Casualty rates are not what determines a 'legitimate' war.
War was declared on Hamas by the Israeli govermment. It goes without saying that action taken after a surprise attack is a declaration of war. The Israelis declared early on their intent to destroy Hamas and its supporters.
So, jaF0, are you a pro hamas as fan of the total destruction of Israel? Aside from the FACT, that if Hamas is distroyed, Israel would leave Gaza alone. This must have escaped your narrow mind.
No war wasn't declared. There's just the usual "hit me, I hit you back' crap that the Mideast has engaged in for hundreds of years.
While there was no formal "declaration of war" document, Israel's actions and official rhetoric made clear that the government regarded the conflict as a full-scale military engagement against Hamas, amounting to a state of war. It's quite obvious that Israel made it clear that it intends to pursue a state of war until it decides its security concerns have been satisfied.
The Gaza war is not going on because of anything Iran did. Hamas is not Hezbollah -- the two are not even on speaking terms -- Sunni vs. Shi'a.
Has it never occurred to you that they should have been?
If the OTs were independent, Hamas would leave Israel alone, despite stated policy to the contrary.
Terrorists do not conventionally fight a formally declared war, do they? They lack the standing of being a formalized nation and do not abide by acceptable rules of combat engagement. I can feel your anguish over the civilian losses. It is a tragedy of epic proportions. I don't see that a civilized resolution is in the wings. It seems that a brutal beat down is the only means of capping the conflict, just as in WWI and WWII, and the stalemate between North and South Korea was capped and left simmering or, more aptly put, 'festering' along the borders. Vietnam lies were a whole different subject and a cautionary tale we must never forget.
Has it ever occurred to you that prevailing nations glorify their victories and make heroes of those generals? Only the opposing side's generals and sometimes the leaders get hanged.
Hamas exists for the explicit purpose of committing genocide against the Jews. As long as they exist they will never leave Israel alone.
Sancho Panza never did that.
They will if they get what they really want, which is independence.
Okay, his sidekick did, but Sancho was a consultant in the windmill affair! So sue me for 'reckless endangerment of a fictional character.' It's been a good six decades since I read about Don Quixote De La Mancha.
Hamas wants all the territory from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea to be under Arab control which means the eradication of Israel and the extermination of the Jews in the Middle East.
Iran has been sponsoring Hamas since the nineties.
Iran is the financial support for the following terror organizations:
There is always a choice to be made between armaments and food, between killing others and providing for your own people. If you choose to spend your resources on weapons of war and seek to kill other people, do not lament that your own people may go hungry.
Is that a Palestinian source?
