjects. The situation in Israel/Palestine is pretty much the situation that occurred in British North America, Australia, and South Africa.The main different is that these particular white European colonists have a religious tradition that claims that somehow they are "indigenous" and have "rights" to the territory.

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"These monkeys are at once the ugliest and the most beautiful creatures on the planet./ And the monkeys don't want to be monkeys; they want to be something else./ But they're not."
-- Ernie Cline

actualy they kiddnaped him out of Israel! Israel retreated from the Gaza settelments (a great move IMO) costing much in the way of moral, Israel already offered the Palesinianes a state within the 67' borderes and they didnt take it!I personaly recieve kasam rockets from Gaza every night!

Well, now there's a piece of PC propaganda for you. Taking the best land? The area called Palestine was pretty much uninhabited wasteland until the Israelis started developing it. Mark Twain wrote about it in the 19th century as about as desolate a piece of real estate as could be imagined. The population was sparse and scattered, including nomadic groups. It had no national identity. Also, there were Jews living there too, who were just as much "the indigenous population" as any other groups, and had been there ever since the fall of Jerusalem in 70 AD. The Jews bought land when necessary and paid for the labor of much of the indigenous population, plus many who flocked into the area because of the work opportunity. Edited by Faith, : No reason given.

Total projection of modern western feelings on them. Silly projection of western feelings and values. At any time they could have accepted a Palestinian state but their own leaders refused it. Time and time again. And they refused it, always on flimsy grounds, simply because Islam demands that Israel not exist at all. Are you ever up to your ears in the propaganda. Again, they have had every opportunity to have their own state and refused it. They murder Israeli civilians because that's what Islam demands of them. Israel's defensive actions are no doubt a big problem for them, but the actions of their own leaders, whom they to some degree support, are the real reason for their plight. At any point they could have had both freedom to develop their own national identity and lots of aid from Israel and the west, but their own irrational decisions have made this impossible. Hardly undue at all. They behave rationally to serve reasonable objectives while Palestinian suicide bombers are serving an irrational idea and targeting innocent civilians. Actually it's more like Israeli innocent citizens blown up by Palestinian terrorist. The Palestinian view of the situation is irrational, self-deceptive and duplicitous. Sorry, reality does just work out that way sometimes, much as we would like to pretend everybody is playing by the same rules. Depends. How many of the Palestinians were terrorist activists and how many Israelis mere citizens minding their own business when they were murdered?Oh, and I'm sure Israel isn't perfect, has made lots of mistakes, and has done some irrational things too. But as an overall policy, no.

The IDF's policy on assasinations of terrorists is neglegent at best, but its hard to argue when you have little to do before they enter Israel and blow up a bus full of civilians. IMO the IDF should not use missles at all when trying to kill a terrorist and its more easy since to withdrawl out of Gaza, but they still have kasam rockets (which BTW killed a dear friend of mine).