O/T This as got to stop.

[Yak]

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.

Kerr I agree with you and mygiddy I’m a father and I hate to see the suffering of children etc.
I guess I get frustrated when I read comments and watch reporting which totally dismiss the original starting point. Some of the pictures are propaganda but of course not all of them.
I also look at this through military service eyes and that’s a different perspective ( not saying it’s correct).
Hamas must be defeated and the civilians must be protected.
Anyway I’m off to Salford. 👍