Terror Prevention and Retaliation

Though Palestinian militant groups such as Hamas have claimed they will cease their terrorist bombings of Israel, the country continues to retaliate against them by bombing Gaza City and the Gaza Strip. Prime Minister Sharon claims the bombings were aimed only at 3 buildings used for so-called "terror activity" and a terrorist weapons access route, though the bombings left most of Gaza City without power. Offices of militant groups were also raided in the West Bank. The continuation of these attacks for the fifth straight day may have been inspired by the video of a kidnapped, gagged, Israeli businessman who was later killed, a new kind of terrorism for this country, and was not halted at all by pledges of Palestinians to stop their attacks.

More can be read on this article here. Here are some ideas to think about: is either side in the right? If so, which side is it, and why are they the ones doing the right thing? I recall the quote of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, "Together we should not let the land of milk and honey become a land flowing with blood and tears." How sad that this is not true in the slightest of Israel.