The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #117294 Message #2527157
Posted By: CarolC
30-Dec-08 - 12:48 AM
Thread Name: BS: Waiting for protests... (Gaza)
Subject: RE: BS: Waiting for protests... (Gaza)
No, I'm not necessarily saying I agree with Hamas' tactics. I don't feel that I have enough information at this time to say whether or not I agree with them. I know from long experience that many times when the mainstream media and the Israeli government says that it was the other side that ended the ceasefire, that it was actually Israel that ended it, but Israel's aggression doesn't get counted because they always have some kind of "excuse". In the past, when Hamas has conducted a unilateral ceasefire, Israel had continued to conduct targeted assassinations and kidnappings of Palestinians.
I don't have time right now to do the deep research that would be necessary to know the truth of this situation, so I am refraining from forming an opinion about what Hamas has been doing. For this reason, I have also refrained from forming an opinion about Israel's response. However, I do note the hypocrisy of the people who believe that Israel has a right to starve out the Palestinians but the Palestinians don't have a right to defend themselves.