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Originally Posted by dlish
the key phrase here being 'defend itself'. what the israelis are doing now is not self defence. the disproportionate use of force can never be self defence.
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So what you are saying is that they should deliberately be ineffective? That doesn't make sense. They should be able to use any NECESSARY force, and since the Palestinians won't blink an eye if Israel only kills one or two militants they are going big.
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Originally Posted by ASU2003
Why doesn't Israel have a missile/rocket/mortar defense shield? Something that will put up a hail of bullets or lasers at anything incoming.
Israel should have gone about this action covertly. Some 'terrorist' waking up dead or suffering with a bad illness would be better than leveling the guy's house hoping he is inside at the time.
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First, Israel has already tried the covert route, and it hasn't worked.
Second, 'mortar/rocket defense shields' would cause huge public outcry because this is how they typically work: You have a fire control radar which tracks the incoming round and tells you where it came from. Then your own counter battery obliterates the POO (Point of Origination). Since the Palestinians are firing from populated areas, any counter fire would kill dozens of 'innocent civilians' who just 'happened' to be watching militants fire mortars.
In my mind, Israel would be fully justified to take such action, but the international outcry would mitigate any gains.
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Oh, and one more thing I forgot to mention.
Egypt, shares a border with Gaza, and they have also kept it mostly closed. They are now starting to open the crossing to allow limited numbers of wounded to be evacuated, but for the most part, it's closed.
Why would another Muslim Nation help Israel 'Embargo' Gaza unless it was being done for good reason? There is certainly no love lost between Israel and Egypt.