Stringsinger,
I take offence at your characterizing my statement as "bullying". It was merely, and clearly just a statement of facts that, if looked into, can easily be corroborated. You seem to be saying that Israel has never stopped the bombing, but that is not true. This latest fighting was in retaliation after years of turning the other cheek in hopes of either Hamas stopping and/or showing a willingness to negotiate. The Israeli government has only fired back at Gaza as a retaliatory measure, and never initiated any bombing. Unfortunately, the Hamas folks purposely "hide" their munitions in schools, mosques, and other public buildings, fire their missles from these places, and when the counter missile comes back to the point of origin there is major destruction and death. They hide behind their civilian population (esp. women and children) to apparently create the most carnage because that will get the most news media attention.

I agree that the bombing must stop, but the only side that seems committed (by their charter) to blowing the heads off of the other is Hamas. As I already said, they or their puppetmasters want Israel gone and every Jew dead. The weapons fired at Israel are all either home made in Gaza or have a made in Iran stamp on them.

So, explain to me how do you negotiate with a group that doesn't want to negotiate, feels there is nothing to negotiate about, and wants you dead? It isn't as if Israel hasn't either directly or indirectly made many attempts at a peaceful negotiation. Arafat signed the Oslo Peace Treaty, and Camp David Accords, and then went back home to business as usual. Arafat was born in Cairo, and the only way he was able to stash away the approximate $300,000,000 he stole from "his people" was to keep the political situation in turmoil to keep getting more money from outside countries and organizations. The unfortunate thing here is that the Palestinians have never had any leaders with anything but their own self interest at heart.

Steven