Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: Will there be peace if Palestinians lay down their arms? [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)The list of Israeli assassinations does not begin to match the list of Palestinian terrorism. The assassinations were targeted at Palestinian terrorists for the most part. The list of terrorist acts were targeted at innocent civilians. And now, the Palestinians show pictures of the children being killed.
It is unclear to me what set off Israel's reaction this time, but I gather it was caused by the fact that while the two sides were supposedly negotiating for peace, the Palestinians were building tunnels under and into Israel so that they could invade and either kidnap or kill Israelis.
Talk about stupid. The Palestinian tunnels really match anything tried before. Just ridiculously foolish. And two-faced. You don't plan such things while pretending to be negotiating peace.
At the same time, I realize that not all Palestinians are terrorists or constructing tunnels to circumvent the Israeli defenses -- the wall and the shield.
But I do believe that the fact that Israel built strong defenses and yet the Palestinians tried to breach the existing border was an act of war, a pretty definite statement that the Palestinians did not want peace.