Quote Originally Posted by Yak View Post
The current behaviour was in response to women and children getting massacred. That just doesn’t seem to resonate with some people. You have to be naive on their part to expect anything else other than defending itself. Now I do understand that there are limits to defending yourselves. Unfortunately that’s for Isreal to decide and right now they want to obliterate Hamas. I would suggest that’s the right move. You know that organisation that raped and murdered babies.
You reap what you sow.
I'm well aware of how the latest round of violence started, Yak.

Where I think we disagree is that I don't think the atrocities committed against innocent people in Israel gave the Israeli government a blank cheque to commit atrocities against innocent people in Gaza or to pursue a policy of ethnic cleansing.

You are equating Hamas with the average Palestinian. That's a completely false equivalence. Hamas is a vile organisation that cares little, if at all, for the people it supposedly represents. Your average Palestinian wants a house, a job and a future for his or her kids.

You are absolutely right that you reap what you sow, which is why it would be a good reason for the Israeli government to stop sowing.