Scores dead as Israel attacks Gaza

yes, hamas did fire rockets at israel, those rockets are so weak, there damage is so limited, it can mostly make a hole in your back yard, nothing more!

and this rockets are only launched because of the israeli army is killing and cornoring people in palestine. i heared a friend of mine talkin about his nephewes. They stopped eating because they are so scared after israel had destroyed the back side of there home, even there family is a known anti 7amas family, yet there home got hit by israel.

Israel did to palestinians civilians much more than what hamas did, yet hamas is considered a terrorist group, why not didnt they add israel's name to the list of the terrorist organizations?

An ap report said that prior to the 5 attacks of hamas officials' homes, the israeli military even phoned the neighbors to get out. If I were a general in the israeli military, somebody is going to get court-martialed for those phone calls.

At the very least, it shows israel's susceptibility to international criticism. Which is a heck of a lot more than I can say for your beloved hamas.

Now, let us dispense with the drama about innocent civilians and children. Hamas isn't a 'uniformed' military in the first place.

If you had the upper hand in this conflict -- (which isn't so far away from the hamas rhetoric of a stalemate, anyway) -- what would you have israel do?
 
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before i say anything.. just read this :

John Ging, the UNRWA Director of Operations in Gaza, stressed that all UN schools in Gaza are clearly marked, flying the UN flag, and that the organisation has provided the GPS coordinates of all of its installations in the area to Israel. “Those who were in the school were all families seeking refuge,” the UN News Centre quoted him as saying.

Even if you assume that israel were out to exterminate every man, woman and child in gaza, it STILL DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

The smart bombs israel are dropping and the f16's carrying them aren't exactly cheap. Conventional wisdom would tell you to use expensive hardware for a specific tactical benefit -- that is, destroy gaza's defenses in preparation of a ground assault. The us did just that in afghanistan and iraq.

It makes NO advantage, whatsoever, to use smart bombs to kill civilians. All your news reports say is that there are huge collateral damages. And the only reason why there are huge collateral damages is because hamas fights like a girl -- regardless of how thick they grow their facial hairs.
 
There is nothing illegal nor criminal in what the jews are doing.

We can go back and point at many points were there had been violation of laws and agreements since 1948.
We had many land division rules after 1948 which jewish government had violated. Just right now they continue to build new housing complexes in the part that belong to Palestine government just according to recent divisions. This is the main thing I was referring at.

But Still one thing I never understood is how does the attempts of European and American governments to take control of the third world has been looked up as a legal act. Just like the mandatory of Britain over Palestine which ended up in the foundation of the Israel government. We could say for sure not having Britain persuading the immigration of the Jews to Palestine we wouldn't have such a conflict. But may be that all goes back to what happens in wars. And we have all these laws preventing wars, but they still happen. The UN Laws are not perfect. Out of 82 rights of veto's that it had about 42 were used bu America supporting Israel. Why should a law let such thing happen?
And more sad to us is the acceptation of this third world party to interference of others in their rights and selling out their people, land and neighbors.

I should assure you that Iran just defends Justice and never wants to rule over Palestine or any other country.Neither does it accept any country walking in. You saw that after 8 years of war with Iraq, supported by America and Europe not a hand full of It's soil were lost.
 
We can go back and point at many points were there had been violation of laws and agreements since 1948.
We had many land division rules after 1948 which jewish government had violated. Just right now they continue to build new housing complexes in the part that belong to Palestine government just according to recent divisions. This is the main thing I was referring at.

But Still one thing I never understood is how does the attempts of European and American governments to take control of the third world has been looked up as a legal act. Just like the mandatory of Britain over Palestine which ended up in the foundation of the Israel government. We could say for sure not having Britain persuading the immigration of the Jews to Palestine we wouldn't have such a conflict. But may be that all goes back to what happens in wars. And we have all these laws preventing wars, but they still happen. The UN Laws are not perfect. Out of 82 rights of veto's that it had about 42 were used bu America supporting Israel. Why should a law let such thing happen?
And more sad to us is the acceptation of this third world party to interference of others in their rights and selling out their people, land and neighbors.

I should assure you that Iran just defends Justice and never wants to rule over Palestine or any other country.Neither does it accept any country walking in. You saw that after 8 years of war with Iraq, supported by America and Europe not a hand full of It's soil were lost.

The US is forced to veto so many things in the UN because of the massive amount of anti-Israel resolutions that are pushed in the body.
 


