Ask not who uses more violence, but who STARTED the violence first. Obviously Israel didn't started this.

Meu deus...é incrivel como a fina teia da vida é desfeita por pedaços de terra...e tamanha é a ignorancia humana ao ver isso e se negar a ajudar.

We can help US!
The world needs change...lets go...the work is harder...but make us stronger.

So much hate. Everyone loves crying about the injustices being done to them. Both Jew and Arab alike. Your blood is of the same people. We as a human race have so much potential, yet thousands die due to primitive quarrel. Please, stop the hate, stop the killing. I love you, I love the Jew, I love the Arab, I love you for your religion, for who you are, I love both white and black, both red and yellow. We have so much potential, I see us together as humans living together in harmony. Just stop the hate, so much death, so much death. Please. Please. It breaks my heart.

So tired of this craziness. Tired of the Israelis. Tired of the Palestinians. Tired of the USA being involved IN ANY WAY with either side of this conflict. This is the source of 9/11, of the Iraqi war, of the Afghanistan war. Bottom line is that it's none of our business. These people will go back four centuries to drag out wrongs by the other side, and kill each others children for retribution. In the modern era, I fail to understand what justification there was for the establishment of the state of Israel on top of the Palestinians who had been living and working there. I fail to understand why the two-state solution was not accepted.

War it doesn't prove anything! Innocent civilians are dying and for what..just
territory!! Your religion and beliefs are your own but when it involves people being killed, then its something that needs to be stopped. Life is short and the HATING has to end!!!!

War it doesn't prove anything! Innocent civilians are dying and for what..just
territory!! Your religion and beliefs are your own but when it involves people being killed, then its something that needs to be stopped. Life is short and the HATING has to end!!!!

Israel can not take others land and live by force for ever, if they are wise enough they should know that.

Talking to western people : What would you do if a gang came and took you house over , I think if this gang is strong enough you would call the Police to take your house back by law force .... but what if the Police didn't respond to your call and was helping the gang ?I think you would live all your life trying to get your house back using all ways possible because every one is against the law.
* The Gang I meant is Israel at 1984 when they took Palastine Land and claimed it as their country because God told them that (what a reason)
* The Palastinian are the House Owner
* The Police is the US and The UN who are usually with Isreal all the time.
What a Logic !!!!

The horror, horror, horror...stupid war!

to Shlomi,
saying that palestinian lives "are purley in their own hands" is a blatant lie. After the withdrawl of Israeli troops Israel continues to assert control over transit through Israel, as well as air space over and sea access to ports in Gaza, approves all immigration to and emigration, as well as entry by foreigners, imports and exports, and collection and reimbursement of value-added tax always via Israel. Their lives are in any hands but their own

NGENTOT LO SEMUA.

Hey P Jo, if the Hamas wouldnt use all these to smuggle rockets, guns and explosives it would be open.

Australian wise man, israel never does anything "by the order of god" and that is because israel is a secular country, stop inventing facts. everything we do is based on defencive and not offencive.

and tell me that: what if a gang take control of some territory near your town and start shooting missiles into your city for 8 years, wounding 1000's and killing dozens. is it better? what if you sit in a coffe shop and a man with a bomb comes in and blows himself to little bits while killing 5 members of your family and 20 others? in both cases you call the "police" - UN or US and they do not help.

choosing sides is wrong - both are unfair but atleast israel is a country and not a terror orgnization controling one.

One of the big leaders of Israel said " in the moment that the Arabs and between them the Palestinians will Throw their weapon Peace will be! in the moment that Israel will Throw their weapon this will be the end of Israel!"

Think about it...

Supporting a war on either side is entirely wrong. Both countries are losing innocent victims, but that is the purpose of war. Not to achieve safety for others, but to cause harm and chaos for those involved. So next time you go to leave a comment condemning one group of individuals and not another group, pick up a hunting rifle, stick it in your mouth, aND PULL THE TRIGGER. Because the world is better without another simple minded ignorant drone. God bless both Israel and all the people in Gaza.

You say Palestinians are terrorists, animals...
You say they started this 8 years ago...
What makes you better than them?
One cause is more justified than the other one?
An eye for an eye...
Don't you people understand that both parts will be blinded?
You say you want to stop the terrorism and live peacefully...
Now, how stupid is that?
Don't you realize that more terrorists will rise from the ashes?
Do you think that, those kids who witnessed the war will grow up with love in their hearts?
And all of you (both sides) speak in the name of your God, in the name of your relegion.
So it is ok to kill as long as your cause is holy?
So the ends justifies the means?
Just think people. Just think...

Shalom Jerusalem!!
May God be with Israel!
May all the enemies of Israel be Cursed!
God Bless Israel!!

judios de mierda,como hitler no los extermino a todos...aguante palestina carajo!!!!!!

