I justify none of this - they are all acts of war which, as a paciifist, I find inhuman and abhorrent. To me, none of them are any 'better' or 'worse' than acts carried out by the 'freedom fighters' in their struggle for the establishment of the State of Israel.
But none of these exeed the continuing WAR CRIMES committed against the civilian population of Gaza, the destruction of their homes, hospitals, schools, the ghettoisation, the use of tanks and heavy weaponry in built-up areas, the blockade..... Nor do they come anywhere near the the arial bombing and use of chemical weapons on a civilian population, which none of you have referred to. NOTHING JUSTIFIES THAT - YOU DON'T EVEN ATTEMPT TO - which tells me the type of people you are.
I raised the question of the bombardment of a Palestinian home and the refusal to allow medical assistance to a mortally-wounded woman - WHERE IS THE JUSTIFICATION OF THAT?
The shame lies with the Israeli Fascists and with you for supporting them with your political bullshitting doubletalk.
Even the Israelis have realised they have over-stepped the mark and are negotiationg to remove the blockade, having scored a spectacular 'own-goal' with their piratical behaviour towards the aid ships - it is their 'supporters from afar' who, from the safety of great distance, encourage them in their atrocities - BRAVE BOYS YOU ARE!!!
If threads like this stand as monuments for anything it will be as a record of a persecuted people turned persecutor - that is the legacy that Israel has handed to the Jewish People.
Jim Carroll