Hearts beat for Gaza
On the contrary, there has been a hugely disproportionate use of force by Israel. Homes, vehicles, and other targets — complete with new-born children, sleeping in their mothers’ arms — are being attacked using fighter jets and through the sea, whereas rockets fired by Hamas are mostly short ranged, lack accuracy and have not inflicted a single casualty during the clashes. These rockets mostly land in uninhabited areas and are quite rudimentary as compared to ammunition used by Israel.
Hamas is no match against the Israeli army’s might. Gaza is already known as the world’s largest open air prison with transport aid and fuel embargo permanently applied against the besieged strip.
Also, it is worth mentioning that Hamas is also the winner of elections in Gaza and is a legitimate political force representing the people of Gaza — a fact very conveniently overlooked by the international media while declaring its supporters militants and terrorists.
Nizar Diamond Ali
Published in The Express Tribune, July 12th, 2014.
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All international human rights have been set aside in this dirty inhuman war.
No matter what Hamas is firing, the equation of 0 casualties vs. 200 civilians killed is justifiable? No sane person can justify this, except the Zionists themselves. Have they forgotten Holocaust?
As for a comment above about Pakistan, the writer seems unaware about the civilian and army casualties sustained by Pakistan at the hands of those being targeted in the operation. Hundreds of thousands of civilians are already provided food and shelter. Please do not justify attacks on wheel-chair bound disabled people with an operation against suicide bombers!
Killing innocent civilians is not acceptable. Sooner or later, killers will have to pay - and their supporters too.
Going by the logic of this letter, should not Pakistani army just use AK 47 against terrorists?Why are Jets,tanks, mortars etc. pounding the tribal areas then? Is it not disproportionate force?
Dear author Please do some research about the M-302 (Syrian Khaiber-1), M-75, and GRAD surface to surface rockets that Hamas is firing at Israeli cities and towns before stating that the Hamas rockets are mostly short range and "rudimentary"!!!
@Indian: 3 israels :O and what about hundreds of killings in gaza ? :/
... whereas rockets fired by Hamas are mostly short ranged, lack accuracy and have not inflicted a single casualty during the clashes. These rockets mostly land in uninhabited areas and are quite rudimentary as compared to ammunition used by Israel. Blinkered vision. Israel have responded disproportionately and are quite merciless in exacting a toll for any crimes against them. I am always dismayed by the brutality of their attack and the resulting civilian casualties in a population that is already suffering even during peacetimes. However, it is disingenuous to claim that because Hamas is incompetent or under-funded, that their intent was benign - they are not firing rockets into areas of low population - they are firing them at densely populated Tel Aviv. As an elected government, they are responsible for their actions and its impact on their citizens. You people need to stop supporting Hamas and unconditionally recognize Israel's right to exist - without this, no solution is possible.
That's the whole point, how can 3 innocents be avenged by taking lives of 100+? And get away with it w/o being called terrorist? International silence over this massacre is height of double standards.
Those three Israeli teenagers who died were also innocent.