5 lies about the Israeli operation against Hamas in Gaza

Given how many times I hear these, this article from the Haaretz is perfect:

Leftist 1: Israel's true motive in bombing Gaza, is genocide against the Palestinian people and extermination of their right to statehood.
Israel's genuine interest in this campaign is strikingly similar to Hamas' interest in firing scores of rockets into Israeli population centers: Forcing a cease-fire on better terms than the one just ended.
For Hamas, this largely means easing Israeli economic sanctions against Gazans. For Israel, this centers on ending shelling by Qassam and Grad missiles and mortar shells. For both sides, this means a prisoner exchange, centering on Gilad Shalit and hundreds of jailed Hamas members.

Leftist 2: The Palestinians have no recourse but to defend themselves, and the makeshift rockets they fire are nothing compared to the world's most advanced warplanes and munitions, which the IDF is using against them.

The Human Rights Watch organization has been unequivocal in condemning the use of Qassam rockets as a direct violation of international humanitarian law and the laws of war. The firing of Qassams and mortars against civilian populations also
constitutes collective punishment
against hundreds of thousands of innocent Israeli men, women and children.

Moreover, the firing of Qassams began not as a response to the siege against Gaza, but as a marathon celebration by armed Islamic fundamentalist groups following Israel's withdrawal of its troops and settlers from the Strip. To purposely add insult to injury, Islamic Jihad and other organizations used the ruins of settlements as launch platforms.

Leftist 3: All that Hamas is asking, is recognition as the democratically elected government of Gaza, and an end to the Israeli economic embargo. Were they to attain these goals, there would be calm on both sides of the border.

It is both unrealistic and dangerous to believe that Hamas has abandoned its clearly stated and often reiterated goal of establishing an Islamic Palestinian state in all of the Holy Land, including all land claimed, annexed by, or in any way occupied by Israel.

Beyond that, Hamas has strong alliances with the Egyptian opposition Muslim brotherhood, as well as working partnerships with the Iran-dominated Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad.

Israeli restraint, when practiced, has been met with contempt and additional Hamas and Hamas-tolerated strikes against civilian populations.

Leftist 4: The Israeli blockade against Hamas is state terrorism and any means to fight it are legitimate.

There is every reason to believe that Israel's economic siege against Gaza is misguided, but not for an essential cruelty, rather because Hamas taxes collected on the influx of goods imported through tunnels from Egyptian territory have subsidized and cemented Hamas rule.

Leftist 5: The world overwhelmingly sympathizes with the Palestinians against Israel, and unreservedly backs their struggle for independence.

In an era of global revulsion against radical Islamic terror, Hamas' protracted program of suicide bombings, drive-by murders and shelling of civilian populations, coupled with its refusal to renounce violence, recognize Israel, or accept past peace agreements, coupled with its ideology of militant jihad, have drained the Palestinians of international sympathy and have, in fact, legitimized Israeli arguments of military self-defense.

Nothing has been more instrumental in harming the cause of Palestinian independence than Hamas, with its brutal take-over of Gaza in a war with brother Palestinians, and its frank efforts to build a large-scale regular army force in the Strip.
 

A short video to show the background of this conflict:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j61ktUeDDuo

World Map by degree of freedom from the NGO Freedom House:

http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=202&year=2005

I dont say that I want that Gazan people enjoy when they feeling pain, its bad when enething are destroyd, but why all the world must think about problem, which Gazans people or Hamas made for yourself. Its like a little child – broken the window and then adults must chang it  

"Hitler never said that quote?? 

I have a doubt that you  heard about his book "My Struggle"!"

 Actually I have. Unlike you, I can actually read and speak German and lived in Europe, in a country which was occupied by the Germans in WW2. But feel free to criticize. Either way, Mein Kampf was written before WW2, before Hitler came to power, when Hitler was in prison. He couldn't possibly have written any such sentence 13 years before the Holocaust, lol.  You clearly have no idea what you're talking about.

There is no 'genocide' happening and people that say that one is, obviously have no idea what the word means. Its sad how many stupid people will say absolutely anything to get attention.

"Thank u for remembering me. The Democracy is one of ur lies."

Well Israel is the only country in the region that doesn't have a death penalty, doesn't kill gays and lesbians, doesn't kill people that convert from another religion and has a free press, not to mention allows people into parliament that don't even recognize Israel's right to exist.

That is democracy. Maybe if you lived in one ever, you might understand.

you are democracy fabs yes what a democracy!!!!!!

that give you areight to kill Measure for preparing Dumplings by his blood what a religion that give you a permession for killing all people who isn't Jewish ???? that's say that you are a God's chosen people .really,i advice you to learn more about your religion and disscuss with your mind the Tnaqsat in your religion and try to travel to other countries for knowing about  Tolerance islam

Well Israel is the only country in the region that doesn't have a death penalty, doesn't kill gays and lesbians, doesn't kill people that convert from another religion and has a free press

Excuse me, your county is not the only one in region…my country doesn't kill gay and lesbians, doesn't kil people that convert from another religion and has a free press too but you know we have another important point my country doesn't kill children for any reason.

As far as I know, in countries like Egypt, someone who converts to Christianity from Islam is in danger for his life.  Same goes for many othe Islamic countries. Don't deny that something would happen, if tomorrow you decided to convert to… Hinduism?

Not to mention, the state actually forbids changeing one's religion there too. 

 "my country doesn't kill children for any reason."

Nor does Israel as a policy. It's war. In wars children also die, you can't however say that it was so because one side did it on purpose. You remind of all sorts of anti-war protesters that label their oponents as child killers. Its ridiculous and politically explosive language.

A democracy to me is a country where the people choose the government and party that they want, without the government manipulating the process,

No other country in the Middle East fits that description.

Palestine is an Islamic and Arabian land forever and you have no right in it , you are trespassers , criminal and terrorists you have a black history , those ( non- Arab – non- Muslim )countries that recognized Israel , did so to dispose of you .. so don't be so confident and do not try to lighten your  image in this world ..

It certainly doesn't look like it now.

Well, as long as you think that way and keep attacking, Israel is going to fight back. Don't blame them if you get beaten, You lost in 1948, 1967 and 1973 and every time since. How about you learn? Any other smarter country would have done so by now instead of whining over what doesn't belong to you.

'Dispose of you?'

Many Jews still live in Europe, the US and all over the world, so I'm not sure where that comes from.

then why did you attack palestine??

if you have a homeland then why did you attack the other's country??

you just prove your cowardice by killing women and innocent children..

you are trying to kill weaponless people..if you are really brave then go to the battlefield and fight..

the jewish army have been in panic , even when they are fighting women and children.Though you are supported by America.. How ironic

we MUSLIMS will DEFEAT YOU sooner or later