[DoughtyOne]

If the Israelis were perpetrating suicide bombings on the Palestinian territories and the Palestinians had the ability to do so, they'd launch military incursions into Israel to root out bomb making facilities and perps. What Israel is doing, is a sad task of war. You have to do the best you can to eliminate the perps of this activity.

I'll be honest here. I don't like the lack of due-process that is exhibited in these missions, but in war due process simply doesn't exist for the most part. I don't think Israel indescriminantly attacks innocent Palestinians. At least I'd like to think not. Do innocents get hurt? Undoubtedly. War is hell!

Israel is not instigating this exchange of hostility. If the Palestinians stopped their bombings, missile attacks, sniping, stone throwing and other activities, peace would result. Israel would make no further incursions.

Thus the negative outcomes associated with this conflict all rest at the feet of the Palestinians. No deaths occuring in the area are truly the sole responsibility of the Israelis. They are the sole responsibility of the Palestinians. Peace would exist if it were not for the militant Palestinians. End of story. End of guilt for Israel.