Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondents: ANALYSIS / Hamas seems to want a cease-fire - but with Qassams
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Title:19 Thanks BBS. I try to be fair to both sides.
Name:Michael
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I was an aid worker in Bosnia so I loathe war. I`m not a pacifist, but I do loathe war and the macho idiots who perpetrate it. I particularly loathe war-mongering politicians who will never pay the price for their lazy use of violence and war-mongering armchair experts who type hate on their computers safely distant from danger.

My criticism here tends to be of Israel and its supporters, because that`s who is mainly on this site and because it`s Israel that has 90 per cent of the power in the confrontation with the Pals and therefore is mainly responsible for making the rules of the game. Also the Pals` shortcomings are so obvious. Consistently lousy leadership, an immoral and counter-productive tendency to attacks on civilians and now getting involved with a bunch of religious fanatics in the dubious shape of Hamas.