linarl: It is not about hitting and missing, it is not about how many killed only.. it is about how and the need to put a stop to the over use of excessive power of Israel against civilians.
Nations under occupations like Palestinians are, have the right to protest and fight. In the past it was in a form of a simple stone picked by a child. Yes, children become adults and that is what Israel is trying to do here.. kill as many children as it can so they do not grow up and become adults to fight. It is another massacre like Israel's other massacres that is stated in history and nothing is going to erase it from the memory of people who lived it, witnessed it and were told about like Nora and her family. You know what, this can go so long but has to come to an end. Yes, 60 years of suffering but these beautiful people called Palestinians are still fighting the occupation because it was injustice from 1948. Does this tell you something? Yeah, what was built on wrong cannot go unnoticed for too long. Israel did wrong to Palestinians and should be disarmed, called for unconditional peace with its neighbors and has to pay MONEY to compensate for its crimes.
I do believe you're right. Hamas, as the electerd representative government of Palestine has the right to protest and fight as they see fit or order to win whatever rights they feel they deserve.
It is equally true that Hamas maintains the right to reap the benefits of their actions. If one knows a dog is going to bite when a rock is thrown at it, it seems only prudent not to throw rocks. This to me makes no sense especially when Hamas knows they are unable to resist the Israeli army. The only conclusion I can come to is that Hamas is not being a good representative to the people of Palestine and the fact that they hide among them only goes to show they don't care about the people of Palestine. I believe the people of Palestine are nothing more than pawns for those organizations like Hamas that are chartered, yes chartered for nothing more than the destruction of Israel.
Given what I just told you about Hamas' charter, if you were Israel would you honestly disarm? For that matter, given how the Palestinians feel about Israel, is there any reason for Palestine to trust Israel. The answer to both is no. So maybe this war should just be waged in the manner they were conducted in Biblical times. We all step back and let em go. Either that or we all sit down and figure this out without assigning blame and attempting to negotiate by insult.