Bazz
If a state of war exists or were to exist then the collective punishment of the people of Gaza would be irrefutably a warcrime. Hello Nuremberg.

"No one prosecuted the German U boat captains for war crimes for
sinking allied shipping."

By your reckoning the missiles fired by Hamas are perfectly legitimate. No one prosecuted the Germans for firing missiles. No one prosecutes the Americans for all their missile strikes. It would also make Gilad shalit a prisoner of war not a hostage. There is a reason Israel plays such a weasel game about these things.

Proof of Jewish perfidy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOGG_osOoVg&feature=player_embedded

Let's get some perspective here,the topic is not the behaviour of Jews,it's the policies and actions of the nation-state of Israel.

Some new and very disturbing information.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/04/gaza-flotilla-activists-autopsy-results

Shot in the back? WTF? The only way to shoot someone in the back is if they are running away from you. This is not what the Israelis have been saying. There must be a serious inquiry into this massacre.

Flotilla sang for confrontation, not for aid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOGG_osOoVg&feature=player_embedded

Or if they are attempting to guard the 4 IDF members that the Al-Jazeera Cameraman stated & filmed, were being held below when the second, armed team came on board.

30 rounds, all 9mm... That supports the stated facts, that's about 3rounds for each of the 9 dead individuals, which is low, even by Australian (particularly Victoria Police) standards.

The use of pistols would have prevented a lot of the harm that would have resulted from using high powered rifles/assault weapons. Then again, it appears that the team made damn sure the people targeted were dead before they turned their back on them, once again, fairly normal procedure when confronted by armed opponents.

If they had 4 IDF members hostage, stands to reason they had at least 4 pistols from the same... Seems like they've tried to have a shoot-out with trained soldiers, VERY VERY BAD move.