Well said AZ. but sadly the world in which we live has brainwashed and conditioned the typical mindset into the majority of Americans. This mindset is one of arrogance and stupidity blended together. Most Americans get information through television, hardly a reliable source. Then they use the opinions of the media and ultimately the wealthy leaders of the EU and Tri-lateral commission to justify their reasons for slaughtering countless amounts of innocent families. Israel and other countries trying to justify their reasons for imperialism are just the same. And who are the main supporters of Israel??? The united states and the UK. .......Just Think

IT so sad and wrong to compare The palestinians who are the native and the original owners of the land with the Israelis who come from differentt parts of the world to occupy and mascare the palestinians for over 60 years. Give a chance to the risistance to rule and you will enjoy peace. resistance is the right of every human who have dignity and refuses occupation.

Não consigo compreender como a estupidez humana é tão grande! Não às guerras!

I wouldnt have to deal with all this trouble because i didnt stole anybodys country .Greetings from greece ! poor children :(

pathetic to blame "8 years of rockets" and proclaim "self defense", simply pathetic considering history.
what is 8 years of rockets (rockets with little destructive capacity btw) compared to decades of abuse? torture? illegal detentions? crop destruction? house demolitions? thousands of refugees?
israel left gaza in 2005, so what?? is that a favour? they should have NEVER been there in the first place... and what if they left? to continue the abuse with an inhumane embargo and siege? to keep them uncommunicated?
and then they have the cynicism to say "it's hamas' fault" hahaha!!! you created hamas, and you will certainly create something much worse now...

i have never seen so much SELFISH, HYPOCRITICAL AND WEAK arguments to defend this massacre.

Hey, this war is bad........

That is it.

answers for AZ.
Q:What makes you better than them?
A:We are willing to talk peace, they wanna kill.
they break the "basic rules of war",
they do not accept the number 1 UN decision on israel being a legitimate state.
One cause is more justified than the other one? yes, selfdefense is justified all over the world.
Q:Don't you people understand that both parts will be blinded?
A:We do. They dont.
just like they dont understand that if you kill the gatekeeper, the gate will stay closed.
Q:You say you want to stop the terrorism and live peacefully...
Now, how stupid is that?
A:Smarter then trying to live with terrorism end seeing citizens being blown to pieces by the busloads.
Q:Don't you realize that more terrorists will rise from the ashes?
A:Do you realize that you tell me to handle matter in the old way,Kill all, including their dogs?
Q:Do you think that, those kids who witnessed the war will grow up with love in their hearts?Do you think the hamas kids know the love you talk about? They only love death, or so they are tought to say.And yes,i do see a man who lost 3 daughters, and he still thinks peace is the only way (by the way, a rumor, a metal ball, like the ones used in grad rockets, was removed from a palestinian who was supposed to have been hit by IDF fire)
Q:And all of you (both sides) speak in the name of your God, in the name of your relegion.
A: yes, The extreeme israeli speak , sometimes act (sorry, we got idiots too), the extreeme islam DOES and do it all over the world.
Q:So it is ok to kill as long as your cause is holy?
A:what holy crap are you on about??
islam keeps talking about holy wars, never heard israel i think. jihad ring a bell?
Q:So the ends justifies the means?
A:if it will result in a peacefull life? yes.
Just think people. Just think... i think i think i think. i think i will kill any bugger that wants me and my kids dead.

I SWEAR TO GOD!!!
ALLAHUAKBAR!!
GO TO THE DEEPEST HELL, ISRAEL!!!!!

paz peace
سلام Frieden
rauha paix
ειρήνη שלום
vrede pace
мир hoà bình

these people are soo sick, how can they kill innocent people. we shall pray for the people who are affected by this disaster, may GOD help them and everyone

By the way I am a Gazian Palestinian and live in north gaza , my house is in the building which was shelling in the photo number 15.
The bombing in 1st photo was about 20 meter from house which is a department in multi store building .
That unhumantarin bombing destroyed my house such as 300 other houses in the area , thank God for his meracle which saved my 7 member family .
I lost my house but still have my family and we are fit our home land .

This war is too bloody,please stop!!

Quote from 1138: "Israel can not take others land and live by force for ever, if they are wise enough they should know that. "

So who are the wise men, those people blowing themselves up and killing innocent people indiscriminately around the world? Or those people who are soliciting for sympathy from the rest of the world when their innocent citizens are killed when in reality they brainwashed these same innocent people to blow themselves up and kill civilian people? Or those people who refuse to distinguish enemy's military from civilian when they kill people then expecting sympathy to their civilian casualties? Or those people outside the region sending more ineffective rockets to launch against their enemies to provoke powerful enemies leading to their own destruction?

People who indiscriminately and intentionally kill civilians will not get any popular support from the rest of the world.

PARECE EL PRINCIPIO DEL FIN, PERO KISA ES EL COMIENZOO DE UNA NUEVA ERA...UNA ERA DE TERROR E INTOLERANCIA HACIA NOSOTROS MISMOS, UNA PRUEBA MAS DE KE SOMOS MAS KE UNA PLAGA KE NISIKIERA ENTRE NOSTROS PODEMOS AYUDARNOS Y MUCHO MENOS DEJARNOS DE MATAR ENTRE NOSTROS ..NOS DECIMOS SERES UPERIORES ALOS ANIMALES POR LA UNIKA RAZON DEKE PODEMOS RAZONAR....RAZONAR AL VER ESTAS IMAGENES NO VEO NINGUN RAZONAMIENTO SOLO ESTUPIDESES POR PELEARSE Y MATARNOS POR LA UNIKA DIFERENCIA KE PENSAMOS DISTINTO ......NO PEDIRE ALTO ALA GUERRA EN FIN SOLO SOMOS UN VIRUS PA NOSOTROS MISMOS SOLO DIRE KE ME AVERGUENZA PERTENECER ALA RAZA HUMA

Assassins de nens, assassins del futur!
Sembradors d'odis i de guerres futures!

