Quote Originally Posted by Feedback View Post
The arabs reached the levant in the 8th century, following the muslim conquest.

the arabs have invaded israel twice in the past 60 years, and twice have had their arses handed to them on a plate. At some point they will learn not to **** with the IDF

it is a curious feature of this whole situation that Israel doesn't bomb the Fatah controlled west bank but does feel the need to retaliate against the Hamas controlled Gaza strip.

Even the Egyptians have little time for Hamas.

This indicates where the problem is.
FFS I think there's a lot more to it than that.

We aren't talking about bored delinquents who are wanting to " **** with the IDF" for a bit of fun .
These are desperate people, who have seen countless friends and family members murdered, and seen their people oppressed.
Education is low and misinformation is probably rife, the population is young and angry. It would be hard to design a better breeding ground for terrorists. If any of us were born there we would likely be exactly the same.


The Israeli line of "if they didn't launch rockets we wouldn't have to do air strikes" is really flawed.
It doesn't consider the oppression of people in Gaza in the first place.