Israel Declares War

Right, do you expect armless children to do the bulk of the fighting against Hamas?

My guess is the Palestinian freedom fighters who oppose Hamas are either dead or locked up (a prison inside of a prison) along with their families. I've ready stories of such people who were more brave that I could ever hope to be to be defiant and oppose the Hamas terroristic government. But what do you really expect them to do? Could Jews free themselves in concentration camps against their German oppressors? Of course not. Would you advocate for blowing up concentration camps targeting the Nazis but knowing you were going to end up killing more Jews than Nazis? That would be insane to blow up people in an effort to save them.

I think that just goes to show there is not a priority to save Palestinian children, but to kill Hamas terrorist at all cost. It's as if human life is suddenly not so sacred.

Smoke, you keep pushing these hypotheticals, that are shamelessly saturated with emotional language! What are the demographics, exactly, of the number of armless children that might be called to serve as freedom fighters?
Children have fought in wars before... no, it's not a fate that I would hope for any... but needs must.

If you've heard of such stories of Palestinians who opposed Hamas and suffered for it, could you please post sources or links even?

Many Jews fled Germany in order to avoid concentration camps... and before they became of concentration camps, they fled Germany because of other oppression. When in concentration camps, some did escape, more tried and failed.

The choice to not blow-up concentration camps came from a lack of fully being aware that they actually existed, at least at the "soldier's level" of awareness. Regardless, they were handled as a hostage situation, more or less. The prisoners were not there by choice... Palestinians do remain in Gaza by choice. So, again, you're comparing these incidents is flawed, IMHO.

I provided the stats already, but will do so again. 47.3% of the population is under 18.

Children In Gaza

It's also not emotional language to point out that roughly half the population are children and cannot become freedom fighters against Hamas. It's a rather insanely hot take to expect them to free themselves against Hamas.

Is it your understanding that Israel didn't do any bombings/airstrikes prior to their advising Palestinians to go south? Did they not blow up Gaza way before? If they did blow them up before then, how is your point applicable? (your point that they could have just left)

Do you deny that Palestinian civilians are forced to stay (after Israel advised it) by the Hamas terrorists? If you don't deny it, why try to make it seem like it's a willful choice? They ultimately suffer the same fate as the terrorists.

you do what you can to defend yourself.

If Israel wanted to. they could wipe the west bank off the map..

I wish people would stop saying they are doing this, they are not

If they did Iran and Iraq and Saudi Arabia and Egypt would wipe them off the map.
The state of Israel has killed far more Palestinians in the bombing than Hamas killed Israelis

The state of Israel has killed far more Palestinians in the bombing than Hamas killed Israelis

Hmm, thanks for posting this again!
I do have to say that I'm not really a fan of NPR because I believe that they're rather manipulative with their stories and their "facts". Regardless, to say that 47.3% are under 18 doesn't mean, IMHO, that they are too young to fight. In many wars throughout history, children have voluntarily joined the wars at 13 and younger. Please don't think that I like that idea, but facts is facts. So, yes I do believe that it's both emotional and basing an opinion on modern, western mindsets.

Yes, I believe that Israel bombed prior to advising evacuation. I think that the Palestinians could have left years ago, as Hamas has been actively hostile for decades. This recent attack of theirs is nothing new and should have been easily anticipated by the citizens.

What I believe is that "being forced" is relative language. As I pointed out before the numbers of citizens is much larger than the number of Hamas militants. Nevertheless, I understand that a smaller group of hostile people can exert a lot of pressure on a larger group of docile people. That said, I think that it's important, for their own survival, to rethink what's important to them. How long must the world wait for "peaceful Muslims" say "Enough is enough"?

(BTW - I didn't see anything about the armless children demographics. j/s)

I think Japan killed 3,000 at Pearl Harbor and they estimate 900,000 Japanese civilians died in WW2. Kind of like that?

They would not anyway

and they are not afraid of the other people.. They (isreal) are not terrorists...Isreal already told Iran if they do anything Isreal will end them..(the government)

Yes. And murdering civilians with a weapon of mass destruction was not justafiable.

Yes. And murdering civilians with a weapon of mass destruction was not justafiable.

Lord Jesus we pray forgive us, may your blood wash us from all sins including those we do not know about. Amen.

I think Japan killed 3,000 at Pearl Harbor and they estimate 900,000 Japanese civilians died in WW2. Kind of like that?

With out western support the state of Israel would be over run.
The US had been fighting since the 9/11 attacks and ended up with drawing and leaving a lot of military hardware behind.

Sure it was! If the US would have invaded Japan, it was estimated we would have lost 500,000 men or more.

In the interest of protecting Israel, God had wiped out entire nations of evil people in times past.... they were evil because they were set on trying to destroy Israel

During the great tribulation we will see God once again reigning destruction down upon the armies of the anti-christ and some end times guys that study all this stuff say as much as half of the world's current population will die during end times events

And people are still suffering to this day because those nuclear bombs.

I have been to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, no one in my family walked out with a dry eye.

That should never happen again, ever, unfortunately the war mongers are rearing their ugly heads once again.

an through Japan rather efficiently.

There wasnt a state of Israel

Im not a dispensationalist revisionist zionist or premil. I dont agree with this assessment.

That should never happen again, ever, unfortunately the war mongers are rearing their ugly heads once again.