Asesinos de niños, asesinos del futuro.
Sembradores de guerras y de odios futuros.

very sad pictures its good tho that u let no what people r doing in this world... but thats relly good that u let people see these pictures

HOW IS IT THAT PEOPLE NEVER LEARNED FROM THE PAST? IT'S NOT LIKE THIS THINGS JUST HAPPENED YESTERDAY BUT THIS HAS BEEN GOING FOR DECADES NOW...THERE ARE NO WINNERS ONLY LOSERS! WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!

The goal of Israel in Gaza is clearly ethnic cleansing. They removed Isrealis from Gaza so that they could launch the disproportionate use of force we have witnessed. They have been starving the Palestinian people with blockades for some time now. Their goal is to terrorize the entire population of Gaza and make life unbearable for them so that they flee. Read up on Israel's history. This is exaclty what they did early in their history. The Israeli's are the original terrorist of the middle east. Today Israeli's are a bunch of cowardly bullies hiding behind their sophisticated weapons One hour of Israeli attacks is far more inhumane and terrorizing than the entire barrage of Hamas rockets for years. Hamas suicide bombers are also terrorists. However, Israeli soldiers actually point their rifles at chilldren and shoot them. What kind of human can do such a thing? Israeli's are far bigger terrorists than any so called terrorist organization around the world. There will never be peace in Palestine as long as the likes of the Israelis occupy this land.

The difference is Israeli children are afraid of the bombs, where Palestinian children are already dead!!!

Asesinos de niños, asesinos del futuro.
Sembradores de guerras y de odios futuros.

Two fighting infants; one on the left tit and another on the right, of a blind, selfish mother.

And so on, and so on, and so on..ad nauseum, ad infenitum.

ISRAIL= terorisme
= danger for humanity
= slaughterer of innocent.

Good excuse they(Israilian) found to kill infants and children !!!, terorism.
it's far from humanity , even animality.
animals have their own rules in war, they don't use phosphore bombs against opposite's kids.

There are a group of people in this world who believe that there must be war to bring peace.I believe that There should be harmony among all living people because our time here is short.Unfortunately my school of thought is caught in the middle .

The civillians are the most victims in a modern war. It's very,very sad.

ya dejen de matar malditos sean todos los que hacen la guerra pero dios les dara su merecido en cuanto llegue el momento.

there is no god.
there is no allah.
there are no masters.
think for yourself. research your history.
read a f*cking book, educate yourself.
blind faith kills people and makes them weak.
zionism is f*cked up and outdated.
get with the program.
killing innocent civilians doesn't punish anyone but other innocent civilians.

Use of Phosphorus is inumane and against the Geneva Conventions).
Where is the international outrage? Why do they get away with this? Same goes for their "secret" and illegal nuclear arsenal, developed with our full knowledge while we looked the other way.
Isreal can do no wrong, it seems.
They treat their neighbors like so much human waste, and then wonder why they get "skyrockets" lobbed towards them. Eight Isrealis have been killed by Hmas in the whole history of their use of these little crude "rockets". Look at what Isreal does in return!!
If Isreal wants the respect and support of the world, Isreal should behave accordingly.
"Gods chosen Children?
Obviously they are not.
Are they are God's confused, stiff-necked, myopic, self-centered and arrogant children? Ok, that's a much more accurate description.

They are a people living in the nuclear age that unlike the rest of the western world, are still hopelessly mired in a Bronze-Age creation-myth.
As a likely result, we're all going down with them.
Arrogant Fools.

that is to much

I think that this tradity is not going to go on. There are so many people who died in PALESTINE not ISREAL! As a palestianian myself should get freedom too.
LONG LIVE PALESTINE!

When my elders recalled their Civil Rights struggles, I felt the true blessings of President Obama’s inauguration. Now we know how to manifest our dreams. May God continue to bless President Obama's party to restore America.

think we need another crusade to clean all these infidels out of what should be a Christian land of peace...these jews and muslins have been nothing but problems. Repent, all you infidels, and turn to Jesus.

There are people who cry wolf but they are wolves themselves.

They cry for the dead bodies of their civilian people but never hesitate killing innocent civilians, even celebrating, praising their god when one of their suicide bombers successfully blow himself up in the midst of innocent people.

Deal the problem to the roots. There are able entities financing the terror propaganda around the world. These people who are oblivious to the fact that they are just gaining enemies and incite disgust with their holy war. Bring the war to them and their people and make them realize their folly.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25006615-663,00.html

A WOMAN suspected of recruiting more than 80 female suicide bombers has confessed to organising their rapes so she could later convince them that martyrdom was the only way to escape the shame.

