"It is a fact that they slept on guard and failed to see the signs until the terrorists were inside Israel. And yes, this was because their focus of attention was directed at their inner enemies/rivals, not at Gaza."

And of course Israeli treatment of the Palestinians over the past decades had nothing to do with it.

Another senseless bloody war!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgXNVA9ngx8

What Hamas is doing is sickening. The deliberate massacre of women and children is a crime against humanity that has no equal even by the Russians. What is also sickening is the antisemite apologists in this thread who are trying to justify Hamas's actions.

These animals in Hamas have committed such a horror, that pretty much any retaliation by Israel will be justified. What is certain is that there will be a massive retaliation and I am guessing a complete re-occupation of Gaza and the elimination of anyone connected with Hamas.

Then there is the idiot who takes a Twitter posting of a video clip showing some weapons with a voice-over as proof that Ukraine supplied Hamas with its weapons. What can I say.

Oh Puleeze, get off it!
Reading your tripe is as bad as hearing Hitler was misunderstood in his treatment of the Jews.
Try telling the truth for once without the usual antisemitic tripe.
The Palestinians, the Gazans in particular, are being systematically stripped of any life with dignity and you expected them to go to their 'gas chambers' without a fight.
Let's see when the good ole Aussie myth of 'defend the rights of the under dog' kicks into gear, or was it always a myth.
Methinks it was and still is.

"Special" Devilry,

More antisemitic drivel from you. An armed rebellion is one thing the deliberate massacre of women and children and desecrating their corpses is a level of debauchery that only sociopaths could defend.

If Hamas's objective was to generate sympathy and support for Israel while simultaneously painting themselves as merciless savages, then they nailed it. When the retribution from the Israeli army comes there will be little to no sympathy for their plight.

The comparison to Nazis is closer by far to Hamas than to the Israelis.

Yuyutsu

You should just stick to your spiritual life, you’re much better at it than you are at defining politics.

Under the US global dictatorship, you have actively participated in the downfall (for the moment) of Israel. You have been used, that is an action for which you are at fault, not Netanyahu.

Netanyahu was guilty of the crime of defying US policy in the ME, and attempting to find a side road through the impasse of the US stranglehold of a free country to exercise its Democratic right to self rule.

There is no Democracy and for Israel, you and your elitist rainbow flags have assured the future for Israel will now be less free and more fraught with danger.

Surely now you must have some glimmer of recognition, that weeping for Palestinians is a self destructive fantasy!