The article starts out talking about
Israel enduring rocket attacks from militants in Gaza. “On
Wednesday, Israel launched one of the most ferocious assaults on Gaza
since its invasion four years ago. At least 20 targets were struck
and a Hamas military commander, Ahmed al-Jabari, was killed. Israeli
leaders also threatened another ground war. Hamas has controlled Gaza
since Israel withdrew in 2007. The group has mostly adhered to an
informal cease-fire with Israel after the war there in the winter of
2008-09. But, in recent months, Hamas has claimed responsibility for
participating in rocket firings, and last week it took credit for
detonating a tunnel packed with explosives along the Israel-Gaza
border while Israeli soldiers were working nearby”(Editorial). The
last time Israel was engaged in a full scale ground war with Gaza was
in 2008, and 1,400 Palestinians were killed. Nothing was solved from
this attack because the Hamas were still in control of Gaza and the
still launched missiles at Israel. This is a weird article because
here in the United States we don't hear about anything going on in
these countries. Israel has the right to fight back but is it really
going to solve the conflict between the two countries? I don't
believe that it will solve anything by Israel fighting back, but at
the same time Israel can't just not fight back because then they
might feel like that Gaza has beating them at the war.
Zachary Lewallen
11/16/12
3:15pm
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/15/opinion/another-israel-gaza-war.html
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