There is nothing illegal nor criminal in what the jews are doing.



1- Israel does not obey the rules of the fourth convention of Geneva which many sections of the UN, members of the Geneva conventions themselves, The international committee of the Red Cross and many non-governmental international organizations believe that Israel is obliged to obey; and which was reminded and emphasized on in the conference held by members of the Geneva conventions in 2001. This convention relates to protection of non-military civilians who are present in an occupied land after the war.

2- Israel has violated the rules of human rights. According to The Universal Declaration of Human Rights countries that are a member of this declaration have accepted that “...recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world” and have this peace justice as their common goal.
According to items 2,7,8 and 28 which the liberations and rights are mentioned, the Zionist regime has endangered global peace and security. Attacking civilians is a crime against humanity and the UN members should introduce the Zionist regime as an outrageous against humanity but very sadly both them and the Arabs have chosen silence!

3- The crime of Genocide is another instant. Item number 1 of the genocide convention in 1948 says clearly that genocide at any time of peace or war is a crime according to international law. It is very evident that Israel has targeted not only Hamas but the whole palestinians and this is not a new decision!

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Maybe I will write more of them later
 
1- Israel does not obey the rules of the fourth convention of Geneva which many sections of the UN, members of the Geneva conventions themselves, The international committee of the Red Cross and many non-governmental international organizations believe that Israel is obliged to obey; and which was reminded and emphasized on in the conference held by members of the Geneva conventions in 2001. This convention relates to protection of non-military civilians who are present in an occupied land after the war.

This won't be enforced.

2- Israel has violated the rules of human rights. According to The Universal Declaration of Human Rights countries that are a member of this declaration have accepted that “...recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world” and have this peace justice as their common goal.
According to items 2,7,8 and 28 which the liberations and rights are mentioned, the Zionist regime has endangered global peace and security. Attacking civilians is a crime against humanity and the UN members should introduce the Zionist regime as an outrageous against humanity but very sadly both them and the Arabs have chosen silence!

This is a General Assembly Resolution, GA Resolutions have no binding authority in the law.

3- The crime of Genocide is another instant. Item number 1 of the genocide convention in 1948 says clearly that genocide at any time of peace or war is a crime according to international law. It is very evident that Israel has targeted not only Hamas but the whole palestinians and this is not a new decision!

Israel is not committing genocide.
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab-Israel_conflict

History of the conflict

Main article: History of the Arab-Israeli conflict

End of 19th century-1948

In the late 1800s, under the banner of a new movement called Zionism, many European Jews began purchasing swamps and other desert land from the Ottoman sultan and his agents. Theodore Herzl, the founder of the movement, appealed to the Ottomans as a way to raise tax revenues and to modernize the relatively sparsely populated and barren land. At that time, the entire city of Jerusalem was contained in its tiny walled area and only had a few tens of thousands of inhabitants. Under the Zionists, collective farms, known as kibbutzim, were established, and cities were founded, such as Tel Aviv. Generally, at first, the Arabs welcomed the Zionists with their standard of living, education, capital, and jobs. Many Arabs moved into the region, matching the increase in Jews from Europe.

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After World War I the area came under British rule as the British Mandate of Palestine. The area mandated to the British, included what is today Israel, Jordan, the West Bank and Gaza. This would become important post-World War II, when the British tried to meet the obligations of both Jews and Arabs by creating a homeland for each in Palestine, namely Israel and Jordan (1946).

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Jewish immigration increased soon after the Nazis came to power in Germany, causing the Jewish population in Palestine to double.[7] Palestinian Arabs saw this rapid influx of Jewish immigrants as a threat to their homeland and their identity as a people. Moreover, Jewish policies of purchasing land and prohibiting the employment of Arabs in Jewish-owned industries and farms greatly angered the Palestinian Arab communities.[8] Demonstrations were held as early as 1920, protesting what the Arabs felt were unfair preferences for the Jewish immigrants set forth by the British mandate that governed Palestine at the time. This resentment led to the harassment and persecution of Jews. In August of 1929, Arabs murdered 67 Jews in the city of Hebron, in what became known as the Hebron Massacre. By 1936, escalating tensions led to the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine.[9]

By the 1920s, the Jewish and Arab populations had grown hostile to each other. European anti-semitism had spread to the Middle East, and there was great association with the upcoming Nazi movement in Germany. There are notable photos and other documents linking Hitler to leaders like the Grand Mufti in Jerusalem. Eventually, violence between Arab and Jews had begun a vicious cycle which continues to this day.

