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While you asked the question "But what about the Palestinians in Gaza? Aren't they suffering?" you didn't give an appropriate answer. If fact, they whole article is skewed to an Israeli point of view and is all the less for that. It is possible to condemn the terrors that Hamas inflicted on innocent Israeli victims while also questioning the behaviour of Israel, prior and after the recent horrific Hamas attack.

I am going to focus on the suffering of the Palestinians because you have covered the suffering of the Israelis - neither side has a monoploy on suffering.

Over 3000 innocent Palestinians are now dead since the events of two weeks ago. This is only the start for Netanyahu and his extreme right win government - that number is likely to go well over 10,000 by the time the land assault on Gaza finishes. By turning off the water and electricity to Gaza they (the Israeli government) are collectively punishing all Gazans in direct contravention of the Geneva Convention (art. 33).

Palestinians in Gaza live in conditions that no American or western reader would tolerate. They can't leave Gaza without the permissions of the Israelis, very few get permits to leave. The skies are controlled by Israel, the border is fenced up and the sea is patrolled by Israel and no one from Gaza can, say, take a ferry to Cyprus os some local country. It is an open-air prison.

If Israel kills more innocent Palestinians it will just radicalize more young muslims to commit heinous acts of violence against Israel and Jews. It's a vicious cycle of violence that has to be stopped.