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I don’t think it’s completely fair to say they don’t care. I’m sure they do if only to placate their allies in the West. What I find interesting is the size of Gaza. It’s not that different to the Isle of Wight so I’m struggling to understand why it’s taking so long to get this done. But then...

Picking up a point made several pages ago, I thought this graphic really illustrates how dense the population is, particularly in the North.

The comparison with the IRA is really not right though is it. Hamas controls the whole of Gaza. The IRA was never governing Northern Ireland. The scale of their killing in one event was nothing like the scale of what we have seen Hamas do in Israel. They planted bombs which killed some people>...

I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about this whole mess this week. Sadly I’ve concluded I just don’t know enough or I just can’t empathise enough with either side to fully understand any of this. I can’t judge people who have just had their country under attack, or who feel like they are...

Part of Israel's problem is they are surrounded. the fact that at any time others may enter the fight from all sides of Israel always means they go above and beyond. They have always felt they need to respond disproportionately every time. Just saw this, which kind of highlights it. Lots of...

I do agree but like you said above I just don't have an answer. I just think it is unfair to judge the Israeli's given the context of what they have suffered. I couldn't imagine showing control if my community was attacked in this way. I'm not sure many of us could hand on heart say we could...

I'm sure ideally they would. But achieving the complete destruction of Hamas and their entire tunnel network which we are all told is extensive must be impossible without the approach they are taking. I can understand why Israel would want to deal with this problem once and for all and rid Gaza...

I should declare I have some interest on this (wife is half Cypriot) so was interested in people's view. I have met a lot of her family who were around at the time, including one who lost their house. THey occasionally go back, visit the house, talk to the occupiers and bizarrely do maintenance...

What are people's view on Cyprus? An illegal occupation by Turkey had been going on since the 70s. There is no resolution, just an uneasy acceptance which is not internationally recognised and seems wholly unsatisfactory to those Cypriots that lost their home and land.

If it was a simple problem to fix it would have been fixed many years ago. Sadly I feel like something massive has to happen for a resolution for future generations, but even more sadly that can only mean pain and suffering for the current. Limping along in the way that it has been for decades...

A bit of a worry if 1% do though! There is 3.9million muslims in the Uk. If 1% do this that's 39,000 people. I get your point, but it's only ever the minority that people are scared of.

As it should be. Put yourself in their shoes. Surrounded by enemies. The only way to survive is to always bring revenge x 10 on them. If they didn’t they would be walked all over.