"It should not inflict "collective punishment" on the Palestinians or Lebanese. Yet, when it decides on what might be called "individual punishment" — that is, taking out people who have, and who don't deny holding, significant positions in organisations such as Hamas and Hezbollah — then this is condemned too." From the article linked above.

Hello...?   Since when is collective punishment better than individual punishment? Who has condemned Israel for taking out people of significance in Hamas and Hezbollah? Besides that, whoever said revenge ever solved anything? Everybody knows that punishment does not work.

If this is the best reasoning Israel can come up with, its time to start fearing Israel as much as we fear terrorism.