tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989017208846872303.post599311098903511262..comments2024-03-29T06:08:02.545-05:00Comments on <center>Becoming SuperMommy</center>: End of the Month Controversy- Israel and PalestineBecoming Supermommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04590343072778694123noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989017208846872303.post-3950799022813086502014-09-09T00:09:27.189-05:002014-09-09T00:09:27.189-05:00I really appreciate your nuance. I have been very ...I really appreciate your nuance. I have been very alienated by the discussions on facebook. Thank you.Bradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01497729914931954364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989017208846872303.post-28503822540714974572014-08-28T10:21:42.213-05:002014-08-28T10:21:42.213-05:00Absolutely. I agree with everything you say. That ...Absolutely. I agree with everything you say. That said, I think Hamas is playing a long game here, and a diabolically smart one. By hiding their rockets in schools and hospitals, by essentially forcing Israel's hand when it comes to bombing UN targets, Hamas is doing the one thing it can to really assure the destruction of Israel- alienating it from its allies.<br /><br />Israel has, over the last decade, done things that are simply beyond excusing. Using white phosophorus, for example. Which doesn't excuse the actions of Hamas.<br /><br />The same way that the actions of Hamas don't excuse the actions of Israel.<br /><br />What I'm trying to say is that everybody is a bad guy, here. That I support the right of the people in Israel to live, period. And honestly, that I fear there is simply NO solution. The more aggressive Israel is, even by necessity, the more alienated they'll be by the international community. And the more alienated Israel is by the international community, the worse the situation will become.<br /><br />It's not a happy thought.Becoming Supermommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04590343072778694123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989017208846872303.post-32410248958696240742014-08-28T10:13:06.915-05:002014-08-28T10:13:06.915-05:00"There is no doubt that the Israeli governmen..."There is no doubt that the Israeli government is doing criminal things."<br /><br />I know that there is a much larger point to your piece than this, but this is where you lose me. Hamas is not a quirky little thorn in Israel's side; it is a terrorist organization that will accept nothing less than the eradication of the Jewish people and the complete destruction of Israel. That hides missiles under the buildings where their children go to school, leaves its civilians out in the open during air strikes and sends their commanders down to the bunkers, urges its own people to act as human shields to ratchet up the body count, and spends millions of dollars building a complex network of tunnels into Israel for the sole purpose of launching unprecedented terrorist attacks on Jewish people while the civilians in Gaza are mired in poverty. This is what we are dealing with, so what would you have Israel do? Stop defending itself and power down the Iron Dome so that Hamas missiles could pound the country and even out the body count? Lift the blockade so that Hamas could import even more weapons and fighters? Give up the West Bank so that Hamas could have yet another stronghold from which to attack Israelis? There are children and civilians dying in Gaza, and that is a tragic thing. No sane person disputes this. But I think we need to be clear on who is the blame for those deaths. Israel has done what it needs to do in order to ensure its survival and the safety of its people. Any other country would do the same, but any other country wouldn't be - and hasn't been - critiqued and maligned the way that Israel has been.<br />Samantha Brinn Merelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15109435460094526642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989017208846872303.post-69536719637470215612014-08-27T19:39:19.681-05:002014-08-27T19:39:19.681-05:00Thank you for writing this. Thank you for writing this. Anna Scanlonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17549103941700370092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989017208846872303.post-65937484269754676962014-08-27T17:31:52.106-05:002014-08-27T17:31:52.106-05:00This is an excellent analysis of a very complex pr...This is an excellent analysis of a very complex problem. It's a very thorny issue, and I think you've done a great job of explaining without getting into some of the impassioned but not necessarily informed rhetoric that surrounds it. Thank you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03410541706124607973noreply@blogger.com