Samira Jassam, 51, was arrested by Iraqi police and confessed to recruiting the women and orchestrating dozens of attacks.

In a video confession, she explained how she had mentally prepared the women for martyrdom operations, passed them on to terrorists who provided explosives, and then took the bombers to their targets.

"We arrested Samira Jassim, known as 'Um al-Mumenin', the mother of the believers, who was responsible for recruiting 80 women'', Major General Qassim Atta said.

"She confessed her responsibility for these actions, and she confirmed that 28 attempts had been made in one of the terrorists' strongholds,'' he said.

Samira Jassim was arrested on January 21. She is allegedly linked to the Ansar al-Sunnah insurgent group.

Two of the attacks for which Samira Jassim admitted responsibility in the video confession took place in Diyala province, in central Iraq, which is considered one of the most dangerous areas of the country.

The Associated Press reports US military figures indicate at least 36 female suicide bombers attempted or carried out 32 attacks last year. Women are often allowed through military checkpoints without being searched, making it easier for them to hide explosives under their traditional robes.

Where was the mention that the cease fire was broken by an Israeli attack on Gaza on November 4th 2008, our election day?
Why is this terribly "asymmetrical" War referred to, vaguely, as starting "after the cease fire was broken"?
Why would we be cautioned of the gruesomeness of some of these photos of a real war, when our own TVs regularly show us much worse images that are props? The worst photos showed intact children's feet several inches away from a small splatter of blood. What a mild example of what this atrocity has produced!
Why is Israel, with all of it's US-made Missiles, bombs, F-16s, Attack Helicopters, mobile artillery and a standing army that is the 4th largest in the world treated as a hapless victim of Palestinian "aggression", after having blockaded Gaza in all directions from receiving even basic food and medicine? I suppose that if homemade rockets are your only option to retaliate against a carefully orchestrated genocide and land grab, then let 'em fly.

The conflict, the war durates for so long. There was a time of peace which ended again in war. My mother says that this was once a holy part of world, jesus was there.. where is he now... allah is against war, what are the people doing? they are killing, killing.. KILLING kids.. i think the satan was born down there...

My solution would be: some guy, should send few atomic bombs to israel, palestina, and where the war is, .. to end the nonsense.

drink the blood,if you kill a man.or don't kill.let them live

why kill if we could live in peace...

this is very disturbing just to think this is something our american soldiers have gone through and are expieriencing at this very moment.... in iraq if it was up to me i would let the country fight for its self and mind our own business.... its not right for us to be protecting a country that wants us out and dont even like us

israel will not dream to leave in peace forever why? israel is created by muslims bloods

I AM FROM GAZA AND I SAY THAT :

(( WE WILL NOT GO DOWN WITH OUT FIGHT ))

allahuakbar!!!

I AM A MOSLEM AND I HATE ALLTHE PEOPLE WHO TRIES TO DESTROY ISLAM. ALLAH WILL NEVER LEAVE IT LIKE THIS.
ESHEDU ELLA ILAHE ILLELLAH, VE ESHEDU ENNA MUHAMMEDER RESULALLAH, VE ESHEDU ENNA ELIYYEN VELIYULLAH. ALLAHU AKBAR

super cool

Just wanted to bring attention to people all over the world, pic# 11 & 29 , those are not just shells, they are phosphorus bombs being used and provided by USA itself who shouts for terrorism, so sorry to say, israel will have to answer in front of GOD of every single innocent blood fell on this earth. Mr.Bush is more than a butcher so as israeli army, they way innocent kids were martyred along with their mothers, shame on all israeli army and USA government as they provided those bombs, I just wonder where is United Nations ?? or its also basically USA covering name of United Nations, when it comes to Muslims, like fake made 9/11 attacks, it becomes such a big issue that Mr. Bush sent troops too Iraq, Afghanistan for nothing, its my request to all those people who respect HUMANITY, come on streets and STOP THIS MERCILESS KILLING OF INNOCENTS !!!!!

I agree with Ki Terry.
Also just want to add more, the ROCKETS fired by Hamaas, they are simply rockets with fuel to fly only not to destroy, no war head, simple rockets. What israel got is provided by usa also the fighter planes are usa type, just names as F-15, WORLD MUST KNOW WHO IS HELPING WHO TO SPREAD MERCILESS KILLING , israelies will be punished by GOD and they will at that day know what sin they have been doing, I am a Muslim and have strong faith, I have seen in my life happening, its a message to all those who talked against innocent Palestine people, WHEN YOU WILL GO 6 ft DOWN AFTER DEATH, YOU WILL HAVE TO ANSWER EVERY SINGLE WORD YOU SPOKE AND ACT YOU DID, THERE WILL BE NO MERCY AT ALL, IF YOU EVEN NO THE PUNISHMENT, YOU WILL SHIWER AND ASK FOR MERCY BUT THEN THERE WILL BE NO MERCY FROM GOD.

