Last year Israel has uniformly withdrawn from the Gaza strip. Israel torn down her settlements, withdrew her troops, and left the Palistians with Gaza in their own hands. They left them to decide their fate and their future. What did the Palistians decide? They choose instead of freedom they choose terrorism. They elected Hamas a terrorist organization to lead their people into the new tomorrow. They attacked Seridot, which is part of pre-1967 Israel on a daily basis. Launching rocket after rocket after rocket. They kidnap a 19 year old solider and murder an 18 year old teenager in the West Bank. The Palistians demand a prisoner release while making no assurances that they will cease their terrorism, recongize Israel, honor pass peace accords, and negotiate a lasting peace. They make no promises of freedom or a future, instead they continue their terrorism.
Hamas accuses Israel of wanting to topple their government. Hamas accuses Israel of reacting with "inappropriate" force. What is inappropriate of wanting security? Of wanting your neighboring people to stop bombarding your cities with rocket fire. If Russia endured this treatment there would be no question of the response. If China endured this they would take care of it once and for all. Yet Israel endures, hoping that someday there will be peace, hoping that someday the Palestinians will learn to co-exist instead of choosing to be extremists.
Media organizations try to equate the two, try to make it seem like there is some kind of moral equality between Israel and Hamas. Their claim is laughable, their logic is unsound. An organization that targets men, women, and children, that goes out of their way to murder people, is somehow equal to a county, a society, a government, and a people who are moral, fair and just. Who endure the Palistian attacks in the hopes that there will be peace.