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Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door Eliyahu

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Het was geen "vergeldingsactie", het was een actie om de duizenden raketten die constant afgevuurd worden op Israelische burgerdoelen te stoppen.

Dan hadden ze veel beter iets kunnen doen aan de oorzaak van die vuurpijlen regen in plaats van de olie op het vuur te gooien.
En zoals u weet heeft Cast lead dan ook geen einde gemaakt aan de beschietingen door Palestijnse extremisten(vaak ook niet-hamas gerelateerd overigens).

Nu even die andere kant van het verhaal :

According to investigations by independent Israeli and Palestinian human rights organizations, between 1,385 and 1,419 Palestinians were killed during Cast Lead, a majority of them civilians, including at least 308 minors under the age of 18. More than 5000 more were wounded. Thirteen Israelis were also killed, including 3 civilians. (See below for a more detailed breakdown of casualties)

- According to the UN, 3,540 housing units were completely destroyed, with another 2,870 sustaining severe damage.

- More than 20,000 people - many of them already refugees, some two or three times over - were made homeless.

- Attacks on Gaza's electricity infrastructure caused an estimated $10 million in damage, according to the Israeli advocacy group Gisha.

- 268 private businesses were destroyed, and another 432 damaged, at an estimated cost of more than $139 million, according to an assessment by the Private Sector Coordination Council, a Palestinian economic group. A separate report found that 324 factories and workshops were damaged during the war.

- According to the UN Relief Works Agency (UNRWA), which provides services to Palestinian refugees, the offensive damaged almost 20,000 meters (approx. 12 miles) of water pipes, four water reservoirs, 11 wells, and sewage networks and pumping stations. Israeli shelling also damaged 107 UNRWA installations.

- Eighteen schools, including 8 kindergartens, were destroyed, and at least 262 others damaged. Numerous Palestinian government buildings, including police stations, the headquarters of the Palestinian Legislative Council, and part of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' compound, were also destroyed.

De door u genoemde reden biedt hiervoor geen enkele rechtvaardiging.

Het installeren van Iron Domes in Israel zelf, dat is zelfverdediging , luchtaanvallen en een grondOFFENSIEF buiten de eigen grenzen
zijn dat niet .