5 lies about the Israeli operation against Hamas in Gaza

Given how many times I hear these, this article from the Haaretz is perfect:

Leftist 1: Israel's true motive in bombing Gaza, is genocide against the Palestinian people and extermination of their right to statehood.
Israel's genuine interest in this campaign is strikingly similar to Hamas' interest in firing scores of rockets into Israeli population centers: Forcing a cease-fire on better terms than the one just ended.
For Hamas, this largely means easing Israeli economic sanctions against Gazans. For Israel, this centers on ending shelling by Qassam and Grad missiles and mortar shells. For both sides, this means a prisoner exchange, centering on Gilad Shalit and hundreds of jailed Hamas members.

Leftist 2: The Palestinians have no recourse but to defend themselves, and the makeshift rockets they fire are nothing compared to the world's most advanced warplanes and munitions, which the IDF is using against them.

The Human Rights Watch organization has been unequivocal in condemning the use of Qassam rockets as a direct violation of international humanitarian law and the laws of war. The firing of Qassams and mortars against civilian populations also
constitutes collective punishment
against hundreds of thousands of innocent Israeli men, women and children.

Moreover, the firing of Qassams began not as a response to the siege against Gaza, but as a marathon celebration by armed Islamic fundamentalist groups following Israel's withdrawal of its troops and settlers from the Strip. To purposely add insult to injury, Islamic Jihad and other organizations used the ruins of settlements as launch platforms.

Leftist 3: All that Hamas is asking, is recognition as the democratically elected government of Gaza, and an end to the Israeli economic embargo. Were they to attain these goals, there would be calm on both sides of the border.

It is both unrealistic and dangerous to believe that Hamas has abandoned its clearly stated and often reiterated goal of establishing an Islamic Palestinian state in all of the Holy Land, including all land claimed, annexed by, or in any way occupied by Israel.

Beyond that, Hamas has strong alliances with the Egyptian opposition Muslim brotherhood, as well as working partnerships with the Iran-dominated Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad.

Israeli restraint, when practiced, has been met with contempt and additional Hamas and Hamas-tolerated strikes against civilian populations.

Leftist 4: The Israeli blockade against Hamas is state terrorism and any means to fight it are legitimate.

There is every reason to believe that Israel's economic siege against Gaza is misguided, but not for an essential cruelty, rather because Hamas taxes collected on the influx of goods imported through tunnels from Egyptian territory have subsidized and cemented Hamas rule.

Leftist 5: The world overwhelmingly sympathizes with the Palestinians against Israel, and unreservedly backs their struggle for independence.

In an era of global revulsion against radical Islamic terror, Hamas' protracted program of suicide bombings, drive-by murders and shelling of civilian populations, coupled with its refusal to renounce violence, recognize Israel, or accept past peace agreements, coupled with its ideology of militant jihad, have drained the Palestinians of international sympathy and have, in fact, legitimized Israeli arguments of military self-defense.

Nothing has been more instrumental in harming the cause of Palestinian independence than Hamas, with its brutal take-over of Gaza in a war with brother Palestinians, and its frank efforts to build a large-scale regular army force in the Strip.
 

A short video to show the background of this conflict:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j61ktUeDDuo

World Map by degree of freedom from the NGO Freedom House:

http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=202&year=2005

Alla will support the truth at the end ,the blood of martyrs will never go in vain

Who is any one to decide what is true and who "god" will support

What truth? Your truth?

I say and repec, Hamas is the Palestiniens people

If you want to talk about Hamas, please use Palestiniens

Leave our land before it's late four you

I'm referring to Hamas, and always have been. 

People like you don't like to make that distinction because when one talks about Hamas, a registered and recognized terrorist group, then it puts you at a disadvantage.

The war was against Hamas, not against the Palestinians, otherwise Israel would have invaded the West Bank too, obviously.

But war is not exist in this situation. Israel a powerfull country, it can use special comands like our "Alfa" to kill the leaders of hamas, this war hasn't the result. 

The war was against Hamas, it's a big lie

we're seeing the TV and pictures, and how Israel treat palestinien people in Gaza.

most of the death have no relation with Hamas

Half of the death was babies and children, more than 400 kids.

Israel bombarded the schools and Hospitals and even food stocks.

If you ask any palestiniens about Hamas, he would tell you that it's among them, there is no deference between Hamas and the People.

Any way, the world saw what Israel did for the Populations, and the nombre of the death.

that will stay unforgettable for this country

And maybe, you didn't see the pictures that I have posted.

you don't see the occupation of israel

palestiniens has all palestinien land, and jewish was 5 % of all palestiniens, after that, with the help of usa and america, you terrorized the palestiniens, and make them leave their land.

Palesine (that you call it Israel) was full of palestiniens, who lived there, and israel made them leave it by killing and terrorisme.

Jewish were living in palestine in peace with muslim and Christian, without problem, untill the occupation came to our region from france and britan

and than, Britan let jewish from over this world to go into and steal our lands

when  say our land (I consider palestinien are arabes, like me and like all arabe world)

Jewish came from many countries, which the used to leaving there for a long a long time ago

Muslim people helped Jewish when Euro killed them, they came in arabe world to live in peace, but Jewish are not grateful, they turned agaist arabe when they found the right moment.

Israel if it could, it would occupy all the middle east, because it think that the god promess them to that.

tell me, how many jewish used to leave in this land before?

and why you think that jewish went there ?

and why was 5 % jewish in 1900 ?

and what do you want from this land ?

I understand from Israel that it didn't regret killing Palestiniens, and they want to make it live in peace by all ways, even killing babies and women.

we saw that Israel failled in this war, and Hamad didn't loose

maybe Israel seccessed at killing the babies, and destroy houses and hospitals and schools

but it did't secceed to make Palestiniens gave up from freedom and living like all the world.

Hamas new is stonger than before, and the palestiniens are around it more than before.

Hamas or another organization will stay, becouse Palestinien people still alive.

so, what did Israel succeed in ?

If Israel wants to live, it has to kill all palestiniens and arabes and muslim in this world. this is the only way of it.

out of that, We're here, and we'll stay untell the indepedence, and we don't care if you call us terroriste or another word, we know ourself, and we know what we want.

You forgot to refute the 6th lie :- there are only five lies about Israel operation !