Soldato
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Yeah it's certainly not a vile tweet. It's a hysterical reaction by media and government which is heavily supported by Jewish power...
Hamas (and other militant groups) fire most of their rockets from outside Gaza City and the other populated areas, they use tunnels and a system of underground caches for most of their weapons as well. That isn't to say that weapons are not kept in other areas as well, or that some rockets fire doesn't come from populated areas, but it is a misconception to believe that is the norm..it is not. This is the reason why Israel are having problems with tackling the militants on the ground, their system of caches and interconnecting tunnels are causing all kinds of issues with the operation...Israeli Military only stated yesterday that it appears that Hamas has built what amounts to an underground city under Gaza.
Are you really that shocked, Israel know they can do whatever they want and there is nothing anyone will do to stop them.
On your point, if Hamas didn't hide their rockets in civilian area's, then perhaps less civilians would be killed?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-28424396
I don't get why this tweet has caused such a reaction, I know a vile tweet when I see it and this doesn't seem particularly vile to me, it's empathy.
We all know the Israeli lobby is very strong, but just how strong in this country?
Just read the news Jaws104...or listen to the Israeli Military updates. They are very specific about the tunnels and underground weapons caches, the whole raison d'être of their land offensive is to root these out.
I suppose we should have bombed Belfast and other towns both in Northern Ireland and the Republic then, if that is the justification. Perhaps that's where we went wrong all those years.
I'm not disputing the tunnels or underground weapon caches, or that rocket fire also comes from unpopulated areas. I'm asking for a source stating the majority of rocket fire comes from unpopulated areas. I'm genuinely interested to know.
Ah yes I remember the PIRA and their rocket attacks on mainland britain. Who can forget.
I'm impressed to see a major media outlet using an accurate representation of the West Bank instead of the usual monotone blob, which suggests Palestinians actually possess their own land.
And I gave it, Israeli Military reports and an aggregate of news sources, Israel release regular updates on rocket attacks and missions conducted with Gaza, the majority of these are targeting rocket launch sites outside of Gaza City and densely populated areas (of which Gaza is mainly made up of), again illustrated by the fact that the majority of strikes into Gaza have very little civilian casualties, it is when we have these offences that changes...also the fact that the majority of the rocket and mortar attacks clear the Gaza Strip at all as they are mainly very short range illustrates the point effectively enough..you also have the eyewitness accounts of over 60 journalists who all say they have yet to see rockets being fired from any of the targeted civilian buildings...and again Israeli Military reports are largely reporting the strikes of known militant fighters and infrastructure when reporting strikes within the civilian cities, not rocket sites, which are highly mobile and generally fired as close to the border as they can for maximum effectiveness.
Strawman...as we are talking about dealing with the weapons in general, not the specific method of attack. Be it car-bomb or homemade rocket. Or are you saying if Hamas just hid all there weapons other than rockets in civilian areas that's ok?