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About That So-Called 'Pallywood' Video...

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lawhawk11/18/2012 5:52:15 am PST

re: #11 ProGunLiberal

The Palestinians are seeing higher casualties precisely because Hamas uses civilians as human shields and has no problem maximizing the death tolls on both sides. They couldn’t care how many Gazans die as a result of Hamas’ ongoing terror war against Israel; they see the deaths as a further radicalization and propaganda tool for use against Israel.

When Hamas picks locations for use as command, control, and ammo bunkers as well as launch points for their missiles and rockets, they’re doing so knowing full well that Israel can see exactly what they’re doing and where they’re doing it. They also know if Israel does return fire, it increases the chances of Israel’s counterbattery fire hitting civilians.

That doesn’t make it Israel’s fault, though Israel gets blamed. It rests fully on Hamas.

But for Hamas attacking Israel with incessant rocket and mortar attacks - hundreds of them - Israel would not have retaliated against Hamas and the other terror groups that have also targeted Israel at the same time (PRCs, PIJ).

At the present time, most of Israel’s urban population zones are under threat of attack by Hamas rockets - including Tel Aviv (and ostensibly suburbs of Jerusalem depending on aim). No country would ever allow a group to carry out attacks on their capital city or largest urban centers without engaging in military action to defend themselves.

And while I haven’t seen all the videos/photos that are now being claimed to be Pallywood productions (I’ve been on vacation), the fact that anyone (Gus) might be willing to accept fake but accurate is tremendously disheartening.

The fact is that civilians are dying and Hamas is trying to maximize the emotional and psychological toll, and propaganda impact and if they use photos from other conflicts or even photos of Israeli responders helping Israelis injured to further their own goals, that needs to be highlighted and brought to the forefront.

Gazans who may not want to live under Hamas rule have little to no choices; but Hamas was overwhelmingly elected by Gazans in their last election. I daresay they would again be reelected to power again and that’s telling that the decades of anti-Israel propaganda have indoctrinated so many to accept the misery inflicted on Gaza by their own leaders’ actions.

At the same time, Hamas isn’t likely doing this without consultation and support from Iran and Syria - after all, what else can get the Syrian civil war (where 30,000 Syrians - many of them civilians killed by Assad’s forces) off the front pages other than another major battle between Israel and Gaza.