[CaptainCrunch]

So let me ask you this civilly What else is Israel supposed to do. Negotiate land for peace? Release more of the prisoners? Send aid money to Hammas. Not retaliate when Hammas attacks their civilian base?

I'm just curious, because Israel has tried all of these things, and all it gets them is more suicide bombers, more attacks on their civilians, more attacks after Hamma's buys more weapons?

I'm curious as to why Israel needs to continually need to make the first steps here to please the international community?

Personally the Palestine question is never going to be solved because from their side, its not a political exercise, its one based around ideology.

Hammas can't accept Israel as a nation, even though Israel has a right to survive and occupy that real estate under international law. When they had an opportunity to gain Western favor, and to renew international aid by renouncing violence, and recognizing a Jewish state, they refused to do it.

And all of the nations that continue to fund Hammas in terms of weapons, training and food for their "Soldiers", they're just as culpable in the deaths of innocent Palestines as Israel is.

Abbas has had more success in working with Israel because he deals with it as a political problem. Hammas can't do that, but they're happy with what they've got because they've created a breeding ground for the next generation of terrorists and suicide bombers and rocket technicians.

The problem, and I've stated before is that if there is another election, and Hamma's loses power, they'll have another enemy target in Palestine.