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I'm with the Palestinians and believe Israel to be totally in the wrong!
With what's going on currently, I'd say they have a pretty strong case for self defence. If Hamas puts down their rockets, I'll bet a weeks pay that Israel would stop pounding them into the dirt. Hamas is trying to fight way outside their weight class and if they want to survive as a political entity, they better think about their tactics. Funny how Fatah isn't having this issue right now. Ohh, right...they put down the rockets and started negotiations which may not be going at lightning speed but..nobody's dying that way either.
Hamas deserves what they're getting, now if only they'd step out into plain view and make it a little easier so that the women and kids they're hiding behind can live out a long normal life, why...that would be just great.
Edit: Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, the Fatah head honcho has just gone on record for calling Hamas idiots for setting the peace process back and that they "brought it on themselves", as he put it. A Palestinian in charge of the West Bank said that. Makes you wonder what sort of suicidal idiots are in charge of Gaza. Ohhh...yeah...Hamas. The same idiots that tried suicide bombings in the past using kids. Funny, I don't see Israeli kids lined up to kill other innocent kids that are Hamas. Why is that? Now put your negs down again or did you use them all?
Friggin' idiot, get your head out of your_____. You're giving Arabs who have sense, a bad name world wide.
I think Israel would love to live in peace, but hasn't been allowed to by it's neighbors. They've certainly born a heavy burden in attacks by both neighbor nations and terrorists -- probably more so than any other nation in the world.
As peaceful as I think they would like to be, WWII put an end to any "turn the other cheek" sentiments. They will no longer allow themselves to be attacked and killed without a fight.
Israel is every bit as warmongering a nation as its partner in crime and supporter to the West is
Absolutely! Israel and the US are two of a kind!
Israel is a nation oppressing the Palestinians. I don't agree with all the Palestinian tactics but they are the ones trying to gain freedom from, basically, an outside occupying force.
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There is no justification for indiscriminate killing of women and children! The israeli leaders that have decided to launch these brutal and barbarous attacks should be brought before an international legal tribunal and face the charges for their actions! Any usage of missile or bombs or strafing from any aircraft is indiscriminate, because they really can't control where the rounds are going to strike next! They don't want pin point accuracy the israelis want the maximum terror they can generate using these weapon systems supplied by the US!
I just heard (on the radio news) a local official (in the middle east)who has ties to Egypt saying that Egypt has rescinded all leave for troops and officers and will ASSIST Israel to wipe out Hamas when they go in on the ground.
Wrap your head around that. It's getting crazy over there.
"Dogs and cats, living together... mass hysteria!"
Hamas and their backers Iran are in the wrong here, they want to wipe Israel off the face of the Earth, they are putting their own people in jeopardy, they need to be stopped.
First of all: Hamas started the recent attacks and second of all: Both sides wont stop until the other is completely wiped out.
I applaude them. Israel takes shit from no one, and they don't really care what liberals (or anyone else for that matter) thinks about it yo...
I take it you are talking about the indiscriminate shelling on the West Bank by the Israeli Army. Well I find it very strange that Israel can get away with some of the things they do like invading the Lebanon just because they have terrorist cells living there. Did the British invade Southern Ireland during the recent IRA troubles to root out their training camps. The answer is we did not because we are more civilized and do things diplomatically.
Anything that Israel does never gets any condemnation from the western powers. We all sell them arms and ammunition to kill their neighbours and that is why we do not condemn their political policies.
What people tend forget is that the state of Israel only came about through immigrant European Jewish Terrorists who came to a land which their ancestors had abandoned a thousand years earlier and terrorized the local Arab Palestinians in their own country. It was only because of the western Jewish businesses who financed terrorism that they were able to overpower the Palestinians who were the majority.Yes, the should be made to answer for the attacks on their neighbours.
there not warmongers there defending themselves and we would do the same in there position.
If you protect a combatant or hide their weapons you become a combatant.
Sending missiles indiscriminately into another country makes you a terrorist.
I do not agree with a lot of things Israel does but this one is necessary.
I agree that the Israeli government has not always done right by those people but they are not right either. They should both sit down and work out their differences as should all the countries in that area but they don't.
All this is probably instigated by Iran and Syria who arm them with those missiles. Instead of sending food, aid and teachers, doctors and such they send them missiles to launch at Israel.
Dumb.
Is Palestine justified?
How about the rest of the Islamic groups justified in wanting to kill those who simply have a different religion?
Hey, how about Hitler? Was he justified?
They are hated simply due to religion. They PAID for their land, they are extremely fiscally smart.
Look at their opposition. They live in squalor, they don't think or try and say "Hey, if we want better, why aren't we working for it?
No, they would rather hate, fight and die for their false God.
Israel is a "warmongering" nation - but it has some justification in being so - and I said SOME justification here - it does not have the right to exploit it's neighbors or to abuse the refugees from that land land know known as Israel.
