"No, but the danger was recognised by no-one, not just Israel, so why single them out."
This is a list of the forces and armament used in Gaza from a 2012 report

ISRAEL
125,000 armed troops
500,000 armed reservists
11,000 armoured vehicles
4000 battle tanks
700 aircraft incl American F16 bombers
60 ships + 3 nuclear submarines
1000s of prohibited cluster bombs

Any State that uses cluster bombs is evil
Any state that SELLS CLUSTER BOMBS is equally evil

Incidentally
From the above report, this is a list of the forces and armaments used by the Palestinians
GAZA

20,000 armed militants
0 armoured vehicles
0 tanks
0 aircraft
0 ships + 0 submarines
0 cluster bombs
1000s Qassam and Grad rockets

- See more at: http://mondoweiss.net/2012/11/4-myths-about-the-israeli-attack-on-gaza/#sthash.ytCytyBK.dpuf
Jim Carroll