THANK U FOR ALL THIS TRUTH PHOTOS KEEP UP FOR PEACE GOD BLESS U

IM PISSED. You people need to shut your mouths. Israelis act in Self-Defense. If it weren't for the terrorists of Hamas, there COULD be peace. Palestine has the same right to exist as Israel, but not more. It wouldn't have ever been Palestinian land if it weren't for the neverending persecution of the Jews. Israel is not the bad guys. Palestine are not the bad guys. It's Hamas. Israel does what it does to protect it's people. Hamas just provokes the beast of war. Hamas starts it. Israel finishes it...damn right.

I hope Israel and Palestine will end up the war soon so their people will live in peace

Dear Hamas Friends Kill the Isreal army's

Where are the photos about the killed Palestinian children?

THIS IS SICK !!!

Wow, i can feel the tears running down my face.
This is really sad.

-Kara

Esos israelíes malditos... Ojalá que un día toda la humanidad salgamos a matarlos a todos!

Too many people, too much ethos, and definitely too much religious pretense on one tiny piece of land.
Israel has been around for 60 years... don't be surprised if the conflict continues as it is for another 60.

Very nice site!

Eu, particularmente, não considero essa guerra santa, porque o único santo que eu sei que existe é o Senhor Jesus Cristo que deu a sua vida na cruz para nos salvar; Ele sim, é Santo dos santos e Rei dos reis.

Libertad para el pueblo palestino!!!! Es indignante como los israelies repiten la historia y hacen lo mismo con ellos, igual que hicieron con los judios los nazis, incluyendo muro y guettos!!!

I will keep this brie (sort of)f: The tyranny, brutality and arbitrary destruction that Isael has committed against Palestinians is not just a crime against palestinians, they are crimes against humanity. The shells you see exploding above the residential areas are banned white phosphorous, the missles fired from aircraft with laser-guided precision are aimed at residential areas, UN peacekeeping compounds and ambulances are legitamate targets of the IFF. 'One shot, 2 kills' - the slogan printed on tshirts with a pregnant woman on the front. Palestinians are being denied their basic human rights... can't even get running water, electricity or medical supplies. Humanitarian aid sent from all over is confiscated, turned back or denied entry... we donate funds to rebuilt the destruction inflicted by israel only to have it burned right back down to the ground. Olive groves uprooted by the oppressors to destroy palestinians livlihoods. I am sick of it and not even Palestinian!! Rot in hell Ariel Sharon.

cuán idiotas pueden ser, diciendo "ahhhh judíos putos" o "le robaron el país" .. le robaron, tu vieja! lo que pasa acá no puede ser juzgado por cualquiera al azar, no se trata de conocimiento básico, la situación entre israel y los grupos terroristas palestinos son milenarias... sí, bueno, israel tira misiles al hamás.. quieren que pare la guerra? los que tienen que empezar a ponerle fin son los terroristas palestinos!!!! por mucha paz que israel quiera, si baja la guardia primero, los exterminan!
es increible cuanta ignorancia y cuanto antisemitismo sigue latente en este mundo, y no puedo entender como tantas personas pueden apelar a Hitler, quien destruyó la vida de tantas personas y las civilizaciones de tantos países, para justficar las acciones terroristas palestinas.
me da asco y me da verguenza ajena y propia esta guerra, pero sin riesgo de sonar parcializada por ser judía,ABRAN LOS OJOS! no se trata de "los malos israelíes" o de "los malos palestinos", se trata de un maldito berrinche: si me sacan la casa, por muy ilegal que sea, me doy cuenta que pongo vidas en juego y me limito a comprarme una nueva y seguir poara adelante, o tal vez busco otra sólución, pero en definitiva no desato una guerra de 61 años para recuperar un país obsoleto que pormás que recupere no me servirá de nada.
dejen de querer destruir civilizaciones y pueblos, dejen de apelar a las religiones como excusas y argumentos para perpetuar esta violencia, y busquen una mejor vida para ustedes y para los demás

The True enemy of Israel and the Arab people are the terrorist regimes and organizations that oppress their own people and force Israel to fight in self-defense.
The Arab people will be much better off if they choose to live in peace with Israel, if they refuse to accept a leadership that condemns them to perpetual war with Israel. Israel, to survive, cannot afford to turn the other cheek. Christian writer Zola Levitt notes that "If the Arabs put down their weapons, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons, there would be no more Israel."
Israel is stuck with a neighbor that abhors her very existence, that is jealous of her success despide the odds, and is more interested in violence than biulding.

