johnny i see you are resorting to propaganda to support your point. If palestine is targetting children internationally, then where are all the international child casualties to palestinian violence? So what, someone in some news paper "claimed" they were doing this, and you just buy it with no bodies and no evidence?

Secondly, no one living in america can make any statements about other countries killing "civilians" or "innocents" as the majority of casualties in iraq (1230000) are civilians, just as the majority of the 2-4 million killed in vietnam, 750000 in cambodia, and 500000 in laos. Further, all israeli's are required to do mandatory military service, so technically none of them are "civilians", and Finally, if you are pointing to the group that is killing children, then why is it that hundreds of palestinian children are dead, and virtually no israeli children are??

Further you quote me as calling Hammas "freedom fighters".... if you read my article, i was not calling them freedom fighters, i was pointing out the irony that anyone who opposes US agenda is called a "freedom fighters", and anyone working against us are "terrorists", thereby invalidating the point of using either term.

Then finally you use a term from the hammas charter which has lately been revised to remove any violence and reflect a change in policy, AND which is mistranslated, and you refuse to point out that Zionism is a nationally recognized racist apartheid organization, formally committed to the destruction of palestinians.

AND you ignore the main points of my article which truly are unassailable, being the truth of what ceasefire means for israelis vs palestinians.

IN all wars when one group of people who are destitute and poor, is being assaulted by another overwhelming power, the weaker group incorporates their general populace, children, women, etc into the war effort. This happens in ALL nations which are being brutally oppressed and conquered, is not specific to palestine, and has been demonstrated in many wars the US commited on other sovereign nations such as vietnam. This is not a singular event, and if we in the US were under similar attack and occupation, we would likely be doing the same.

Originally posted by pexx421
And to the person who said "dont forget, hammas is a TERRORIST ORGANISATION" I hope you realise that you just said, in effect, Dont forget that hammas is an organisation our government does not approve of, after all, thats all the term "terrorist" means now. Freedom fighters are warriors our government approves of, that support american corporate and diplomatic agenda, and terrorists are everyone else with a gun.

Its funny that a man with a bomb on his chest that may kill 20 people is a "terrorist" but a man in a jet, with a bomb that can kill thousands with no risk to himself is a "public servant", and a defender of freedom and peace.

I agree 100%

I have read and researched it, have you? It was mistranslated, as almost everything they say always is, for most dramatic effect. What he truly stated was along the lines of "the israeli murder of palestinians legitimizes the murder of israelis". Further a statement by one civilian cant be taken to be indicative of general populace support just as Pastor Roberts call for the assassination of Hugo Chavez several years ago was not indicative of american belief....except for by those looking for an excuse to vilify a whole people as you apparently are.

800 dead.... 3200-3300 injured.

that is about as disproportionate as it gets....

Johnny i think your wrong in that. Israel has killled and oppressed the palestinians since the inception of the israeli state. It kicked off with the massacre of the palestinians, and has been a story of continued abuse and subjugation, combined with ever more theft of their land since then. Just look at the progression of maps showing the ever shrinking lands of the palestinians by year and you will see.