Israel says there is sufficient food and medicine in Gaza; they are assessing the humanitarian needs of the people.
There really is no right horse. But why are we backing one horse? Granted Hamas is not a chorus of angels. But I don't think they can be exterminated from the face of the earth. One effect of the Israeli actions is to make it easier for Hamas to recruit.
What has been the effect of this war?
Since the start of Israel's operations in Gaza, Israeli sources say Palestinian militants have fired the following:27 December 2008: 61 rockets, 33 mortar shells28 December: 14 rockets, 16 mortar shells29 December: 57 rockets, 15 mortar shells30 December: 42 rockets, 6 mortar shells31 December: 43 rockets, 25 mortar shellsSource: Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, Israel
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The blog, "A Non-Arab Arab," has some interesting stats on this issue. If accurate, and it states they are from Israeli sources, they graphically illustrate the inequality of it all:
http://nonarab-arab.blogspot.com/2009/01/by-numbers.html#links
Wrong Horse
From Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish -
"One story the media isn't telling, because it's impossible to get this story in these circumstances (especially because Israel stupidly won't allow foreign reporters into Gaza) is how much resentment the Hamas policy of using Palestinians as human shields causes among Gaza civilians. Early reports indicate that Hamas mortar teams were firing from the UN School. This shouldn't surprise anyone.
"One more thing, speaking of pornography -- we've all seen endless pictures of dead Palestinian children now. It's a terrible, ghastly, horrible thing, the deaths of children, and for the parents it doesn't matter if they were killed by accident or by mistake. But ask yourselves this: Why are these pictures so omnipresent?
"I'll tell you why, again from firsthand, and repeated, experience: Hamas (and the Aksa Brigades, and Islamic Jihad, the whole bunch) prevents the burial, or even preparation of the bodies for burial, until the bodies are used as props in the Palestinian Passion Play. Once, in Khan Younis, I actually saw gunmen unwrap a shrouded body, carry it a hundred yards and position it atop a pile of rubble -- and then wait a half-hour until photographers showed. It was one of the more horrible things I've seen in my life. And it's typical of Hamas. If reporters would probe deeper, they'd learn the awful truth of Hamas. But Palestinian moral failings are not of great interest to many people."
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