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> Still they are rather humane Er, what? Go and look up the history of Irgun and Lehi. Israel is just as bad as anyone else in the conflict. Back in the 30s a

> Still they are rather humane Er, what? Go and look up the history of Irgun and Lehi. Israel is just as bad as anyone else in the conflict. Back in the 30s and 40s they were blowing up buses and shooting civilians every day: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Irgun_attacks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Irgun_attacks Israel and Egypt continue to blockade medicine and food into Palestine, and restrict how people can move (bear in mind that there's basically no work in Palestine). How is that not deliberately targeting civilians? http://www.ipsnews.net/2010/07/mideast-israel-chokes-gaza-despite-announced-easing/ http://www.ipsnews.net/2010/07/mideast-israel-chokes-gaza-de... If you want to see what a solution looks like, just look at Northern Ireland. No aid blockades there...

aes256 14y ago
> Er, what? Go and look up the history of Irgun and Lehi. What do the actions of dissidents 70 years ago have to do with classifying current Israeli government policy as rather humane? You could spend the rest of your life investigating past wrongs on both side of this conflict, and you aren't going to get anywhere. > No aid blockades there... There is no aid blockade in Gaza either?
- anthonyb 14y ago
  Because the attitude of Israel hasn't changed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_David_Hotel_bombing#60th_anniversary_controversy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_David_Hotel_bombing#60th_a... The UN and the BBC disagree with you on the blockade: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5122404.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5122404.stm
  - aes256 14y ago
    > Because the attitude of Israel hasn't changed An utterly preposterous generalization. > The UN and the BBC disagree with you on the blockade No they don't. You referred to an 'aid blockade'. Legitimate aid flows freely into the Gaza Strip.

aes256 14y ago

> Er, what? Go and look up the history of Irgun and Lehi. What do the actions of dissidents 70 years ago have to do with classifying current Israeli government policy as rather humane? You could spend the rest of your life investigating past wrongs on both side of this conflict, and you aren't going to get anywhere. > No aid blockades there... There is no aid blockade in Gaza either?

anthonyb 14y ago
Because the attitude of Israel hasn't changed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_David_Hotel_bombing#60th_anniversary_controversy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_David_Hotel_bombing#60th_a... The UN and the BBC disagree with you on the blockade: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5122404.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5122404.stm
- aes256 14y ago
  > Because the attitude of Israel hasn't changed An utterly preposterous generalization. > The UN and the BBC disagree with you on the blockade No they don't. You referred to an 'aid blockade'. Legitimate aid flows freely into the Gaza Strip.