In response to Arab pressure, the British Mandate authorities greatly reduced the number of Jewish immigrants to Palestine (see White Paper of 1939 and the Exodus ship). These restrictions remained in place until the end of the mandate, a period which coincided with the Nazi Holocaust and the flight of Jewish refugees from Europe. As a consequence, most Jewish entrants to Palestine were illegal (see Aliyah Bet), causing further tensions in the region. Following several failed attempts to solve the problem diplomatically, the British asked the newly formed United Nations for help. On 15 May 1947 the UN appointed a committee, the UNSCOP, composed of representatives from eleven states. To make the committee more neutral, none of the Great Powers were represented.[10] After five weeks of in-country study, the commission recommended creating a partitioned state with separate territories for the Jews and the Arabs in Palestine . This "two state solution" was accepted with resolution 181 by the UN General Assembly in November 1947 by 33 votes to 13 with 10 abstentions. The Arab states, which constituted the Arab League, voted against. On the ground, Arab and Jewish Palestinians were fighting openly to control strategic positions in the region. Several major atrocities were committed by both sides.[11]

The main differences between the 1947 partition proposal and 1949 armistice lines are highlighted in light red and magentaOn May 14, 1948, one day before the end of the British Mandate of Palestine, Israel declared its independence and sovereignty on the portion partitioned by UNSCOP for the Jewish state. The next day, the Arab League reiterated officially their opposition to the "two-state solution" in a letter to the UN.[12] That day, the armies of Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Iraq invaded the territory partitioned for the Arab state, thus starting the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The nascent Israeli Defense Force repulsed the Arab nations from part of the occupied territories, thus extending its borders beyond the original UNSCOP partition.[13] By December of 1948, Israel controlled most of the portion of Mandate Palestine west of the Jordan River. The remainder of the Mandate consisted of Jordan, the area that came to be called the West Bank (controlled by Jordan), and the Gaza Strip (controlled by Egypt). Prior to and during this conflict, 711,000[14] Palestinians Arabs fled their original lands to become Palestinian refugees, in part, due to several atrocities committed by the Israeli forces.[15] The War came to an end with the signing of the 1949 Armistice Agreements between Israel and each of its Arab neighbours. This 1949 armistice line, the so-called green line, is to this day the internationally-recognized border of the state of Israel. It is often referred to as the "pre-1967" border.


1949-1967

Following the adoption by the United Nations of Resolution 181 in November 1947 and the declaration of the State of Israel in May 1948, several Arab countries adopted discriminatory measures against their local Jewish populations.[16][17] There were riots in Yemen and Syria. In Libya, Jews were deprived of citizenship, and in Iraq, their property was seized.[18] As a result, a large number of Jews were forced to emigrate from Arab lands, although many also emigrated for ideological reasons.....

Today, these displaced Jews and their descendants represent 41% of the total population of Israel. For details, see Jewish exodus from Arab lands.

As a result of Israel's victory in its 1948 war of independence, any Arabs caught on the wrong side of the cease-fire line were unable to return to their homes in what became Israel. Likewise, any Jews on the West Bank or in Gaza were exiled from their property and homes to Israel. The main difference between the two is that Arabs were allowed to stay in Israel and gain citizenship post-1948, while Jews were completely removed from Arab-held areas after 1948. Today's Palestinian refugees are the descendants of those who left, either out of fear for their lives or in response to instructions from the Grand Mufti and/or Arab armies to leave their homes, so the Arab armies would have a free-fire range to evict the Jews from the new UN-created State of Israel.

In 1956, Egypt closed the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping, and blockaded the Gulf of Aqaba, in contravention of the Constantinople Convention of 1888. Many argued that this was also a violation of the 1949 Armistice Agreements.[22][23] On July 26, 1956, Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal Company, and closed the canal to Israeli shipping.[24]

Israel responded on October 29, 1956, by invading the Sinai Peninsula with British and French support. During the Suez Canal Crisis, Israel captured the Gaza Strip and Sinai Peninsula. The United States and the United Nations soon pressured it into a ceasefire.[24][25] Israel agreed to withdraw from Egyptian territory. Egypt agreed to freedom of navigation in the region and the demilitarization of the Sinai. The United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) was created and deployed to oversee the demilitarization.[26] The UNEF was only deployed on the Egyptian side of the border, as Israel refused to allow them on its territory.[27]

On May 19, 1967, Egypt expelled UNEF observers,[28] and deployed 100,000 soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula.[29] It again closed the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping,[30][31] returning the region to the way it was in 1956 when Israel was blockaded.

