It's bad because it means more dead kids.
I don't think it's as far fetched as it really seems. I don't think the current government of Israel wants peace.

Now an Israeli soldier has been taken captive. This is pretty bad news for the people of Gaza. It will almost certainly lead to an escalation in the conflict.

They celebrate when this happens. Good news for Hamas. Israel values the lives of Jews over the lives of anyone else. So they'll be willing to free a lot of prisoners.

In the past yes, I believe they released around 1000 prisoners a few years ago to secure the release of 1 Israeli soldier. But with extensive military action being taken already a rescue operation may be attempted. That may be special forces or just another push with troops on the ground.

Hamas are getting their own people killed. Both sides are disgusting ******s.

Maybe not. Hamas is denying they captured anyone.

Well that complicates things, if Hamas are telling the truth and don't have the soldier then who does.

More or less. I don't think the people of Gaza seem to not support Hamas though. I mean their lives are already ****.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/08/02/e9umuvy4.jpg
Oh and why can't the Saudi's be like this now?
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/08/02/8u3e6ydy.jpg

Vice News has been providing absolutely outstanding coverage of this story as it unfolds, so I'm going to share it here.

Be warned that it does contain some very graphic footage, but it's all worth watching to gain a better understanding of the insanity that has been going down lately.

Vice is awesome.

Because oil is what makes them so rich.

The quote is "I rather die on my feet than to live on my knees"-Emiliano Zapata Mexican revolutionary

Woo!

Excerpt from http://www.infowars.com/israel-is-st...ugh-palestine/

In America the success of Israeli propaganda, never challenged of course by the US media, exceeds the success of Washington’s own propaganda. Most Americans believe that Palestinian women and children are outfitted with explosive suicide belts and that “the snakes,” as they are described by Israeli politicians, walk into Israeli cafes and blow everyone up including themselves.

The fact of the matter is that Palestinians cannot get into Israel. Gaza is blockaded as are the few remaining Palestinian settlements in the West Bank. Israel has stolen almost all of Palestine. The few Palestinian settlements still permitted to exist are cut off by a massive wall from Israel and from each other by barbed wire and check points, cut off from hospitals and schools, from water, and from their fields and olive groves, which are being destroyed to make room for settlers‘ apartment blocks.

People this hemmed in are helpless, and the extreme right-wing Israeli settlers are moving into the few remaining Palestinian settlements evicting the Palestinians from their properties with the aid of US-provided Caterpillar tractors especially designed for uprooting Palestinian olive groves and demolishing Palestinian houses, just like the Caterpillar tractor that the Israelis ran over US citizen Rachel Corrie, murdering this protesting US citizen in cold blood. Yes, you are correct, the Great Moral US government did nothing about it. Israel learned when it murdered the crew of the USS Liberty in 1967 that Israel had carte blanche from Washington to murder US citizens.

When you view the photos of Palestinians who have undergone an Israeli attack, what do you see? You see unarmed people crying, hugging dead children in their arms and one another. You never see a resolute armed people prepared to repel the next Israeli attack. You see devastated hospitals, schools, and apartment complexes and Palestinians in tears and no weapons.



and here are the "SUPERGREAT MORAL CHOSEN PEOPLE OF GOD IN ACTION"



Lyrics are “In Gaza there’s no studying, No children are left there, Olé, olé, olé-olé-olé.”

Ask yourselves can you still defend these monsters?

Yeah man, Hamas is so much better.

Yes, because all Palestinians are automatically part of Hamas. :\

No one is sympathizing with Hamas except the people bent on joining it. They have been bombarding cities with rockets indiscriminately, hitting both Israelis and Palestinians, without regard for human life in general. And it's pretty clear that they do not intend to stop, considering that they broke the 72-hour cease-fire agreement only six hours after it was announced.

