A Period of Calm between Israel and the Palestinians - Some graphs

Well, we have to put a sidenote to that.

Attacks against the British started in the 1920s and basically continued until the 1948 war. There were isolated incidents of Jews against Palestinians and the other way around, but the majority of attacks were directed towards the British.

Interesting infograph, but I wonder how many of those killed/injured on the Palestinian side were Hamas and how many were civilians.

Latest news is that the terrorist Palestinians are having a violent one day hunger strike which has prompted the ever patient Israeli state to demand the Palestinian authority "deal with" the protests. How long before Israel sends the benign and just ground attack jets to take out some terrorist installations hidden under schools etc?

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Originally Posted by Idaho

Latest news is that the terrorist Palestinians are having a violent one day hunger strike which has prompted the ever patient Israeli state to demand the Palestinian authority "deal with" the protests.

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What are you implying with the ""deal with"" remark? They presumably weren't hinting at anything violent on Hamas' part since these protesters are in Israeli jails. It is only natural that they are going to ask Hamas to take action when its own people are making a dissident response.

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How long before Israel sends the benign and just ground attack jets to take out some terrorist installations hidden under schools etc?

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I realise that Israel has the power to play the bully and often does, but the reality is that Hamas do hide behind civilian targets and structures.

Gaza is a large city full of civilian buildings. I think it's likely that any overt hamas military installation has long since been bombed. Where would they likely be?

Are you an ulster unionist by any chance?

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Originally Posted by Idaho

Are you an ulster unionist by any chance?

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Well I only lived in Ulster a short while but yeah I guess I would identify with that on some level. I'm trying to steer a bit more clear of that world these days though. Hence the change of sig that I made earlier today as it turns out.

I should add that I would think I am a moderate on the Israel/Gaza issue, and also not very clued up on it. I just thought that the way info was presented on the OP was potentially quite misleading, and your tone on the matter was a bit unfair.

There is nothing fair about the situation. It's well worth reading up a little about the history :-)

Well, what could you expect from a ruling coalition that's led by a party of which the founding charter denies the Palestinians have a right of self-determination, whose leader by his own admission has decided to interpret the Oslo Accords in bad faith and which is backed by a bunch of religious extremists who rather wish all the dirty muslims would just go bugger off, even if they have Israeli nationality.

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Interesting infograph, but I wonder how many of those killed/injured on the Palestinian side were Hamas and how many were civilians.

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That's an important distinction on a moral level, but rather besides the point when we're talking about a ceasefire...

The Palestinians have broken the ceasefire - the Israeli police say so! The rascals!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/21583481

"Yeah we shot a few Palestianians over the last few weeks but that's nothing compared to someone blowing up a shed next to a factory".

Have some sympathy with the tarmac, please.

At least observe the backroom tradition of holding off jokes until it's (back) in the ground...