1. I asked everyone (including Jim) in the first post.

2. Jim isn't my friend - I would add he isn't my enemy either ... we have merely never had anything to do with each other - you have more of a relationship with him than I do.

3. My understanding of the post to which you refer is that Jim claims that Palestinians who fire rockets believe they are doing so in self defense, and that there is no way of proving that they are lying.

He also states that he does not support them or the Israelis.

You similarly make the observation that Israel believes it is acting in self defence.

You go further though as you add that you support Israeli attacks on Gaza on this basis.