Israel’s first bombardment killed 200 people in more than 50 sites in Gaza, lasting only 3 minutes. Wasn’t this more than enough to hush Hamas’s amateur rockets, which kill an average of 3 people in 7 years?

On another note, some people keep mentioning that Zionism is forbidden by the Torah. IF this were true, how do practicing Jews reconcile this fact? I think most Jews believe Muslims hate them for their religion. On the contrary, Muslims believe in Judaism in the same way they believe in Christianity, since the three religions are recognized as the Abrahamic faiths. Peace won’t be attained until we find unity in diversity.

This morning, I heard on the radio that 900 Gazans, about a third of them children, have been slaughtered. Like shooting fish in a barrel. And then the Israeli spokeswoman came on, avowing that the reason for the high degree of civilian casualties was that Hamas used these as human shields.

I am missing how this is an excuse. All I am hearing is that, by being in the vicinity of Hamas, the Gazans, like an insufficiently covered woman, was “asking for it”.

Hamas is probably using Gazans as shields. Hamas is probably trying to increase the number of civilian casualties in order to make the Israelis look bad. Hamas is most definitely firing rockets, hoping to goad a disproportionate response.

My question is, why do the Israelis allow themselves to be goaded? How is their inability to control themselves a fault of the vulnerable Gazans?