put down their weapons??
who started the war? who started colonialism, arabs????
plz
try to learn more about your history

reading your comments from both sides I hope you eliminate each other in the end

It is such a shame that people (such as some who have posted on this forum) have the audacity to defend Israels actions after what happened in Gaza in January. Please don't hide behind the pretension of democracy after your government has killed thousands of innocent people to further themselves in the political eye. Anybody who can look at those pictures of the death and destruction of innocent people, and not be utterly disgusted by the Isreali actions is a disgusting person themselves. And the rest of you who show apathy toward the situation, preferring not to "choose sides", are a bunch of cowards. This is not high school gym class where you can stand at the sidelines during the game and celebrate with the winning team at the end. This is a real war, and real people are dying; even worse, if you are American, your government is using your hard earned tax dollars to support this war and the killing of innocent children. Any American with a conscience should be questioning the hand their government is playing in this sick massacre, and actively seeking redemption. The recent events in Gaza is a humanitarian crisis, and anybody whether you are Israeli, American, or Palestinian, need to recognize this and help put an end to it. Reading this forum was a little eye-opening because where I come from, the majority of the population recognizes that the attack on the Gaza strip was unnecessary, brutal, and absolutely heinous. I didn't know that so many people are hardened to the point that they dismiss the casualties of war as a necessary and therefore acceptable result. I don't know if I would call this a war, I think genocide is a more appropriate term, seeing as how the attack was on Palestinian land by the Isrealis and thousands of innocent Palestinians lost their lives while I could count the Israeli casualties on my fingers and toes. Ironic that Israel should commit genocide...Anyway, I am saddened that people like you exist, and I hope I never run into you at any point in my life. Just food for thought: How would you like to be faced with the task of watching your sleeping child suddenly buried under a ton of rubble of your missile attacked house? How would you like to dig a hole, 5 feet wide and 6 feet deep, and lower your child's limp body into its final resting place? Your love for your child does not run any deeper than anybody else's.

Esta guerra no terminará nunca.... demasiados muertos, demasiado odio, demasiados intereses..... estas guerras son el gran agujero por donde se escapa toda la esperanza, dignidad, compasión y honradez que pueda haber en este mundo que no nos merecemos.

1209 Who started the war you ask
Most of the comments here show absolute ignorance of history.
This area called Palestine was occupied by different nations and peoples over 2000 years, some of them were the Greeks, Romans, Crusaders AND THEN (PLEASE NOTE CAREFULLY) THE MOSLEMS WHO CONQUERED THE LAND AND TOOK IT FROM THE BYZANTINES This was the beginning of Islam. (By the way by what right did the Moslems have to build their Dome of the Rock on top of the Holiest of Holies of the Temple of the Jews in Jerusalem which was there first long before Islam came to Jerusalem. And to add insult to injury they claim Jerusalem is theirs when Jerusalem was always about Judaism until the Christians and Moslems arrived each one claiming for its own and fighting wars between them,.???????).
After the Arabs conquered this land, the Ottoman Empire came in and after them the British Mandate. all of them conquerers.
Then the British gave the piece of the land to the west of the Jordan river, to the Hashemite Kingdom which became Jordan. To get your facts right Jordan has mainly a Palestinian population and the the West Bank was part of Jordan and not one Palestinian from there called for a Palestinian state for the West Bank. How come? .Because they knew that Jordan wouldn't allow it.!!!!!!
Gaza belonged to Egypt who refused to take it back after the 1967 Israeli/Arab war. (They probably knew that there were be problems there)

In 1948 the United Nations divided this remaining piece of land into two, one part went to the Palestinians and one smaller part to the Jews. However this resolution passed by the United Nations was not accepted by the surrounding Arab states and THEY DECLARED WAR ON THE NEW STATE OF iSRAEL. They also told the Arab inhabitants to leave and and told them when they win the Jews would be driven into the sea,and then they could come back to their homes.

They were so sure they would win that war but they did not and those that fled could not come back (this is the story what's it all about when all you stupid people talk about stealing the Arabs' land ) . They left in the belief they would come back after they had finished the war they had started.
The Arabs since then never made peace or declared the war between the Israelis and them had ended and so they (except Egypt and Jordan) still go on attacking Israel.
So I ask you "Who started the war" This is the same war that has been going on for the last 61 years but apparently all you clever, brilliant minds, don't seem to have a memory. This was the reason for the refugee problem and unlike the Jews that had to flee the Arab lands)
and come to Israel. They have been intergrated into Israel whereas the "kind", "loving their fellow Arabs" Arab States left them to rot in refugee camps to hold as a pawn against Israel. Such nice people they are ! ! ! ! !
Get straight you smart guys with all your wrong and baised answers

And now to go back to what happened from the time Turkey occupied this land.
From 1517-1917 Turkey's Ottoman Empire controlled a vast Arab Empire.
Prior to World War I (1914 - 1918), the area now referred to as Israel, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, were part of this Empire. During World War I, the Turks were allied with Germany, and when Germany was defeated, so were the Turks. So the four Principal Allied Powers of World War I - Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan, became the occupiers.

In 1916, control of the Southern portion of the old Ottoman Empire was divided - Lebanon and Syria were assigned to France, and "Palestine" (today's Jordan, Israel and "West Bank") was mandated to Great Britain.

The inhabitants of "Palestine" at this time were PALESTINIAN JEWS, Palestinian Arabs, Christian Arabs, a number of nomadic warring tribes (based upon extended families), Druze and Bedouin. That was it. No infrastructure, no factories, no highways, no schools, no trains, no airports. At this time, NO other peoples had EVER established a national homeland in 'Palestine' since the Jews had done it 5,000 years before

very good palestinian should be treated like this only muslims are hell on earth

US the most communal..& biggest threat for the world is the only responsible country for all this..
Difficult to understnd why these countries are not uniting & wiped off bloody USA from the map..

