Comments on: Should The World Condemn Israel?

By: gregorio

gregorio — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:55:24 +0000

I can see both sides of the disagreement,although Hamas I believe has instigated the situation.They could have avoided this by simply halting they're rocket attacks.The real victims are the innocent people who are just trying to live day to day. gregorios last blog post..Photo Study-random patterns

By: A Disproportionate Response?

A Disproportionate Response? — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:19:03 +0000

[...] like the group blog Filipino Voices, and individuals like Caffeine Sparks, the Placeholder, and Sonnie’s Porch, are paying attention to the most recent offensive in the Middle East. Israel, fed up with the [...]

By: bugsey1

bugsey1 — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:24:57 +0000

It is weird how the “world” (Arab world) condemns Israel. The truth is that Hamas has killed more than the casualty count of innocent Israeli citizens since 2001. No one said anything all the while it was happening. I frankly cannot understand the hypocrisy… I am sad that BOTH Israeli and Palestinian kids are being killed but let us be objective.There is no such thing as a “war” that leaves no collateral damage particularly if Hamas “uses” (devours) its own kids by making the human shields while having the gall to admit that they REALLY ARE DOING IT!

Also, if you were to count the kids dying everyday of cholera at Zimbabwe, it exceeds the 17 day casualty count “presented” by Al Jazeera. Why isn’t the world “upset” over the kids of Zimbabwe? At the same time also peope are dying in a war at Shrilanka but no one is upset.

The world should be “equally upset” about kids dying — after all a kid in Gaza is equal to a kid in Zimbabwe who simply suffers and dies because there is no International Aid like the Red Cross who is THERE.. maybe they should go there instead of Gaza!

By: Sonnie

Sonnie — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 08:48:54 +0000

@ Jhay– Long time no hear. You are correct, media are biased on their reporting. For example, Al Jazeera’s focus are the action of Israel causing civilian deaths, but do not refer to Hamas as terrorist who fire rackets to Israel. While Fox news is bias with Israel.

@ Brigitte– thanks for dropping by. Indeed it is a difficult situation. The Arab world looks at the Hamas as a resistance force who is fighting for the cause of the Palestinian people, and not as terrorist. This is also a battle of paradigm.

By: Brigitte Smith

Brigitte Smith — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:37:29 +0000

Great summary, Sonnie. You’ve managed to sum up all of the competing arguments, and demonstrated just what a difficult problem it is.

I do have some difficulty with the terminology used by most journalists and political commentators – disproportionate force.

Proportionate to what? The force used by Israel IS proportionate to its right to defend itself against terror. Certainly the numbers of Palestinians killed is most often higher than Israelis killed. Unfortunately there are innocent Palestinians killed in the line of fire when Israel moves to strike out the terrorists. That is extremely unfortunate and an horrific situation. But that fact doesn’t necessarily mean the force used is disproportionate to the terror inflicted on Israel.

The Palestinian people deserve peace as much as Israel deserves peace (after having to defend itself against numerous attacks over the 60 years of its existence), and peace is not going to be achieved by terrorists killing innocent Israelis, or by the terrorist groups’ objectives of wiping Israel off the map. Of course Israel will continue to defend itself against such terrorism, and unless the terrorists stop or are stopped, there is no end in sight.

By: makoy

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By: jhay

jhay — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:15:17 +0000

In the context of using excessive force in its retaliation and its past actions on the Palestinians, it’s easy to condemn Israel.

But condemning one side or the other will not help in solving this crisis. If third parties are really interested in peace in the region, they should refrain from taking a side and instead work with both Israel and Hamas in coming up with a peace agreement.

Then again, third parties in this conflict has never been neutral so to speak. Right Uncle Sam?

By: Sonnie

Sonnie — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:16:36 +0000

Hi Teky,

Sure, you can… Happy New Year.

By: Teky

Teky — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:58:16 +0000

your article is good, do I have permit to translate it in Indonesia? off course I give the source link too. thank you very much. GBU

By: vhing

vhing — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:05:42 +0000

ALL I CAN SAY IS A “BIG NO”.Not just because of “HOW ABOUT US”! It’s ISRAEL’s principle and legacy to defend themselves! The world map will not that good shape without ISRAEL.

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