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Three years ago, Operation Cast Lead saw Israel send troops into the Gaza Strip in response to the thousands of rockets and mortars launched into Israeli civilian areas. Which other government in the world wouldn't defend its citizens in such circumstances? If some wish to portray this operation as a "massacre", they would have to ignore the facts to do so.
Stop ignoring the facts about Cast Lead
Seeded on Mon Jan 2, 2012 5:44 PM EST
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Colonel Richard Kemp, former commander of British troops in Afghanistan, has repeatedly commented that, "during its operation in Gaza, the Israeli Defence Forces did more to safeguard the rights of civilians in a combat zone than any other army in the history of warfare." Furthermore, he points out that the steps taken in that conflict by the Israeli Defence Forces to avoid civilian deaths are shown by a study published by the United Nations to have resulted in, by far, the lowest ratio of civilian to combatant deaths in any asymmetric conflict in the history of warfare.
Colonel Richard Kemp, speaking before the United Nations http://youtu.be/NX6vyT8RzMo
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#1 - Mon Jan 2, 2012 5:45 PM ESTGreat seed, but we all realize that no matter what the facts may be any individual will interpet them as they desire in order to maintain congruency between their faith and actions, this in turn allows the hatred to keep fueling the teeror groups, that truly oppose an peaceful solution and will not recognize a jewish state.Happy New Year
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#2 - Mon Jan 2, 2012 11:10 PM ESTI don't think that is the issue. It isn't that people ignore, it's that many people would like to deliberately misrepresent the facts.
After all, they cannot very well admit that their terrorist heroes are actually the bad guys, can they?
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#3 - Mon Jan 2, 2012 11:20 PM ESTAn excellent article. Too bad there is so much hatred against Jews and Israel that it will be dismissed as propaganda, or they will say the author was "bought" by AIPAC.
"The truth is on the march and nothing shall stop it." (Emile Zola - who himself had to fight against the anti-Semites to win freedom for an innocent man by telling the truth until the truth finally prevailed.)
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