Why is Israel so aggressive to attack Abbas's presidential compound after homemade rocket attacks?
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Didn't Palestine make it's choice?  They chose a leadership that refuses to give up it's stated goal of "driving Israel into the sea".  You want them to stand still, continue to be attacked, while Palestine and the rest of Islam holds up a paper governement whose onlyt goal is to say, "Don't attack me, I didn't attack you!  It was individuals!  And you can't attack within my country without me saying so!"\n\nWho are we kidding?  The U.S. offered help because Islam wants to dominate the world, always has.  Israel has kept to their borders (pretty much, and when they didn't, like the Suez canal, we jumped on them to move out!).  Israel has no stated goal to destroy any other nation.  Israel has been repeatedly attacked after every cease fire by Palestine which cannot control it's own people.  If Palestine won't control it's own people, Israel cannot do less than retaliate against a government that through it's own inept and criminally negligent behavior allows attacks on neighboring regions.
313755
they should be stopped.  their president is a nut job that is anti-west and anti-Israel / Jew.  He is dangerous and looks on path to be worse than Saddam who by the way had NO wmd!!  This guy is blatantly producing uranium and no one is doing anything.  Just WTF is going on here???
908751
Sharon is (was) a war criminal. Modern terrorism (blowing up innocent people to get what you want) was invented by the Israelis. In 1946, while Palestine was being administered by Great Britain, Menachem Begin authorized the bombing of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, killing around 100 people, including many British soldiers who were staying there.\n\nIt is true that many in the Middle East want the destruction of Israel. However, it is equally true that Israel wants to kill every Palestinian on the planet. Israel cares only about itself and is certainly no friend of the United States. \n\nInterestingly, the only country on earth that stood to benefit from the US invasion of Iraq is Israel. Political instability in the region is to there advantage – not that they need an advantage, since Israel can simultaneously defeat the combined militaries of every country in the region. Israel is no victim and is as responsible as anyone for the continuing problems in the region.
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In the 1970's the PLO, the Palistenian Liberation Organazation took refuge in Lebanon, and were launching attacks on the Isreali's from there, in 1978 and then 1982 Isreal invaded and succedded in driving the PLO from Lebenon, but when Isreal invaded, the lebanese themselves resisted and formed the Group Hezbollah, a guerilla fanatical religous group, and launched a guerilla campaign against the Isreali's, Isreal maintained a ten mile buffer zone within lebanon from 1982 until 2000, and Hezbollah always resisted Isreal within this territory until the U.N. brokered a peace agreement in 2000 and the Isreali's withdrew, but Hezbollah which was formed to resist the Isreali's no longer had a war to fight, they did not disband, instead they claimed the sheeba farms territory,(which was really part of Syria) as an occupied part of Lebanon, so they would not have to disband, and continued to attack and harass Isreal, and the reason they were fighting with Isreal this summer is because Hezbollah kidnapped two Isreali soldiers, which caused Isreal's response to punish Hezbollah for their actions, so Lebanon and Isreal are not actually fighting Isreal and Hezbollah are, not to mention the Lebanese army is a joke.  \n\nThough it is much more complicated that this, you might want to look it up on Wikipedia, alot of the Problems between the two go back to the very formation of Isreal, most arabs (an understatement) believe that Isreal itself should not exist, and this is the real root of the problem, this is it in a nutshell though like I said it is so much more complicated than what I've said.
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So many times Israel got away with murder because US has vetoed every single sanctions against it...So it is because of the support of US and the silence of UN...This is their idea of justice...\nWhile Israel's crimes are called "self defense",the Palestinians fighting for liberty will be called "terrorists"...because they don't have the full support of the most powerful country in the world:USA... \nOf course.if Israel can't blame this one on Hamas(although I am sure they will find some reason to,'cos they always do),it will be called just a "mistake"...No one will ever accuse Israel of deliberately killing civilians.even if they do... \nWe saw what the reaction at the Israelis deaths are:they have to transform all into an international tragedy...Everyone must know that they still "suffer"...while 18 Palestinians who were sleeping in their beds are murdered it's not so important...'cos they were kille in "self defense",'cos Israel has the right to "defend" itself against unarmed civilians...
623560
It is a bit hypocritical. We attack Iraq for violation of one UN resolution, but support Israel who is in violation of 4 UN resolutions.
