Justin C wrote:
In article , Bruce In Bangkok wrote:
I don't
follow M. East politics much but didn't the Israelis agree to
negotiate some sort of peace scheme with the Palestinians?

AIUI it fell apart just before Christmas with first wave of missiles
from the Palestinians.

First wave? Never was a ceasefire from Hamas, during the course of the
six months of the supposed ceasefire, they launched something like 1800
rockets into Israel. Since Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005, (remember
that, they gave the land back, complete with new infrastructure,
irrigation systems, roads, water works..etc,,,,since then it's fallen
apart, nobody can keep anything more sophisticated than an oil lamp
running) the nice Palestinians have launched more than 10,000 rockets at
Israel.

What other country, with the capability to completely destroy it's
attacker would tolerate such?

Cheers
Martin