I agree with magical pidgeotto completely. If you can't physically or financially aid the needy, then you act as their voice and speak out for them. As Steel said, there are TONS of ignorant people who actually believe this mass killing is okay and STILL support Israel. I'm disappointed in some of the members here to be honest. So much so that I lost what ever respect for a few people.

I've never supported Hamas, but I sincerely supported the people in that region. I reviewed every source of information I can find and made a sound judgement ages ago. I'm not suprised that it took this long before people realised how bad the situation was there for the Palestians. Sure, Israel had some arguments but to be honest I always felt they were weak in comparison to their actions. Although I had a feeling it would really get messy which is why I was really hoping peace talks would occur. What's plastered all over the headlines and what Israel has done/doing is fucking outrageously digusting. On top of that, people still have the odosity to make jokes or sincerely support Israel 100% of the way.

Yeah, I through a little one to two in there  ​.

What's terrible about the facebook status thing is that there's an equivalent pro-Israel one that says something like "...6 rockets shot into Israel so far!" which is laughable that people are HORRIFIED OF SUGAR ROCKETS when there is mass genocide going on.

The worse part is besides Steel there is no one on my facebook feed that has the pro-Palestinian one but 5+ people who have the pro-Israel one.

Here's mine http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=1067160028&ref=profile

Still call yourself a fucking Israeli supporter even after all of this bullshit?

Yes, because however heartless it might sound, I don't actually care when civilians are killed in warfare. I don't care when children are killed in warfare. That is what happens in war, and to pretend otherwise is plain naive and childish. It's okay to try and be idealistic and say that civilians shouldn't die in warfare but that's just not how it works. Have the Americans and Brits posting in this thread already forgotten the civilian toll of our invasion into Iraq? Sure, people say they don't support the Iraq war, but there certainly isn't the same shitstorm about it as there is about this dispute. So, sorry if I don't care about civilians dying in warfare, because that's just how warfare is.

Take off the rose tinted glasses.

Another reason I support Israel's actions is because of opinion I have concerning the history of modern warfare in general. For instance, the nuclear missiles dropped on Japan killed only civilians but I still think they were the correct choice to bring to a close a long, drawn out conflict. I also think that the obliteration of Dresden was completely called for to gain revenge for the the blitz. In a wholly military sense, I actually think Germany's blitz strategy was a good one, despite the many English civilians it killed. Seriously, if you are at war then there are no civilians; the idea is to make the other side submit to whatever it is you want, and you don't achieve that by nancying around and playing nice. Thinking otherwise, too, is naive.

The last real reason I support Israel is this: if any country fired a missile at England I would want the RAF to carpet-bomb the shit out of whatever area the missile came from. Pure and simple, really. I support the right for a country to do everything it needs to do to irradicate any attacks (of any nature) being carried out on it. And if this means wiping Gaza off the map then Hamas will only have themselves to blame for making the stupid move of engaging a far larger nation.

To be honest, at the end of it all, I know that Hamas certainly isn't trying to distingiush between civilians and IDF forces, so I don't see why Israel should be expected to distinguish between Hamas Militants and Gaza civilians. Is there one set of rules for Hamas and one set of rules for the IDF? I don't support the use of illegal weapons like P-Shells, and if those accusations are proven then I would condemn that, but I do support Israel's right to bomb the hell out of a country that continues to fire missiles at it. And like I said, I don't care if the firepower is a mismatch, I am much more interested in the intent.

Those are my reasons, and pictures of dead babies aren't going to make me flinch.