| TheLivingShadow said: Hey, At first I was sympathetic with the Israelis' desire to "defend" (not that much defense is needed against those innacurate rockets) themselves against the rocket attacks. However, the fact that this conflict is mainly political is the reason I no longer like Israel's actions. Consider the fact that the first response by Israel came in November 8, two days after the USA elections, and just in time for Israel elections in January. Netanhayu's party benefits if there is a war. The fact that they're reacting right now is not coincidental at all, since Gaza is having the hearing at the U.N. about statehood later this month. They had to react now, and they had to kill Palestinian civilians in order to send their message |
The issue you are missing here is that Hamas stepped up rocket attacks GREATLY.
It isn't Isarel is attacking now for political reasons... it's Hamas.
They stepped up attacks to throw things off right before the Israeli elections... and even more importantly, before Abbas presents his motion at the UN.
Since if it passes... it greatly hurts Hamas and helps Fatah... so they need this blood to benefit politically as they'll blame Abbas for this for being a "collaborator" who sits by while gaza gets bombarded.
What benefit does Israel get starting a big war right before Abbas brings this vote to the UN?
