Quote from: Razick on August 05, 2014, 09:53:50 PM

You know, speaking of Isreal, this propaganda piece really struck me as making a good point, but was hugely unpopular in the UK. I get that it can be uncomfortable, but it's meant to be. Regardless of what city it depicts, it makes a good point. As someone living in Houston, if Mexico was to fire missiles at us (especially if it went on for years), an invasion would seem entirely valid.

I get that the war is horrible, but I have trouble blaming Isreal myself. Am I missing something here?

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Security-Watch/Backchannels/2014/0716/Gaza-militants-rockets-Fewer-less-accurate-than-last-Hamas-Israel-conflict-video

An interesting article, questioning the effectiveness of Israel's "Iron Dome" missle defense shield and giving account of Hamas's rocket accuracy. I didnt double check the validity of this source. By the looks of this statistic it seems as if Hams's rocket firings achieve not much more then scaring the Israeli population. From wikipedia:

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Since 2001, Palestinian militants have launched thousands of rocket and mortar attacks on Israel from the Gaza Strip as part of the continuing ArabIsraeli conflict. As of July 2014 the attacks have killed 28 people,[1] mostly civilians, and injured more than 1900 people, but their main effect is their creation of widespread psychological trauma and disruption of daily life among the Israeli populace

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel#2014

This is not to neglect the death toll of 24 innocent Israeli lives, that have been wiped out in this way, but to put in perspective what the Israeli reaction looks like and how many civilian casualties the IDF's massive bombardement and targeted air strikes of urban neighborhoods has caused among the Palestinians, the bully in this case seems to be the Israeli government.

Comparing only the loss of lives on both sides, the picture looks very one sided indeed:
Israel: 64 soldiers killed, 2 civillians / Gaza: 1500-2000 killed (mostly civilians; even according to IDF sources at least half of them civilians)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Israel%E2%80%93Gaza_conflict

P.S.: I came across a collection of both pro Israel and pro Hamas propaganda posters, see for yourselves:

https://imgur.com/r/PropagandaPosters/WICQoyg