From Jenin to Rafah

[drdon326]

More than two years ago, Israeli troops converged on the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, setting off some of the fiercest fighting since the current war broke out in September 2000. One would think World War III had started.

Critics castigated Israel, claiming that the soldiers had massacred up to 1,000 people. Initially, the Israeli government mysteriously precluded reporters and other outsiders from visiting the area in the immediate aftermath.

When reporters did visit, they found absolutely no evidence of a massacre. Roughly 50 Arabs had been killed, not 1,000. What's more, the Israeli government discovered an elaborate armed camp right under the noses of a United Nations agency operating the camp. It was a staging area for many of the genocide bombings that took Israeli lives in Israel proper.

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While Israel has made serious mistakes, one thing is clear: Israel must do whatever it must to protect its citizens.

The news media reports that the Rafah refugee camp has been used as an arms supply line where deep tunnels have been built to funnel arms from Egypt into Gaza. It is insane for Israel to allow this. No country would permit this to persist. It is an action that has nothing to do with settlements. Whether the settlements existed or not, the Arabs are able to build all these tunnels - a system as extensive as the armed camp at Jenin. Naturally, the arms smuggled through these tunnels are being used to kill Israelis - whether in the settlements, against the military or for any current or future incursions into Israel proper. According to the New York Times, the Israeli army said it has found 90 smuggling tunnels in Rafah since September 2000.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/article.php3?id=3705

[CharlesGroce]

1. Doesn't matter

Israel has no right to punish those who don't bear responsibility: the children, the innocent, no right! There is a reason for the rule of law when enacting justice, it is to prevent just this sort of thing from happening, and to ensure that justice PREVAILS!

By shelling civilians exercising their human right to protest, Israel is trying to TERRORIZE the Palestinian public into purging their society of the criminals who bomb busses. Justice cannot be accomplished this way, only in a court of law. Such is the ONLY tool of justice in a civilized society, and without a civilized society to serve, the criminal justice system just doesn't work. Palestine cannot be civilized while it's citizens are treated like dogs.

Israel seeks justice through terrorism.

[newyorican]

2. geez...

You have to resort to a hate site that doesn't recognize the existence of the Palestinians to get a stupid always-right-never-wrong-enough-to-matter chauvinistic POV. I recommend everyone read the entire article to see what hate-filled ass-hats put together Arutz Sheva.

Lovely company you're keeping.