Allowing more material into Gaza was not a solution given Hamas' status as a terrorist organization. It acquired that characterization because it insisted then, as it does now, upon the destruction of the Jewish State. In short, Hamas insisted upon victory at all costs to the Jews and to themselves. They bought their own fate. As an 'erudite' Mr. Traub is aware that Israel suffered attacks for eight years before responding with Cast Lead. I have little doubt that he would not have permitted that circumstance to go on had his own family been at risk for half that time.

Mr. Traub, addressing you directly, you must have some insight into the circumstances among the Arabs as to why they cannot 'split the difference' and get on with their lives. I ask you to direct your deep thoughts and comments towards the machinations of the Arabs, rather than the Jews. I suspect that as most people seeking change, you push on the soft spots and leave the rigidities to take care of themselves. It turns out to be an intellectual weakness, though the method seems to be practical at the moment. As an empathic intelligent being, you might begin to improve your approach by visualizing yourself and your loved ones in the circumstances imposed by each side in the dispute.

Mr. Traub wrote, "Even if you remove the reckless acts and the isolated crimes, Israel might still have killed many hundreds of civilians in the course of ending the threat from Gaza."

This is not the sentence of a man interested in the truth at any level. It is a condemnation of Israel with a backhand tennis stroke. You know of no reckless acts or isolated crimes engaged in by Israeli troops. The death of civilians occurred because the civilians of Gaza were not in control of their own territory and lives. Would any population knowingly vote themselves into their own graves? I recall a video snippet in which a Hamas "fighter" dragged a child with him as he ran for cover and then threw him to the ground when he reached safety. That is the old view of children as tools, as sacrifices to angry gods to obtain a particular benefit. That snippet is available for your viewing on the internet. Would it make a difference to the contents of your writings?

Some people are whom not familiar with the Muslim Fundamentalist mind set and mentality is that, they are driven by fanatic religious fervor, with little or no regard for human lives – even of their won.

People like Nassrallah of Hizbollah, Haniyah of Hamas, and the Akmed in Tehran, they have been taught from early childhood that, Jews considered sub-humans (apes and pigs), and must submit to their “Muslim superiors”, and if needs be, use of violence to put the Jews back in their hole.
No rational person can reason with these people.

Yes indeed, Israel does use massive force, as it had done it in the past against Hamas & Hizbollah. The real reason behind it, is more psychological then military one. The Israelis believe that, in addition to the usual deterrence, by use of such massive and uncompromising force, they will cause deep and profound psychological lobotomy needed to alter these Islamists mind set of blind hatred of Jews.

That objective was demonstrated in an TV interview in August 2006, when Hassan Nasslara, that hero who has been hiding in his 100m (330ft) deep rat-hole since then, he had openly admitted that “had he realized Israel would have retaliate with such massive force against his forces in S. Lebanon, he would have certainty NOT ordered the attack and kidnapping of the Israeli solders, which causes the second Lebanese War in June 1006.

Phase I: THE DENIAL & DE-LEGITIMAZATION.
1) Islamists and their supporters label the Israelis with names, later to be used to defeat the very reason of their existence. “Zionists” is one convenient label, .
2) They deny the Holocaust, to remove the very reason for which Israel was created. (re: the Akmed in Tehran).
3) Their leaders question Jewish history, or their continued presence in and around Jerusalem (Arafat: in 2000 Camp David).
4) They use their majority count in UN either: a) Pass Anti-Israeli resolutions. b) Use this body's one sided investigative reports (I.e. the Goldstone Report) to set the grounds for accusation of its leaders with war crimes. Notwithstanding the fact, after careful study of the events, the Judge himself had second thoughts about the report.

Phase II – “ZIONISM” AND THE “APARTHEID” EFFECT.
1) They do not wish to sound anti-semitic. (which the Islamists certainly are). Then euphemistically they call Jews “Zionists”.
2) They Know that Zionism was a political movement, created in 1899 to empower the Jews to live in their own homeland, safe from further persecutions.
3) They emphasis only the role of the European Jews, - while never mention the 1.2M Jewish refugees, whom they pushed out from their own countries.
4. They attempt to wrap the “South Africa” noose and its infamous “Apartheid” system around the Israelis neck. A sure way to de-legitimize the state altogether.
5) They Still try to convince the world community (through UN Resolutions) that Zionism is a system of Apartheid – which they did succeed of doing for a period of time.
6) They know that, If they call the Israelis “Jews”, they just have affirmed Israel's right to exist as homeland for Jews, which so far they have refused to do.
7) They follow the late Nazi, Joseph Goebbels's gospel. “A lie, if repeated loud, and repeated often enough, soon people will believe it as the absolute truth.
8) They never admit in public (certainly not in English), that subjugation of Jews, is the ultimate objective - prescribed in Islam's holy book.

Phase III: THE PROVOCATION & THE VICTIMIZED.
1). Coupled with Phase II, they keep low intensity provocations (such as rockets from Gaza), and hope for IDF response (which most certainly does follow). Then,
2) They show the gory pictures of dead children to TV viewers world wide, to generate revolt & sympathy for them, and anger against the Israelis.
3) They repeat it often enough such that, the picture of “the ugly Israeli solder shooting innocent civilians” is kept fresh in people's mind and heart. Render Israel as “racist”, “brutal”, and “ugly” element living among the “peaceful” Arabs.

