Not really like that though is it? I take your point that Hamas are firing rockets (albeit not very good ones) and have even killed one Isreali (allegedly). No-one is really supporting that as far as I'm aware.

However, Isreal is really a colonial nation living on pre-WWII principles. There should be no particular Jewish nation but the European Zionists who are nationalist in the extreme (rather ironically) decided that living alongside Arabs was not to their liking. They decided to forge a Jewish nation, by force, out of someone else's country. Althought the history is often not taught to us it was British soldiers who ended up caught up in this - as Palestine was a British mandate.
Although the British very much wanted to vilify the Arabs it was plain to see that the aggressors were the European Jews. Feelings amongst the British pretty quickly became anti-Isreali - even all that time ago, sometimes that did even manifest itself as anti-Jewish behaviour.
The Isrealis, however, are untouchable due to the Jewish lobby and its money, in US politics. They are a law unto themselves. UN mandates are meaniningless to them as they continue to behave how they want. To balance this out, not all Isrealis are Zionists, but one of the problems is at times of crisis like this, it is the most extreme Isrealis that become more powerful. I have had to stop short at the fear of writing a whole historical thesis. You can look it up yourselves. I advise though that you don't read any sites with a 'mosquebusters' icon!
As for the Arabs, they consider themselves a resistance movement. In a way, one can hardly blame them due to the conditions thay have to face and the clear colonial domination Isreal has over Palestine and Gaza.
I for one have never believed in the reality or necessity for Isreal as a state so I am staunchly anti-Isreali. Like the British mandate I would like to see a culturally diverse state where all the different religions and ethnicities could live with little fear and with integration. That seems like as much of a pipe-dream as it ever has been whilst the radicals are empowered by outbreaks of violence like this.

One thing that interests me about the curent situation is that it was caused by a kidnapping and then by the reprisals. This now seems to have been completely forgotten and it shows how the catalyst for violence - even war - can be relatively small. A bit like the killing of the Austrian Archduke pre WWI.

Red and Blue Army!

Israeli Violations of U.N. Security Council Resolutions

If you have half an hour to spare to read the very, very long list.

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A law unto themselves. A rogue state?

Big chest and massive boobs

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A law unto themselves would just move or kill all the Palestinians.

Israel only listen to America.

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

The problem being, IMO is that the volatile element of Palestine is HAMAS, where as the whole of the Israeli Government is the volatile element.

In Northern Ireland deals where made between each "political" enforcement arm, how can you do that when an entire nations (if indeed Israel is a nation) power base is the aggressor.

Palestine can't win, and what the Jews are doing is nothing short of war crimes, no different to Putin sticking his nose into Ukraine, the world and NATO where up in arms over that little manoeuvre. But say nothing when Israel sends in tanks to demolish Palestinian homes.

I'm no supporter of terrorism including HAMAS, but I can’t help but feel Israel are the ones with the attitude problem.

"It's not the bullet that's got my name on it that concerns me; it's all them other ones flyin' around marked 'To Whom It May Concern.'"

Bloody hell. I agree with DannyH-I need a lie down.

This is indefensible...
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Probably targeted for skimming stones.