The predominate reason espoused as to why civilian deaths are irrelevant in Israel's defense of its people is that when given the opportunity to elect a peaceful government or a militant government (Hamas), the citizens of Gaza elected the latter. Therefore, they are as responsible for the incessant rocket attacks into Israel as the terrorists themselves.
But by this logic, the people in the southern Israeli towns most affected by the onslaught are equally responsible for any decisions the Israeli government has made, such as the blockade of Gaza. True, Israel was not bombarding Gaza with homemade rockets, but blocking essential food, medicine, fuel, etc. from entering Gaza has equal ramifications, does it not?
Thus if the people of Gaza have brought this upon themselves, and Israel is guilt free, those in Gaza propelling rockets are also guilt free.
People continue to ask how this will bring about the cessation of rockets being fire into Israel, but that is to assume that the government wants a cessation of the violence. The amount of casualties brought on by the rockets is indeed minimal if any at all, but the rockets are PR gifts from heaven. Without them, their blockade of Gaza and the bombing of "Hamas targets" is illegitimate. The road to peace assuredly means a partition of Israel: is that a certain desire of the Israeli government?
We are now beyond sixty years of conflict. To an entire generation this is a normal existence; and they know nothing different. That is a scary reality hinting that there is – and perhaps will be – no end in sight.
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