"Do not believe everything they say."

Why not Keith, when you feel free to believe everything the Israeli propagandists say?

There are lies on both sides Keith!

There are deaths on both sides Keith!

There are crimes against humanity on both sides Keith!

Should the French in Vichy not have resisted in WW2? They weren't occupied, merely controlled. The Nazis weren't bombing them, merely blockading them. I'll bet you consider the maquis to be heroes, just as I do.

So why do you make comments like "If Israel did nothing, to break a non-existent cycle, it would become a country of cowering people in a land where normal life, work and school, are impossible.""""

and wimp out of making any proper reply when I respond with: "

"-a country of cowering people in a land where normal life, work and school, are impossible-.

What a beautifully succinct and accurate description of the situation in Gaza, with Israel's foot resting heavily across its throat.

And there you have it Keith! What do people do when they are held in thrall by xenophobic neighbours?

THEY RESIST!"

Your response: "Gaza, with Israel's foot resting heavily across its throat.
Not true Don.
No civilian supplies are resricted, and every Israeli has left, and the border with Egypt is open.".

Which neatly dodged the point of the statement, by choosing what to react to.

-Israel is a country of cowering people in a land where normal life, work and school, are impossible-!

"Just the terrified families of the South.
Why do you people trivialise their suffering?
Any government would act to stop it, election or not."

And Israel does, violently and without concern for the people of Gaza.

-Gaza is a country of cowering people in a land where normal life, work and school, are impossible-!

"Just the terrified families of the Gaza Strip.
Why do you people trivialise their suffering?
Any government would act to stop it, election or not.

And Hamas does, violently and without concern for the people of Israel, BUT MUCH LESS effectively violent.

The difference is that Israel can crush Gaza whenever it wishes to, and it wishes to far too often.

Our fathers fought against the attempts of well armed aggressors to take away our and their freedoms. It seems that Israel has too short a memory.

Don T.