Phase IV: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE
1) Recognizing the power of words. When speaking for the Palestinians, they use keywords like, “Justice”, “fairness”, “Indigenous people”, “legal owners”, and “victims”, “Right of Return” etc. - to conjure up positive imagery of the Pals in people's minds.
2) When however, it comes to Israel, they use words like “Stolen land”, “illegal”, “occupation”, “discriminations”, “Apartheid”, “Racists”, “massacre”, and sometimes the word “Genocide” is brought up.
3) They keep their people in those refugees camps, throughout the Arab & Islamic states since 1948” to:
a) Continue to play on peoples emotion and sympathy – keep the flame of anti-Israeli alive.
b) Keep them as “reserve solders” to be used to flood Israel – all under the pretense of “right of Return”. Then use its democracy to destroy, not only its democracy, but itself as the homeland for Jews.
4) “The good Guy / Bad Guy” scenario. While PLO in WB, depicts the image of the “civilized” “peace loving Palestinians” who is ready to compromise. Hamas in Gaza, plays the opposite role. To force the Israelis for more and more concession, until nothing is left for them to concede.
5) Use homicide bombing to create psychological fear among the Israelis, with hope they will flee. (“Jews love life, we love death”).

Now here you have it. The script by which Islamists plan of action to put the Jews back into their hole, under Islamic Sharia for eternity.

I have never been able to understand all this handwringing. The entire war on Gaza flies in the face of international law:

". . . the Goldstone Commission failed to point out the true depths of the Israeli war crimes: the underlying purpose of Cast Lead was not "self-defense" but the destruction of all resistance to Israel's continued occupation of the West Bank and its external control over Gaza by means of economic and military warfare, warfare that repeatedly provoked Palestinian resistance and retaliation.
For that reason, then, even if its methods had been pristine, Israel had committed the crime of international aggression. Indeed, in those circumstances it is not even necessary, in a sense, to examine Israel's methods: if you don't have a just cause, you are not morally or legally permitted to attack even the other side's soldiers, let alone its people." Jerome Slater, at:

http://www.jeromeslater.com/2011/04/goldstone-retraction.html

The use of massive force will never not work. if it wasn't effective, we wouldn't see it any more as a means of problem solving. Unfortunately, it works as effectively today as it has for centuries.

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This report is a bias piece from the get go, and the U.N is proving to be a useless institution when it targets one country that faces terror on a daily basis and is under harsh circumstances unlike any other country in the world.

The U.N avoids other african, middle eastern, western countries who commit serious war crimes, Chechnia, Sri Lanka, saudi Arabia fighting huttis, yemen, Turkey and the Kurds, there are many more examples , but they choose the only country that makes the biggest effort to not hurt civilians,
It was a blood liable, , no one cares, how many civilians are killed by the U.S and nato in their wars?
It is impossible to fight terror when the enemy hides behind civilians, and hold up to the goldstone standard which no one would hold up to, show me one country that has a better record of fighting terror in urban areas, I bet you Israel has a far better record of keeping human rights and harming civilians.

"But now the attacks have resumed, including a horrendous missile attack earlier this month on a bus full of schoolchildren."

There were only 2 people on the bus, including the driver.

"Insurgents now understand that they can lose a war to a more powerful adversary but still win by fighting from inside the ranks of civilians, thus forcing the other side to kill many innocent people."

For laughs maybe you can do some pretzel logic now on why that logic doesn't apply in Misurata,

I ask you to direct your deep thoughts and comments towards the machinations of the Arabs, rather than the Jews. I suspect that as most people seeking change, you push on the soft spots and leave the rigidities to take care of themselves. It turns out to be an intellectual weakness, though the method seems to be practical at the moment. As an empathic intelligent being, you might begin to improve your approach by visualizing yourself and your loved ones in the circumstances imposed by each side in the dispute. pest control That objective was demonstrated in an TV interview in August 2006, when Hassan Nasslara, that hero who has been hiding in his 100m (330ft) deep rat-hole since then, he had openly admitted that “had he realized Israel would have retaliate with such massive force against his forces in S. Lebanon, he would have certainty NOT ordered the attack and kidnapping of the Israeli solders.

You know of no reckless acts or isolated crimes engaged in by Israeli troops. The death of civilians occurred because the civilians of Gaza were not in control of their own territory and lives. Would any population knowingly vote themselves into their own graves? I recall a video snippet in which a Hamas "fighter" dragged a child with him as he ran for cover and then threw him to the ground when he reached safety. augmentations That is the old view of children as tools, as sacrifices to angry gods to obtain a particular benefit. It is impossible to fight terror when the enemy hides behind civilians, and hold up to the goldstone standard which no one would hold up to, show me one country that has a better record of fighting terror in urban areas, I bet you Israel has a far better record of keeping human rights and harming civilians.