Thread:Comments:International Committee of the Red Cross condemns Gaza blockade/International Committee of the Red Cross condemns Gaza blockade/reply (13)

I shouldn't have to repeat myself, but don't put words in my mouth, that's just immature. You take what I write, and then pretend to be quoting me with an extreme viewpoint. I said innocent people will get killed in the crossfire if they are supporting hostile combatants. I did not say "all Palestinians" at any point in my post. I do believe however that a good potion of them are not taking the necessary steps to prevent this violence. Israel is a state that has learned to combat violence with greater violence, and collateral damage is a sad fact of war.

People are so quick to ignore history and jump on the bandwagon when the world starts to criticize Israel. It sure sounds convincing to call the blockade collective punishment, but it serves a specific purpose, to prevent more weapons from entering Gaza. The decrease in rocket attacks clearly demonstrates its effectiveness (btw there are 28 deaths attributed to rocket attacks, the above statistic of 10 is just an out-of-the-ass number). An inconvenient side-effect is that much of the unregulated supply routes for other goods have also been blocked. Israel is taking the extreme action, but only because militant groups were exploiting the lack of regulation before.

It was not long ago that Israeli's were living in the west bank and gaza, but it was too dangerous, and we had to pull out. That is the true cause of all of this, the fact that there is a violent group of people living in these areas, partially supported by the civilian population. If those people were instead working to remove these violent people, then this whole problem would be over much faster. I cannot imagine any response that Israel could use to have the same effect. Lifting the blockade would allow needed supplies into Gaza, but at the same time, it is an absolute certainty that weapons and possibly more militants will also exploit this to make the area more dangerous once again, and there will be another thing like Operation Cast Lead to stop the problem.

Please ignore the facts some more and then try to quote me, but instead just voice an extreme viewpoint and attribute it to me. It only strengthens my point, that people are willing to ignore facts and history when it is convenient to the majority opinion.