[CaptainCrunch]

Bottom line is that frankly Israel doesn't have a negotiating partner when it comes to the Hamas run side of things. Hamas might call for a cease fire but those smuggling tunnels aren't built to smuggle in Candy. Cease fire to Hamas means re-arm and recruit.

Israel is in a bad spot, they're basically surrounded by terrorist groups intent on their destruction, they're surrounded by nations that in the past have invaded and attacked freely.

People wonder why Israel is militarily aggressive, it comes down to the environment they are in.

The muslim nations in the region have done more to fail the Palestinians using their citizens as political tools instead of following their religions often admirable stance on charity.

Absolutely the settlement issue is all on Israel.

The biggest annoyance to me is the one sided condemnation of Israel, the cry's for war crimes are one sided, but I question this since Hamas forms a legitimate government should they not also be facing the same calls.

The launching of rockets from Hamas against civilians can no longer be considered a terrorist action since Hamas is a elected government, its a war crime and a act of war by a supposedly legitimate government. The use of suicide bombers by Hamas is no longer a terrorist action, it should be considered a war crime and a act of war. The firing of rockets from schools and hospitals by Hamas members is a crime by Hamas against their own civilians.

There are repugnant actions , however I don't recall Israel publicly calling for the annihilation of Palestine, but Hamas has the destruction of Israel and the murder of its people in its own part charter.

With the weapons at their command Israel could annihilate all of the Palestinian areas in a few days, but they don't do that, they do make attempts to avoid wholesale civilian slaughter. Israel does make an attempt at killing Hamas leadership, but I'm not going to cry about that.

People keep calling the use of white phosphorus as a war crime, however the use of white phosphorus in artillary shells designed to create a smoke screen for infantry attacks is not a war crime. Do I like the use of it in tight city areas? Not really, but its a standard tactic in any military on the planet.

Until Hamas is removed from power and existence the people of Palestine are going to suffer and die, thats the sad reality when you elect a death cult into power that's willing to use their own people's deaths to a political end and don't care about the slaughter that they've created because they have a twisted and sick vision of gods approval.

I doubt they'll ever go away, and therefore I doubt that there will ever be peace in that region.