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Originally Posted by Willravel
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No one has said to ignore rocket fire. That's called a strawman.
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Roachboy's position, as I understand it, is that Israel's treatment toward the Palestinians is what causes the rocket attacks, so really it's Israel's fault they are getting rocketed.
If I'm not understanding the position correctly, that's my fault, but it sounds really close to "ignore the rocket attacks" to me.
At this point in my view it's pretty clear that a political solution isn't going to work as long as the ability to produce home made rockets exists.
There might be a large segment of the Palestinian population that might want to live in peace with Israel. For whatever reasons, that segment of the population is unable to prevent their government from launching rockets and conducting suicide bombings inside of Israel.
With around 700 casualties in an area crammed with 3.1 million people, Israel has to be using some semblance of caution while executing this military engagement. Maybe they really are just trying to go after Hamas's ability to make and launch home made rockets, and aren't really embarking on wholesale slaughter of the Palestinian people.