Archive for the 'Disproportionate Force' Category

  1. “Proportionality in war
    is not a Jewish notion”

    Sunday, December 23rd, 2012

    “He claims that “Israelis don`t practice an eye for an eye … they practice 10 eyes for an eye …” Moreover he avows “that a just war requires the use of force to be proportionate seems to be a Christian notion, not a Jewish notion”.

  2. Lattes and Beach Barbecues in the “biggest prison camp” in the world

    Thursday, October 21st, 2010

    “Can anyone think of a siege in human history where the shops of the besieged city have been full of Snickers bars and Chinese motorbikes, and where EU and other foreign aid projects pour streams of cash (often yours) into the pockets of thousands?”

  3. Delusions of Disproportionate Force

    Friday, April 3rd, 2009

    Hamas was entirely responsible for its casualties because in every war each side is responsible for its own consequences. Moreover Hamas did just about everything wrong, beginning with totally underestimating its enemy. Its terrorist followers and civilian accomplices paid a high price for their mistakes and poor defense. Israel had expected far stiffer opposition. But the only thing Hamas leaders were good at was to hide deep down in fortified bunkers. They had no compunction in exposing their civilian accomplices to the injuries and fatalities of a modern war.