TAKBIR INSYAALLAH
LET US MUSLIMS FINALLY RISE
AND STAND UP AGAINST THE KUFFAR
WHO MURDER AND
TORCHER THE MOST INNOCENT

MAY THE MUSLIMS AROUND THE
WORLD NOT FEAR DEATH
NOT HAVE THE LOVE OF THIS WORLD IN
THEIR HEARTS
AND MAY WE UNITE AS ONE
AND RISE UP TOGETHER
AGAINST HE KUFFAR
WHO ARE AGAINST THOSE
WHO TRULY BELIEVE IN ALLAH

THE KUFFAR WHO WITH THEIR GUNS
RUN AWAY FROM THE MUSLIMS WHO THROW
STONES
WHO ACT LIKE THEY DON'T FEAR DEATH
AND FIGHT FOR ALLAH S.SW.T.
AGAINST THE REJECTERS
THEY FIGHT AND KEEP ON FIGHTING DESPITE
THE DEATH THAT SURROUNDS THEM
AND LOOK, THE KUFFAR AFTER SO LONG STILL FIGHT
GAZA IS STILL THERE WITH MUSLIMS
TRUE BELIEVERS
ISLAMS VICTORY WILL COME
I SWEAR ISLAM WILL WIN
ITS UP TO YOU MUSLIMS
OUT THERE
WHETHER YOU WANT TO BE A ART OF IT OR NOT

WHY ISRAEL DID LIKE LIKE THAT NOW WHERE IS AMERICA HUMAN WRITES

AM YISRAEL CHAI! Please, the average civilized person doesn't like war or killing - bottom line is Israel will defend herself and she doesn't have to get the approval of the Jew hating world! Anyone that stands up and says Israel is wrong for defending their lives and homes is simply a waste of time to bother speaking to.To hell with what the rotten world thinks - Remember it was that same rotten world that sat back and said nothing while 6 million Jews were being slaughtered -WW2- Shoa !!!I have eyes to see-This is about survival -not about who's damn land it is!! Arabs were in Hitler's army before land was an isssue! Yemach Shmo! So who do you blame it on now?

FYI.
Events and decisions like:-
- the Zionist movement
- the Balfour Declaration in 1917 with British support
- the Holocaust
- the partition of the land of Palestine into Jewish and Arab states by the United Nations in 1947
- the British pullout at the end of the Palestine Mandate
had contributed to a colossal influx of the Jews into Palestine, leading to the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians.

Various causes of conflict:-
1. The Israeli government’s disregard of the presence and wishes of the existing indigenous ethnic groups (Muslims, Bedouin, Druze, Christians, etc)
2. Difference in beliefs and divisive history
3. Israel’s unfair treatments applied to the different ethnic groups
4. Israel’s occupation & settlement expansion
5. Israel’s repression against the Palestinian and Israeli Arabs
6. Use of violence (Palestinian militant group & IDF, Zionist, Irgun, etc)
7. Inability of the different groups to change perceptions and reconcile their differences
8. Inability to be united within their own group (Fatah vs Hamas, Israel Right Wing vs Left Wing)

Some possibe ways to reduce tensions between the Israelis and Palestinians:-
1. Use justice and not violence to resolve issues
2. Manage ethnic diversity among the different ethnic groups
- Promote understanding among the different ethnic groups
- Manage perceptions of different ethnic groups
- Reconcile their differences
- Safeguard the interests of all the different ethnic groups in a fair manner
3. Work sincerely towards and commit to peace settlement

Who is this " GOD " everyone is talking about? Only mankind can be so disgraceful as to instill his will upon another. I won't go as far as to call humans "animals", because animals kill to eat. Mankind is the only "monster" in this world. Granted that most humans are compassionate, too many are not. It saddens me to see man kill for a God he will never meet. Stop procreating, you're killing this planet.

may islam win and isreal get its own treatment of others right back at them!!!! they are not the so called chosen ones and they just don't get it!!!!! shame shame shame on the MONSTER ISREAL!!!!!!!

war is and allways will be and it always comes nothing good of it and f... isreal i hope you will get what you deserve!

RELIGION IS BEAUTIFUL TILL IT DOESNT HURT HUMANITY AS A WHOLE! DNT DO ANYTHING WRONG TO MANKING IN THE NAME OF RELIGION, BKOZ THIS WILL B A SIN..N IN ANY RELIGION,DOES NOT PERMIT ANYONE TO DO ANYTHING THAT HURTS MANKIND OTHERWISE IT WNT B CALL RELIGION(IN THE NAME OF GOD)

THE PROBLEM IS NOT RELIGION, TERRITORY, ISRAEL OR PALESTINE....

THE PROBLEM IS POLITICAL AMBITIONS, WHO BENEFIT BEHINDS THESE WARS..WHO GAIN SMOTHING IN RETURN..

