Israel rejects 48-hour halt to Gaza assault

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SuperLib at 04:54 AM JST - 1st January

Come on, itcher. Aren't you taking things a bit seriously? Life will improve for the Palestinians someday.
ANOTSUSAGAMI at 05:07 AM JST - 1st January

Well, that's a new cap on something old. Itcher74, you still provide no links, say the same things, even expect me to debate your point for you. Going around in circles like this is not only counter-productive to finding a solution, it's boring. Let go of the hate, maybe you can find a way to contribute instead of hinder. When you have something of substance to say, I'll gladly listen. Till then...
toonagi at 06:18 AM JST - 1st January

I simply can not understand people who supports hamas,and in the same time using definitions of the western culture. if hamas is winning this and later other fanatic Muslims takes over the western countries you guys will NEVER have the privilege of typing your opinions in the first place. how can you even think of supports any group which based on fundamentals which are so far and different of those the whole internet is based upon...
grafton at 07:37 AM JST - 1st January

"Protocol 1, Article 51 of the 4th Geneva Convention and Article 28 of the Geneva Convention make clear that "the deliberate intermingling of civilians and combatants, designed to create a situation in which any attack against combatants would necessarily entail an excessive number of casualties is a flagrant breach of the Law of International Armed Conflict," according to international law scholar Yoram Dinstein (see his The Conduct of Hostilities under the Law of International Armed Conflict, Cambridge University Press, 2004, pp. 129 - 130). It is clear that Hamas bears complete and full responsibility for civilian casualties in Gaza as they are operating their deadly terrorist operations from there. Of course the overwhelming majority of Gazan savage barbarians voted for & support Hamas' goal of destroying Israel by all means. The population there views dying for that cause as the highest form of human endeavor. They claim to be happy when babies, children, women, & men die fighting Israel. Then they play victim for 60 years. Where in history in this world is there another "people" (in this case a fictitious one, as they are a mix of 55 nations and there has never been a "Palestinian people, music, culture, etc. They are Arabs or, truthfully, a mixture of 55 nations. See "From Time Immemorial," by Joan Peters.) who are called "refugees" of war into the 4th generation living in cities called refugee camps? It's outrageous that the UN gives food to savages whose lives are bent solely on destruction."

Sadly not mine, but I whole heartedly agree
Badsey at 07:43 AM JST - 1st January

playing the victim is a game Japanese know well -Hey! That is our game.

Anyway the truce is over -Fight On! Winner take all.
Helter_Skelter at 08:22 AM JST - 1st January

adaydream

I can remember wars going on between Isreal and everybody long before 1987. Is Isreal against everybody?

No, the Muslim Arab world is against Israel. It doesn't want the Infidel living in the ME. Not sure why you don't get it, though socialism does cloud the mind.
grafton at 09:18 AM JST - 1st January

adaydream

Is Isreal against everybody?

Israel is surrounded by people that are against Israel. It would seem that you have been indoctrinated to see Israel as the bed guy here. Maybe before commenting on world issues you should ask who taught you to see the world the way you do. Maybe they had an agenda that you didn’t see, but now you have grown up (?) maybe you should look for it.
Gavinova at 11:11 PM JST - 1st January

grafton,

That was a nice post from the Geneva Convention.

Now you have to try to apply it correctly with a factual basis.

"From Time Immemorial," by Joan Peters was a hoax book. It is not taken seriously by any serious scholar on the topic.
grafton at 06:40 AM JST - 2nd January

Gavinova at 11:11 PM JST - 1st January It is not taken seriously by any serious scholar on the topic. It is not scholars that are firing rockets into Israel & it is not scholars that are posting rubish here. Given the context I think I did apply it correctly. This is not an international court of law. Reading some of what is written here I think you would have to at least agree with that.
rachid at 01:39 AM JST - 5th January

@ANOTSUSAGAMI

I don't think sir you realize what an air strike could look like so here is a link to help you picture it, I wonder how long could you keep watching it :

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3b3_1230864719

details:

date: the first day of the butchery how many causalities: I could count the one piece guys, but I couldn't count the dismembered ones, so do it yourself

who are these people: they are obviously the victims

who's doing's this: israel terrorism
Ninefingers at 08:32 AM JST - 5th January

Israel should never have given the Gaza strip to the Palestinians. Huge mistake.
ailaaa at 09:44 AM JST - 5th January

*The Hamas charter states:

"There is no solution for the Palestinian question except through Jihad."

Really puts in a tight spot those who blame Israel, those who claim religion is unrelated to the hostilities, and those who insist that Islam is by and large a peaceful religion, and that jihad is misunderstood by "Islamophobes".

I do enjoy watching them squirm.*

If i may response to adamantine's comment (pasted above) You seem to not even understand the word jihad. But i don't blame you, even Muslims sometimes are unclear of its meaning. I am humbly not a very good scholar to give a very good explanation but what i am aware is that it doesn't at all indicate refusing peace.

In Islam, there are conditions for war. Explicit conditions. 1. Only go to war if you are attacked, i.e defense. 2. You can't attack women children and old people. 3. You can't destroy plants. 4. You can't attack religious buildings i.e mosque, church, synagogues. I hope i've listed all here. I think there's another one about being opressed but i dare not put it down in case it's wrong. It might fall under the defense. Excuse my shortcomings. Basically the Palestinians are defending themselves.

I squirm not on the word jihad, but at own error of not being able to correct the widespread view on the word jihad.

There are propagandas everywhere and people usually believe what they want to believe. I have made some error in judgment before and thus I can't blame others who do. Please read from both sides. Even israelis are against those attacks.

But then again, you choose what to believe and i respect that. Do feel free to ask anything and despite my not-so-wide knowledge, i'll answer them.
Molenir at 08:38 AM JST - 6th January

They are defending themselves, by firing rockets, repeatedly into Israel, without provokation. Yes, thats defense. They are defending themselves by basically begging Israel to come in and kill them in order to stop their attacks. Yes, they defend by attacking.
IcingDeath at 03:00 PM JST - 6th January

Why does this reality feel like something out of a Tom Clancy novel. Seriously, this little event has the potential to blow up into something major.
Shichiman at 10:46 PM JST - 6th January

I posted this on another page but it's all relevant:

They're all mental. Someone drops a bomb, someone retaliates, someone retaliates, someone retaliates.... It's a never-ending cycle. I know I'm MASSIVELY generalising but so many atrocities have been committed by both sides over the years that it's impossible to place the blame on either.

Palestinians have done horrific, immoral, murderous things to innocents. Israelis have done horrific, immoral, murderous things to innocents. They're both as bad as each other.

I don't think this is a situation that will be resolved by fighting or talking. If they can hold back on the fighting for a generation or two the hatred between them would be lessened and neutralised.

Every post argues one way or the other. I'm sat here thinking "Palestinian sympathy, must be a Muslim/ Isreali sympathy, must be a Jew". This whole conflict is the only proof you need of the damaging power of religion.