What really needs to be understood here is that all sides in this conflict are at fault for various reasons. This struggle has been going on for decades now, and has only gotten more complex over time. Any time you sympathize with any group, you will always hear things like, "Well, what about this incident? What about that incident?" When, truth be told, the struggle over this land has been about a lot of incidents over time, and the effects just keep building up until fighting breaks out again.

The problem being that by supporting Palestine you are in turn supporting Hamas because they are ones who stand to gain the most.
Both sides are wrong but there is very little that anyone can do apart from let the conflict be resolved by those involved.

Where did I imply this?

Ok so now I can't support my own people because it means I support Hamas. Hamas is a political group. Their ideals may not be very good but they're a resistance group as well. The people will resist the illegal occupation. It's absurd to think that anyone supporting Palestine supports Hamas. Guess since I support the United States I also support drone strikes that kill innocent civilians.

Oh by the way another UN shelter hit:
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/08/04..._r=0&referrer=

I wonder why these are still getting hit...especially when the UN has told the IDF where these schools are dozens of times.

By supporting Palestine in this conflict you are helping to benefit Hamas, a knock on effect. If a country were to support Palestine then they would be aiding terrorists which is a bad image for a country. This is why Palestine lacks a lot of support, if Hamas were out of the picture then I think the UN would have sent peacekeepers to the area and Israel would be forced to back down.

Supporting the men, women and children who have to live in fear of being hit by rockets every day is very different from supporting the people who are launching them without any regard for who they're hitting. If you think that every Palestinian is (or is going to be) part of Hamas, you're blatantly ignorant about the conflict as a whole.

By that same logic, not every Israeli is firing rockets into Palestine. Supporting Israel does not mean supporting Israel's military actions. RITE?

Correct. Same as any American citizen not supporting the U.S. Military's actions. We get just as much hate for what our military does, but we are seldom in control of it.

Supporting Palestine and supporting the people of Palestine are different things entirely. I don't think there is anyone who does not support the people but the fact remains that Hamas are making it difficult to support the cause.

You expect too much from our prestigious community of intellectuals. BTW I agree with your post. Too bad most people dont have the capability to understand how your statement makes sense, theyre to busy looking at things from one perspective.

Israel ground war on Gaza begins + MH17 shutdown over Ukraine
 

Palestine doesn't only consist of Gaza you know? Hamas has little political influence (if any) in the West Bank where Fatah officials are in charge. Why is the West Bank still under an occupation despite the fact it isn't ran by "terrorists".

Israel has NO justification for using this much force. The rockets do not even land in civilian areas! Another UN school is gone now and 10 more martyrs have joined the death toll. It's absurd and the world is finally opening up its eyes to the evil that is Israel

Another Bible Verse I found. Very eerie!

Revelation 3:9- "I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars--I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you."

Actually I'm not too sure about that Crono. I'm pretty sure most people in favor of Israel also approve of this war.

Netanyahu has an 85% APPROVAL RATING in Israel right now. An OVERWHELMING percentage of Israelis support this war and feel it's strongly justified. Hell people are watching the bombs fly into Gaza and cheering.

Can't forget the "There's no school in Gaza tomorrow, there are no more children left." chant the Zionists came up with. How the hell can anyone support this evil state?

Live in fear my ass. They have air raid sirens, bomb shelters and an American backed middle defense system. More Israelis die of peanut allergies than Hamas rockets.

Speaking of that a Republican senator initially went against giving Israel more money for the Iron dome. He said our children would be paying for it later on.
It was later passed.

No justice.

The Mossad were reportedly tapping into Kerry's phone calls.
http://nypost.com/2014/08/03/israeli...-talks-report/

I'm talking about Palestinians, not Israelis. I'm well aware of the protections Israelis have been offered.

I am talking about the fact that Palestinians still get hit with Hamas rockets, despite Hamas being a Palestinian group.

Ah ok. Just interpreted it the wrong way lol.

http://www.rense.com/general59/ein.htm

72 hour ceasefire in effect