REVENGE IS NOT A SOLUTION..REMEMBER THAT..INFACT IT WILL MAKE THINGS WORSEN!
IN THE NAME OF HUMANITY I CALL UPON THOSE SOULS WHO HAVE SUFFERED, I CALL UPON TO ALL THOSE WHO CARE ABT THE MANKIND...

BOTH SIDES ARE SUFFERING..WHO IS DYING??ITS THE CIVILIANS..NOT THE POLITICIANS!!!!

Hey, Scan through these posts and take note of what "muslims/Arabs" always seem to post and you may find that those that claim Israel is the problem or monster almost always wish ill or death upon civilization. Many may be fooled by such lies and buy into this "BS" about it being justified. It isn't people that stand with Israel posting such comments. Notice the post about wiping america off the map too? It is pretty easy to see who the :"real" problem/'monster is in this world. It is their allah that justifies any horror they choose to commit and drives them to thirst for more blood till there will be no more blood. Blood is life and when there is a people that sees only one way of dealing with issues that is not willing to be honest and communicate with people that believe differently than they do - that only thirst to spill blood or destroy 'life' - Here is where the problem lies. It isn't only Israel that muslims salivate over wiping out it is also America and 'ALL PEOPLE THAT DO NOT BELIEVE AS THEY DO! The world sees who the 'TRUE PROBLEM/MONSTER IS! Time reveals all and time will continue to expose Islam/muslims that hold this agenda and or mindset - Very soon the table will turn because there is "one" that controls all and cannot be controlled - It doesn't even matter if you believe because regardless of "if " you believe or not this higher power that controls all life will decide what our fate will be.
This is what concerns many in this world - many that stand against people that know from where their strength comes. Muslims even try to alter the truth that the past and history reveals because only a fool would believe they can dominate over all life and even over 'the one' that gave us all life. Those that believe they have this right to dominate over all and that strive to do such over all life - will be the ones that will be destroyed. None of us have the right to dominate this world and regardless of who you are or what you believe the past proves that all that attempt to dominate this world have been destroyed. This may be why the Jews survived more than any other reason - not because of being "chosen" but because there is an understanding of "one" that dominates our lives. People didn't seem to grasp many things that the shoah should have taught them - but if you learned nothing but this one thing - you would understand that there is 'one' that controls all - even the evilest of men could not succeed in destroying the people that understand who dominates this world- yet even after this horror the world still doesn't see. It was never a punishment deserved -it was being 'chosen' as a people to show the world there is but 'one' that controls all - so being chosen doesn't mean you will get special treatment as if one is superior to the other - those that were chosen were chosen because of the promise made to the 'one' and these people have held to their promise - as long as they hold this promise , they will survive - amazing because it is all written for all to read but so many ignore or believe they can decide what will be - so I say cheers to any of you that believe you can control this world or life because it will be you that is destroyed. The Jews will survive as they always have because all one has to do is understand and hold in their heart 'the one' . Hashem is 'the one'!

It bothers me to see such images.
But im more bothered to see what people have posted in relation to these images. How can you look at these photographs and say stubbornly "Yeah but its the palastenians fault". If they could do something to stop thier mothers, brothers, fathers and sisters getting killed, then im sure they'd do it.
It just shocks me that the Jews have had this pain inflicted upon them during the Holocaust, and now they feel that they too should inflict the pain on others.

TO EVERY ONE.
u think u understand what it means to live here?
its so easy to stand and watch ous from the side and try to tall ous what to do, u dont know what its like whan u get up in the middle of the night to run and hide because thare is a Qassam coming u're way, u dont know what its like to try and calm you're little brothers while you're so scard, to be afreid and worried about you're family and friends, to pray for peace even that it feels like no one is lisening, so dont lecture ous what u think we should do.

AND just so u know , dont i hate the arabs, i DONT agree with killing of the innocents, and i'm sad for every human being who suffers becaus of this non ending war, arabs or israelis.

They know the truth but turns a blind eye. With power anybody can be labeled as terrorist. It is everyone's right to protect the land they born. Stereotype media plays a big role in telling the story about who is a terrorist. Weather an Israeli dies or Palestinian life is a life, should be respected and avoided.

Open war is crime, and so is cold war. Let the world get both the side of the story. Dont belive in just one media - look for what thier side of the story is.

its sad

to the israeli girl,
i donot at all justify the acts of the Palestinians killing innocent Israelis,
but can you justify the acts of the Israeli soldiers in the recent Gaza onslaught,i had tears in my eyes when i saw a father carrying the burnt body of his child in his arms. our Prophet advised the commander of a Muslim army who was threatening to wipe out the Muslims to not cut any trees or plants on their way,to not kill women,children ,the elderly or innocent civilians who donot take part in the war.Isam is a religion of peace,God tells us to fight those who fight us.one is killed from the israeli side,hundreds more are killed from the Palestinian side.this killing should stop or else everything would be lost.i have personally never lived in a warzone,but i can only imagine howmuch you would be suffering,being threatened by destruction everywhere,but maybe if the israelis let the palestinians give them their right to live in peace,we maybe able to live in a better world.

and i believed what the koran and the old bible stated, you, yahudians (israel) will burn in hell in the end of the day.