Instead of taking responsibility for the plight of their people, Palestinian leaders launch rockets at Israeli civilians and then point fingers, play the numbers game, and cry for help when Israel begins protecting its own civilians. Much to Hamas’ delight, the UN is just as interested in demonizing Israel as they are, and if that means making “clerical errors” (such as that made when the UN inaccurately reported the “bombing” of the UN school in which dozens of students were claimed to be killed–turns out it was a ground conflict after which about 12 people were killed, 9 of whom were Hamas militants) or if that means inflating the death toll for the purpose of being able to claim a genocide, then the UN and Hamas will do it. As of February 17, the death toll was listed at 1,200 killed, almost half of which have already been identified as Hamas operatives. Approximately 320 more men had not yet been identified, but 2/3 of them are suspected to be operatives as well. In addition, 300 women and children were killed, a significant number of whom were female suicide bombers.

You use the phrase ‘indiscriminate bombing’, and that couldn’t be further from the truth. Gaza is one of the most densely populated areas of the world, and considering Israel’s military power, it is quite shocking how few civilians were actually killed. The IDF did everything in its power to avoid civilian death and aborted dozens of missions that would have killed non-combatants (something that is extremely difficult to do considering the tendencies that many dishonorable Hamas militants have to pick up a child wherever they find one and chage Israeli soldiers with a gun in one hand and the kid in the other or to invite their families to join them in death).

While every civilian death is tragic and regrettable, it is even more tragic that each Palestinian death is paraded around in front of the media to serve another despicable purpose: the destruction of another people, Israeli Jews. Funny how Iran and Syria and other pledge so much sympathy for the Palestinian cause, yet they donate nothing of their time or money to help their “brothers”. Hm why is that? Any thoughts Farah?

Israel has made several offers for the creation of an independent Palestinian state, has unilaterally withdrawn from Gaza, and many leaders are even considering further land reduction in order to appease Israel’s hostile neighbors. What country has done more to prove she wants peace? Palestinians in the West Bank are living prosperously under the guidance of a moderate government. Gazans are eligible for the same future. But Gazans themselves have to bear responsiblity as well. They simply cannot sit around and allow their government to manipulate them until the next opportunity for bloody publicity arises.

I won’t even address your factual errors, Farah. Let it suffice to say that you, just like Hamas and the UN, have chosen to ignore the truth.

“This war on the people of Gaza isn’t really about rockets, nor is it about restoring Israel’s military deterrence. It’s about resisting the Palestinian people’s right to exist on their own land.” Really? It’s not about the rockets? If it were REALLY about resisting the Palestinian people’s right to exist on their own land (I will repeat, they were offered land three times already), Israel could have wiped them out 20-30 years ago. If Israel wanted a genocide, it could have had a genocide decades ago. This is not about denying Palestinians the right to land. It is about protecting Israel from its hostile neighbors who have chosen not to further the well-being of its own people but instead to withhold money, resources, and aid (yes, humanitarian aid delivered by Israel) to further the fight against a country that simply wants to exist in peace.

As you read this, rockets and mortars continue to fall onto Israeli civilians, and the world has already forgotten.