You know, I support Israel's right to defend itself from rocket attacks but I think it's diluted to think that their assault is different from the rocket attacks.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/...6578174&page=1
Sounds pretty indiscriminate to me. Very similar to the "surgical" strikes that America has done in Afghanistan and Iraq. We've all seen how successful they are.
I really don't understand how killing more people will somehow stop more killing from occurring. I know if I had a family member killed in some sort of rocket attack or some random missile strike, it would make me very hard to forgive and forget.
From Israel's point of view, they have the technology and military strength to fight in a supposed "surgical" manner. When looking at it from the Palestinian point of view, if you can't fight in the same way as the Israelis, what else do you do other than resort to their attacks of desperation.
In the end, no one wins. Seems like the Palestinians could learn something from Gandhi. I sincerely doubt the world would allow Israel to do what they are doing against a nonviolent movement. I doubt that Israelis themselves would continue to support these assaults if the Palestinians engaged in a nonviolent confrontation.