Stop blowing up buses filled with ordinary people and stop launching explosive rockets into population centers and things might get better. Oh and stop electing committed jihadists to political leadership positions.
"Stop blowing up buses filled with ordinary people"
That was successfully stopped years ago, when was the last suicide attack in Israel?
"stop launching explosive rockets into population centers"
They are not explosive, they are essentially large metal tubes. They are waaaaaaaay below any modern military standards.
Here is one landing:
http://youtu.be/bpqiHchsbE0That's kinda why only 2 people died when they launched about 1000 of them... you'd have to be very unlucky to get hit and the rockets cant reach heavily dense populations.
"Oh and stop electing committed jihadists to political leadership positions. "
Well, they elected more peaceful types before, they were also more or less ignored and called terrorists by Israel/USA. Asides the few exceptions, they dont have much choice and the jihadists youre talking about dont give the people a lot of space and opportunity to come up with alternatives. Crap situation eh? And after all that they get 3 mins warning if their house is to be blown up. If they leave, they are never allowed to return either.
Try looking into some basics man, really. I feel like a broken record posting the same basic stuff to so many people who have an opinion with NO basic info to back it up... tiring stuff.
Seriously, look something up about the situation. Something unbiased, like some UN resolutions (what are they proposing and how many countries vote for and against them -
who votes against them), or UN reports on the conditions or weapons used by both sides. You'd be surprised by who is using human shields and who isnt for example. The history of the area, what are the 1967 boarders for example? Why doesnt Israel want the Geneva conventions apply to Gaza? What are the Geneva conventions...? Or peace treaty conditions - what were the conditions for Israel and the conditions for Palestine? Who refused what? When? What did the media say about it? Why isn't Palestinian flags in maps, who recognises Palestine as a country who doesnt, why? Or try looking into many media reports as possible, get a wide view - not just American news or something who don't even show you the protests (
http://tinyurl.com/q7y53am http://tinyurl.com/q7y53am before you say something like 'those sources are BS', i hardly think they faked them - also like i said, not many people report on the protests, in my town I saw more than 5K people protest, nothing in the media, pics on twitter), don't just base your answers on your gut, seek information.
Self education; I promise you will not be the same after it, I promise you that if you seek information you will not see the situation in the same way. Im not recommending any sources, you need to find them for yourself for it to have an impact on you. Try it. Its not hard to find the info and the effect is has on your brain and outlook on the world: amazing.
Im not saying I know everything, far from it, I learn more about this every day and sorry for sounding like an arrogant arse, really I hate it when this happens to me, but this topic always sets me off not because of the clear-as-day injustices but because of the ignorance surrounding it in the age of the internet too and the massive biases in the media that are clear as day - yet people still swallow it up without a second thought. Ok im off to unplug the internet to save my blood pressure.