Disproportionate?
When you are attacked you don't fight back with one arm tied behind your back and play tit for tat, You give them everything you got and end it!
Fighting a limited war is what gave us Vietnam and Iraq.
No, their attacks are disproportionate.
PS: Deleted the rest of the answer to avoid electronic harassement, SAD!
This is a bit of a loaded question, isn't it?
Tough call?
Happy New Year 2009
If defending ones self when surrounded by enemies sworn to destroy you is 'wamongering', then I suppose so. But rational people know better. Israel has not caused any problems with Egypt since they made peace. Too bad the rest of the Arabs out there can't take a hint.
Why does Israel have so much power over US politics?
by Anonymous on August 28th, 2010
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Is it not consistent for a Christian to oppose the Israeli occupation of Palestine, while also opposing the Muslim presence in Europe?
by mumpsimus on October 5th, 2010
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An Israeli solider has been acquitted after shooting a 13 year old girl in the back. Sickening isn't it?
by Wynper on August 30th, 2010
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Israel's leading ultra-Orthodox party, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef say all Palestinians should perish. How will this impact peace talks?
by Wynper on August 30th, 2010
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Are daughters considered their father's property in Israel?
by Have A Nice Day on September 5th, 2010
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So, it's ok to shoot one way?
by scubabob on December 30th, 2008
Whose country is it?
by --paw43--is back for now on December 30th, 2008
It's both.
by scubabob on December 30th, 2008
The palestinians were displaced to make way for the israelis
by --paw43--is back for now on December 30th, 2008
Those of the Jewish faith were displaced many times by various factions and religious groups as well. Historically, you can go way back and see both sides have had a presence in the area. Go back 2,000 years. Who was there then? Does Herod ring a bell?
by scubabob on December 30th, 2008
But does that make it right?
by --paw43--is back for now on December 30th, 2008
So, does it make it right for the reverse either? You're saying that it's fine for the little guy to shoot at the better armed but not in the reverse. Sorry, but if someone is stupid enough to try that route before negotiaion, then they're stupid enough to accept the consequences. If Hama is a political entity there at the will of the Palestinian people and a true democratic movement, it would listen to it's people and stop firing katushas. That's what has started the entire mess again and stopped the peace process. Again and again. It's always Hamas starting this. Fatah figured out the best way to get a deal is to negotiate. Apparently it's working since the standard of living in the West Bank is substantially higher than in Gaza. Fewer people are dying as well. Win win.
by scubabob on December 30th, 2008
Ask the lesser armed Irish how they overcame 800 yrs of Great British oppression!
by --paw43--is back for now on December 30th, 2008
They didn't use katushas did they?
by scubabob on December 30th, 2008
They used whatever was at their disposal. They fought a dirty fight when they had to!
by --paw43--is back for now on December 30th, 2008
Right...and your point?
by scubabob on December 31st, 2008
Think before answering that. Then revisit your answer again. Sound familiar from a different direction?
by scubabob on December 31st, 2008
You asked a question I answered it!
by --paw43--is back for now on December 31st, 2008
No, you used a convenient way to dodge the question. Did the Irish use terror in gaining their current status? I'll forwarn you. Using the IRA is NOT how it happened.
by scubabob on December 31st, 2008
Yes they did!
by --paw43--is back for now on December 31st, 2008
No...they didn't. Get it together.Paw...I'd stop there if I were you.
by scubabob on December 31st, 2008
Ha ha.....both sides used terror in the war!
by --paw43--is back for now on January 1st, 2009
Paw - You are correct. As much injustice as Jews have suffered in the past it does not give them the right to perpetrate injustice now. The Palestinians didn't have anything to do with the Nazi "final solution" nor the pogroms in Russia nor any anti0-semitic persecution in the US or anywhere else. But somehow they are expected to simply accept the loss of their land and political rights to pay for everyone else's debts.
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If the west wanted to buy off Jews with a homeland they should have given them Bavaria or maybe Nebraska.
by 23Skidoo on January 5th, 2009
agree with you 100% 23skidoo!
by --paw43--is back for now on January 5th, 2009
Scubabob refers to Irelands recent history and not the struggle for freedom that has been Irelands cause way before the "Ulster" war!
by --paw43--is back for now on January 5th, 2009
Or maybe given them Madagascar like the Germans wanted to do.+5
by Schonberg on August 31st, 2009
Except that Madagascar would have also been in innocent victim in the deal.
by 23Skidoo on September 1st, 2009
I think Dr Joseph Megele was in line for the Govenors job,but that was long before the final solution was adopted.
by Schonberg on September 1st, 2009
That wasn't really my point. Rather let those who want to give actually pay the cost, i.e. the US and Germany and maybe Russia.
by 23Skidoo on September 1st, 2009