| The collective punishment of the families of suicide bombers is certainly something that can legitimately be criticized, although I think Israel's desperation should be recognized. But the vast exaggerations are not helpful.
The Israeli army takes huge risks and enormous efforts to minimize civilian casualties on both sides, while Hamas, Al Aqsa, etc. deliberately maximize civilian casualties on both sides, and turn children into combatants. You can choose to see them as morally equivalent, but that says more about your own views of what is right and wrong than about the two sides of the conflict. If you believe that targetting civilians is different than risking your own life to save civilians, you have to differentiate the Israelis from the Palestinian terrorists.
[img]smilies/abduct.gif[/img] [img]smilies/read.gif[/img] __________________ The Universal Friendship League? Could it sound any creepier? |