In 1966-67, Egypt's leader, Gen. Nasser, began a pan-Arab campaign seeking unified support to conquer Israel and expel the Jews. Freshly armed with the latest in Soviet supplied planes, tanks, and other military stocks, Egypt felt, for the first time since 1948, that they were in a position to overrun Israel. Egyptian media began a relentless and supportive jingoist campaign whipping up a fervor of popular support for war. This enthusiasm spilled over to the other Arab capitals.

On May 30, 1967, Jordan entered into the mutual defense pact between Egypt and Syria. Egypt mobilized Sinai units, crossing UN lines (after having expelled the UN border monitors) and mobilized and massed on Israel's southern border. Likewise, armies in Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan also mobilized, encircling Israel for an imminent coordinated attack. In response, on June 5 Israel sent almost all of its planes on a preemptive mission into Egypt. The Israeli Air Force (IAF) destroyed most of the Egyptian Air Force in a surprise attack, then turned east to destroy the Jordanian, Syrian and Iraqi air forces.[32] This strike was the crucial element in Israel's victory in the Six-Day War.[29][31] At the war's end, Israel had gained control of the Sinai Peninsula, the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, eastern Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights. The results of the war affect the geopolitics of the region to this day.....

Does any goat-herder have any problem with that version of history?
 
Big Rob, I'm not an expert in politics. I don't really know what's the differnce between Human Rights laws, UN orders, ... etc in forming the concept of legallity. I am not very keen to go on and say Israel is a criminal sticking to any of these laws. I don't accept any of them as perfect but still there are violations from all of them. you consider the UN Laws as legal? here is just a small example of Israels illegallity then!

The UN office in Gaza has stated in the fourth month after cease-fire through a report that Israel has violated the cease fire agreement with palestinians more than 50 times and 260 people were killed as a result.
 
Big Rob, I'm not an expert in politics. I don't really know what's the differnce between Human Rights laws, UN orders, ... etc in forming the concept of legallity. I am not very keen to go on and say Israel is a criminal sticking to any of these laws. I don't accept any of them as perfect but still there are violations from all of them. you consider the UN Laws as legal? here is just a small example of Israels illegallity then!

The UN office in Gaza has stated in the fourth month after cease-fire through a report that Israel has violated the cease fire agreement with palestinians more than 50 times and 260 people were killed as a result.

In terms of the United Nations, only Security Council Resolutions have the binding force of law. General Assembly Resolutions are just that, resolutions. However, the problem with SC resolutions are they are unenforceable because the UN has no power to do so. Therefore, the recent one that was passed in terms of this conflict will be ignored by both sides. Israel will ignore it because the United States will not push the issue. Hamas will ignore it for PR reasons, and because I think they want the war to continue.

The UN Charter also spells out pretty clearly that a country has the right to defend itself. Israel makes the case that is what they are doing. In terms of the UN, if you violate the Charter by trying to impose some cease-fire when the member (to me anyway) is acting in defense, that is the death nail in the legitimacy coffin of the United Nations.
 
I do not see why the international community wishes to deal with failed states and expect anything good can come out of it. And make no mistake, the palestinian authority is a failed state.

A collection of concentration camps is not a state.

Comrade Lazar Kaganovich deputising for Comrade Stalin.
 
Let us all forget SC resolution 678.

Comrade Kaganovich

When the United States enforces it (as the case with SC resolution 678) then it has some enforcement mechanism. However, in this case, the United States is not going to tell Israel they cannot defend themselves.
 
I heard about it on the radio this morning, The news is not really talking about it though

from what I heard so far they got attacked again early this AM and said thats it and did a much larger counter attack.

I dont know what else they can do, I understand non military people died and that sucks bad.

as for the USA defending Israel.
That all ends January 20th 2009.........

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If there was a body count done, Hamas has killed more Israelis with suicide bombers on busses and in cafe's and the like. And I know of no time that they did not start it. Hamas kills 80 in a cafe' then Israel targets a known Hamas hide out and kills 10 in a targeted bombing. And it goes on and on like that. I hope Israel never just lays down and dies to please nay sayers.
The Israelis have killed FAR MORE Palestinians than vice versa. Also, they have held the people of Gaza in captivity for over 60 years.
 
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