The "mainstream "left" Jewish militia grouping in British mandate times in the 1940's was the Haganah. This group had majority popular support amongst the Jewish community in Palestine.They fought with the British in World War 2.After the war, they carried out military operations against the British aimed at getting the British to drop restrictions on Jewish immigration and to quit Palestine. Their political heirs were/are the Labour Party which governed Israel from independence to 1977 but has largely been a minority since, and of which Rabin was a member (Camp David talks).

The more extreme group was the Irgun. This was a group of the "right". It carried out indiscriminate bombings against the British.Its political heirs were/are the Likud party, the party of Begin and the present Prime Minister, Netanyahu.

Fair point in terms of the disproportionate response but its not for want of trying...rather, the disparity in military capability that enables the Israelis to shoot down missiles. in the air.

Best not to completely overlook the random kidnapping and brutal murder of 3 youths (still no arrests) that kicked the latest round off

Nearly half the population in Gaza are children plus there are a few thousand Christians out of the 1.6mill.

Not quite sure how those 700,000 deserve what is happening to them but I am sure some of the pro-Israeli trolls on here can enlighten me.

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Do the vast majority of them deserve it? No.....But all those that voted in Hamas in Gaza have basically enabled this conflict and all the others since that vote.

Compare with the previous PA controlled West Bank.....Not much action went on there.

But does anyone deserve to die in a bombing for actions that they didn't commit.....No, they don't.

But there is little justice in war......And Israel are at war with Hamas.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

You are right that the Haganah's direct military role was largely confined to sabotage against British military "assets" rather than attacking military personnel or British civil administration personnel. For example,it blew up British radar installations at Haifa, captured military vessels and raided British police force bases and military camps.

But, don't overlook that the Haganah in October 1945 entered into a pact with the Irgun and another extremist group,the Lehi, called the United Resistance. The United Resistance was committed to "military struggle" against British rule, and its operations were overseen by a leadership of four people, which included two Haganah members. All Irgun/Lehi operations were required to be submitted to the joint leadership for general pre-approval and the Haganah had a right of veto.

This ceased after the Stern Gang carried out the King David Hotel bombing.

When the Beeb gets criticism from both "sides" to a conflict, perhaps disappointed their take on things (which they each see as "objective"doesn't wholly predominate, it might just mean the BBC's coverage lives up to its Charter objectives.

In March 2014, the BBC’s internal watchdog, the BBC Trust, upheld a complaint against one of the corporation’s flagship news programmes, Radio 4's Today, for providing biased and misleading information in its reporting of Israel.