Typical, "it's what Israel is doing" but not what Hamas is doing right?

So throwing random missiles into Israel is not the same thing? I just don't get it. I just don't. These people want nothing less than the complete anihilation of the Jewish population yet Israel is the evil one.

I have lost all hope for mankind, for it will take nothing less than the elimination of more than 50 % of the popualtion of this planet to probably knock some sense into people and realize that we are all humans, we all bleed red blood, we all eat, sleep, breath and shit the same. If people are too blinded by their ignorance, selfishness and stupidity to see the world for what it really is, then we all deserve to go to hell. I hope a meteor the size of Mars is heading our way soon, may be the only way for there to be peace of this God forsaken planet.

I wonder if people who bring up genocide actually know the definition of it, because Israel is doing no such thing. 

So it would be ok if I launched a rocket at your home every so often just for the hell of it right? for no other reason than I don't like your name.

So would it be O.K. if I destroyed your hometown and attacked your family just for no other reason there is a doubt that your neighbors they don't like are hiding near you? 

It was OK when the Americans did it to my father's home in Germany.

And, incidentally, I agree with that view.

Everything else prolongs the war and costs too many lives.

You will find lots of people who will agree with that.

But killing human shields is not a war crime and killing a few hundred people during a war is not genocide.

Redefining the meaning of those crimes just because one wants to accuse Israel is a common strategy. But it won't end the war.

USING human shields, on the other hand, IS a war crime.

And firing rockets into cities devoid of any military target is an attempted genocide.

Why are you accusing Israel of crimes committed not by Israel but by Hamas? I don't get it.

About the word "genocide" as used by some:

http://citizenleauki.joeuser.com/article/97234

So you think that accusing Israel of "genocide" is "criticism" of Israel?

Over the last few years a _real_ genocide happened in Sudan, but few people care. (I myself don't care much; merely give 50 dollars a month to a Darfurian charity.)

And suddenly, when Israel kills a few hundred Arabs (which is something Hamas were also doing on a regular basis), we have a _genocide_?

That's what a genocide is?

That's the problem with this world? Arabs die when Jews shoot back at them?

I want to live on that planet!

So which criticism were you referring to?

The author accuses Israel of genocide and war crimes (and he is lying), and you bring up the subject of "criticism" of Israel.

How does it fit together?

Little whip: "........any criticism of Israel is gonna get you shot down......"

Thanks Whip-----I enjoyed your sarcastic comments.

Leauki: " The author .............is lying"

Do you mean lying as in: I'm making it up, or lying as in:There are WMD's in Iraq.Here are some facts for you and other Joeusers:

1. I support Israel and am bitterly disappointed in them. The Oxford dictionary defines Genocide as:" The deliberate killing of a very large number (1000 and counting not enough for you?),from a particular ethnic group or NATION." I believe Israel is guilty of this.

2.There were no Hamas in the UNWRA compound when 40 women and children were killed.This has been verified.

3. Israel has blocked vital aid to people who need food, medicines, fuel etc. (One example: An Iranian vessel carrying 1000 tons of medical supplies and food was turned away from the Gaza coast by the Israelis. It has been verified that there were no arms on the vessel.

4. Here's an example of blatant lying: " Israel says it is not targeting Gaza civilians." How do you fire a shell from a huge gun and pinpoint Hamas warriors only. That's like saying only selected areas of Hiroshima were targetted in 1945.

5.This war has been planned so badly to teach Hamas a lesson and stop their rocket launches. At what price? Like the Lebanon war two years ago, the Israelis have no idea how to tackle a terrorist organisation without killing innocent civilians.

6. 300 children have died, many with bullet wounds ---don't the Israelis learn how to aim straight?

I've said my piece and I have only two questions: Bush professes to be a Christian---By what standards?

I know many of you don't agree with my views but the millions marching in London, Indonesia, Australia etc--and even Washington, seem to agree with me!

I really don't care if you support Israel. I have met many supporters of Israel I wouldn't want to associate with.

No, 1000 is not a "very large number" and the killing (of the civilians) were not deliberate either.

Did you refer to Hamas killing hundreds of people in Gaza as a genocide, too?

The IDF say there were. Hamas say there weren't. Who verified this? Apart from Hamas-approved journalists, Hamas-sympathisers among the UN staff (everyone else fled when Hamas took over), and the IDF nobody was there.

Even some of the teachers, paid by the UN, were Hamas militants.

Again, verified by whom?

Anyway, if aid was so important, we should ask Hamas to stop firing and let some aid in. It's not up to the Israelis.

Israel is not using "huge guns".

In fact Israel has specific weapons designed not to kill. (I believe the example of a rocket that doesn't explode and is targeted at an empty point on a roof to scare away civilians on the roof was given earlier.)

Yet Hizbullah stopped firing at Israel and even now believe that the propaganda value of claiming resposibility doesn't outway the disadvantage of being blamed for attacks by Israel.

The Lebanese police even took action against terrorists shooting rockets from Lebanon this week.

It is IMPOSSIBLE to tackle a terrorist organisation without killing innocent civilians. Terrorists target civilians and use them as human shields. Both are war crimes. The reason they are war crimes is because the result is dead civilians.

The Israelis aim straight. But Hamas terrorists are using children as human shields. The IDF have videos that show this. Hamas has also boobytrapped schools and is blowing them up. How the heck do you even know which child was killed by the IDF and which was killed by Hamas?

Yes, I'm afraid they do.

And they are prolonging a war that should have ended decades ago, that should have never started.

And, ironically, they refer to themselves as "anti-war"protesters.

You are an Anti-semitic weasel, I did not ask this question of you and would not expect an answer, of course you DID NOT ANSWER you just asked another question.

My question was for the author of this article not you, I already know where your stance is, mutt!

Leauki, you are fight a pointless battle but sometimes these pointless battles need to be fought. More often then not people (like adnau) will take American Media and say they are lying and Americans are dumb enough to believe it but when the news comes form the same people who are the terrorist, they swallow the story hook, line and sinker.

This is why this world will never be a better place to live. These kinds of situations will happen for all eternity and all we can do is live with it. So long as there are people willing to look the other way, willing to point fingers at one side while dismissing the other for the same actions or worse, while some chose to be blind simply out of hatred for the other side, innocent people will die, Gov't will be corrupt and ignorance will be the universal language of this planet.

You need to keep up with what's happening in the news here Charles. Leauki, your battle is not pointless --it is just uninformed.