We are also to blame
Israel Harel; 1/5/08
Many Israelis were genuinely saddened by the death of a mother and her children in Beit Hanun. The prime minister, who expressed regret at their deaths, did a fine job of conveying the public’s feelings. However, most Israelis believe that even if it was an Israeli shell that caused the deaths, and not ammunition in their homes that exploded, we are not to blame for this tragedy. Nor for previous tragedies in which children were killed. If from the place where the children were killed they were not firing rockets or light arms at Sderot or at farmers working in the fields - there would be no need for the responses that from time to time result in casualties, also among children, because of the density in which Gaza’s residents live.
See: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/979535.html
Tags: Human Rights, Israel, Terrorism