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Originally Posted by Chill Cosby
This point interests me.
I, personally, don't believe Israel is a terrorist state, but because you seem to have dodged some of the evidence before, I'm curious:
What, would you say, is the key difference between Hamas, a terrorist organization, and Israel regarding the way in which they conduct combat?
I don't mean intent, nor who is at fault and causing the other to retaliate, (as that is the whole core of the debate, with many on each side) but their ACTUAL method of combat. The way they attack the other side, the residual cost of each attack. I find it fairly interesting that there really doesn't seem to be too much of a difference.
What is it that DEFINES Hamas as a terrorist group? And do you find it interesting that in the name if a seemingly nobler cause, Israel is guilty of many of the same things?
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Whether you choose to believe it or not, Israel goes to great lengths to avoid Palestinian casualties, even putting the safety of their own soldiers at risk and paying for treatment of Palestinian victims in Israeli hospitals.
Hamas on the other hand tries to maximize civilian casualties on both sides.
You can argue that Hamas has no choice, due to resource imbalance, but to characterize the Israeli army and Hamas as equivalent is false.
Israel is not only treating the victims of this latest round of attacks:
http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel...ents-from-gaza
They're also treating hundreds of thousands of Palestinians every year. Israel also trains Palestinians doctors in their hospitals, who go back into the Palestinian territories.
Hamas, on the other hand, has been pretty clear about their goal of eliminating the other side.