800488
Whoever gave you this assignment is forcing you to make an argument that's both unethical and illogical. It sounds like a trap. \n\nYou just can't win it.\n\nIsrael is a tiny country of 6 million, surrounded by 300 million hostile Arabs and Muslims who want Israel destroyed. Israel is in a constant struggle to defend itself. \n\nIran, Syria, Lebanon, the Arabs of Gaza are all actively attacking Israel right now. \n\nKassam missiles are being fired into Jewish communities inside Israel everyday. \n\nhttp://www.fuelfortruth.org\n\nhttp://www.palestinefacts.org\n\nGood luck.
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Sadly, i believe the shells were exactly on target.  That's just how Israel works. And they wonder why arabs hate Israelis?
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ISRAEL has drawn up secret plans for a combined air and ground attack on targets in Iran if diplomacy fails to halt the Iranian nuclear programme. \nThe inner cabinet of Ariel Sharon, the Israeli prime minister, gave “initial authorisation” for an attack at a private meeting last month on his ranch in the Negev desert. \n\n \n \nIsraeli forces have used a mock-up of Iran’s Natanz uranium enrichment plant in the desert to practise destroying it. Their tactics include raids by Israel’s elite Shaldag (Kingfisher) commando unit and airstrikes by F-15 jets from 69 Squadron, using bunker-busting bombs to penetrate underground facilities.
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Good question,   Bush and Blair made up their own warped minds over Iraq didn't they.\n\nMy main concern is that Palestinians are labelled terrorists\nbut not Israel who people seem to think are the good guys.\n\nI personally think Israel's actions over stealing Palestinian land and their apartheid regime constitute terrorism of the Palestinian nation.\n\nAlso what about Mugabe, he has terrorised his own country.
451004
The President of Iran has been saying things like this at least once a month for awhile now.  It's obvious that he doesn't like Israel (not many people in the Middle East do) but the only thing he could do about it would be to use chemical weapons against them, since that's all they have right now.  He may be trying to provoke either the US or Israel into a war, or maybe he's just trying to get attention.  I personally think that the only reason they're doing this nuclear program is to deter the US.  Once they have a nuclear weapon, they know that we won't want to mess with them (to avoid a nuclear war).  They've seen how it worked for North Korea, and since they're second on Bush's "Axis of Evil" (Iraq, Iran, and North Korea) they may be just trying to defend themselves against an invasion of their country.
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because it would make israel look like the aggressor...its better to be perceived as the victim, you can get away with more and have a better chance to gain international support for any retaliations.
635365
The West Bank and Gaza will be a seperate country called Palestine. That is good enough.\n\nIsrael has been under attack since their first day in existance as a country. They have defended themselves amd grown into a successful country while living in a hostile country. Israel is trying to make peace and is willing to give up a lot in return. Look up their past peace accords. They don't want war. They just want to live peacefully without fear of being attacked.
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The attack has probably won the election for acting Premier E. Olmert and the new Kadima (Forward party)founded a few months ago by Sharon. It also inflicted further damage on moderate Palestinian opinion & given yet more ground to hard liners .. incl. those like Hamas. The withdrawal of US/UK monitors (police) from the prison hours before it was attacked has exposed the HONEST BROKER role they play on behalf of the Palestinians for what it is.
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dirty israeli r kiling ambulance men,civ,KIDS,old women in palastine&then say it was a mistake!!!\n100s of massacres was comited by the coward israelies against Arabs & palastinians since 1948,and israel was never punished!\nbut when a palastinian try to revenge for his family who was killed or tortured by the israelies ,all the world punish all the palastinian ppl for it and call them terrorists!!!\nisrael have an army with the most advanced us weapons,the palastinian have nothing to fight with but rocks,old klashincoves & home made rockets!!!\nWho then should use a non violent approach in ur opinion.\nthe world should take action against the coward israelies or it will be a mess that will hurt all the world.
139630
Sharon has taken down many illegal homes built by Israeli's. They have allowed Palestinian's to vote in Israeli places, even though there is always the chance of a suicide bomber.
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In view of the fact that it has been widely known that Bush has been planning to 'invade' Iran for about 3 years now, nothing is a surprise to me.  \n\nNothing surprises me about Israel's actions as I am increasingly getting the impression that they are simply a 'state' of the USA out on a limb [bit like UK are becoming - and I'm British!]  Both USA and Israel are in contravention of UN demands and International Law.  Israel beat the **** out of Lebanon weeks ago - they blasted the country into the ground and ruined its infrastructure and developing tourist industry.  Now they have started shelling Palestinians again - it's shameful and you have to ask how they get away with it - all the time!  I'm not surprised these poor people have turned to 'terrorist armed forces' for their defence - Israel is the most technically advanced and well equipped fighting force in the Middle East and they constantly abuse the human rights of the Lebanese and Palestinian people.