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	How does Israel get away with what they have done to the Palestinians? By Lucky_Marty Asked Jan 19 2009 8:57PM	50 Pts Rate Question

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by .avallach on Jan 19, 2009 at 9:03 pm Permalink

If you're referring to Hamas, people in that region have been launching hundreds of rockets into Israel. Hamas has a habit of blending into (as in, hiding behind) the civilian population, making it difficult or impossible to distinguish between someone who is militant and a bystander.

Israel's response may have been heavy-handed but when you're surrounded by countries who'd love to see you completely destroyed, that tends to happen. I doubt any country in the world would have simply stood by and allowed its neighbors to continually launch attacks against their population on any level.

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.avallach Jan, 21 2009 at 08:54 AM

Negotiate. Talk. It seems like every time people in that region of the world sit down and actually talk, things tend to go well until someone fires a rocket or sets off a bomb, then they fight again.

Mephistopheles Jan, 21 2009 at 04:12 PM

Avallach: perhaps you should research the rockets the Palestinians are using and then, you would realize why it's all the more wrong what the Jews are doing. The whole rocket thing is a jocket. These are homemade rockets that land anywhere but on their target, they're little more than firecrackers, toys. Those so hipped about rockets have killed a total of 20 people in 8 years versus what the US backed Israeli power has done: more than 1,000 people in 2 weeks - mostly innocent children and women. How's that for an eye for an eye?

.avallach Jan, 21 2009 at 06:42 PM

How about I fire a few of these things into your neighborhood and wait and see how long it takes for people to get mad at me?

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by YARNLADY is happy everyday on Jan 19, 2009 at 9:05 pm Permalink

There are not very many countries interested in "policing" the rest of the world, and if there were, they would have clamped down on the Palestinians a long time ago for constantly violating the cease fire they agreed to in the first place.

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Lucky_Marty Jan, 20 2009 at 09:27 AM

The US want to police the world when they see fit (when there's oil involved) but the Palestinians only agreed to a ceasefire because they knew that they couldn't compete with the force of Israel and the US, but they were never happy with this and only want justice.

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by trouble ... on Jan 19, 2009 at 9:05 pm Permalink

They "get away" with it because it's legally and morally justified.

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Lucky_Marty Jan, 20 2009 at 09:35 AM

Do some research and you will soon find that it isn't. If somebody came into your house threw you out and took everything you owned and then from your garden you threw a rock at the window of your former house, then the new occupant of the house shoots you in the leg, is their response justified? By what you just stated, it would be.

Amorphous Blob blobs by not blobbing Jan, 20 2009 at 02:17 PM

The Israelis have been there for 60 years and have a right to live there too. Israel is negotiating with the Pal's in the West Bank, gave them 98% of the land they wanted during the Clinton admin only to have Arafat instead launch the intifada, and are now defending themselves against thousands of rockets.

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by Prunesquallor on Jan 20, 2009 at 2:34 pm Permalink

Unfortunately in the US there has been a great deal of denial about the situation in Palestine. Perhaps now the Israelis have used phosphorus bombs on children in a UN-run school, that might change the general perception in the US. The situation with the Palestinians has been dragging on for years, years of suffering, and it is a disgrace to humanity.

I hope that now Obama is president, Americans might become more aware of what is happening over there, and will not give such unqualified support to what is, despite the justifications, a brutal regime.

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Mephistopheles Jan, 20 2009 at 02:39 PM

Absolutely! Also, people choose to see only certain things and a very small pic, nobody looks at the entire issue and why it is the Palestinians are firing home-made rockets at Israel

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by kittie on Jan 19, 2009 at 9:05 pm Permalink

The fighting has been going back and forth for thousands of years.

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Lucky_Marty Jan, 20 2009 at 09:30 AM

Arab states have only started disliking the Jewish community since 1947 when the US and GB handed Palestine to the Jews. Before this there were no problems between these peoples.

kittie Jan, 20 2009 at 09:35 AM

GB was only one in 1947 but thank you for the downrating

Lucky_Marty Jan, 20 2009 at 10:33 AM

Sorry for the downrating, no offence intended ;)

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by Grandma Roses - my avatar is my real dog on Jan 20, 2009 at 2:41 pm Permalink

They have a powerful ally in the U.N., the U.S.A.

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by Amorphous Blob blobs by not blobbing on Jan 20, 2009 at 4:27 pm Permalink

How do Arab countries get away with what they have done to the Palestinians ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_September_in_Jordan ) and their own people (despotism, corruption, economic incompetence)?

http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/5281598

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by lizvelrene on Jan 20, 2009 at 3:54 pm Permalink

I don't care who's right and who's wrong, the blatant slaughter of civilians has to stop. U.N. Peacekeepers, where are you?

Can we just shoot that parcel of land into space and rehome everybody or something? It's never going to end!

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by Ec-nal Licensed Bootie Inspector on Jan 20, 2009 at 2:38 pm Permalink

There are too many people here in the states who would oppose the U.S. seriously intervening yo...

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by Moongrim on Jan 30, 2009 at 5:50 pm Permalink

It's quite simple: The Palestinians are reaping what they've been sowing for 60 years.

http://www.masada2000.org/historical.html

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