Hamas strike on Israel

Well, some people not only lack empathy, they also lack the ability to feel shame.

I don't think you understand the points that people are making. I am very sad at what is happening in Gaza, that people are suffering and being killed.

But I am clear that the blame for this lies primarily with Hamas. Hamas have chosen to put their own wealth, their own prosperity and their own egos above the safety and security of their own people. They are like the Japanese generals who wanted to fight on to the last man in the face of overwhelming destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

How evil do you have to be as leaders to bring down unnecessary suffering on your own people?

40-50 years of an anti-Arab/Muslim sentiment rammed down the West's throat to justify bombing the **** out people in that part of the world may have something to do with it, or perhaps there are folks who are fearful that once the Hamas lads are done with stealing Gazan Aid they'll be clearing out a Centra near you.

Either way it lacks a certain amount of consistency. Anti-semitism (although I would say that criticizing a state actively engaged in ethnic cleansing is not anti-semitism, if so, well then Jewish people have bigger problems…), that's bad, Islamaphobia, well that's pretty much in vogue and has been for a while now. Lets not even go into the details of what constitutes what being Semitic is. We'll leave that to the non-book burning radical lefties….

Why does every response begin with "What about Israel?".

Hamas leaders are to blame primarily, that doesn't mean anything about anything else, stop trying to conflate it.

Do you accept that Hamas leaders are to blame primarily? That is where we need to start.

I believe we can all agree that it is incredibly tragic that Israel has been forced to resume large-scale airstrikes in Gaza. The Israelis have been left with no other option at this stage.

What utter shite.

Israel's hand hasn't been forced in this. Netanyahu has chosen to resume the murder of innocents because he wants the slaughter to continue.

Your deliberate misreading of this is thoroughly disgusting.

So basically, Israel have agreed a ceasefire which guaranteed the release of their hostages based on certain conditions, that the other side (a jihadi terror group) also agreed to. The jihadi terror group stuck to their side by all accounts I see.

Then Israel, after hearing that the US president put forward a plan to genocide Gaza of its people, tried to completely upend the agreement it signed (risking its own hostages), change the terms unilaterally, and blockaded food and aid to Gazan civilians to pressure these new terms. Now this hasn't worked out, they are left with no other choice than to blow up hundreds of women and kids. And all this makes sense to you??

How does a jihadi gang of scumbags come out of this looking like the more honorable party.

Israel are completely responsible for the brutal actions they take and any of the choices they have made in this war.

I don't agree they have been forced into this in any measure. The should have stuck with the terms of the ceasefire they signed.

My heart goes out to the innocent people in Gaza who will suffer.

...how can you hold that view, whilst also saying Israel has no other choice but to bomb them to smithereens.

It seems very evident to me your deep-seated hatred of those Israel calls its enemies trumps your basic humanity and morality toward your fellow man. Sad.