Did you know Israel is getting bombed? Did you know the Jews have been on the run for 2 centuries? Your rhetoric ignores the reality they've been living for hundreds of generations.
The rocket attacks are bad, no doubt about it. They are also a huge improvement over the constant actual bombings during the second intifada. The security wall has brought temporary peace, Iron Dome has brought some measure of relief, but it is ultimately a political problem that needs strategic political thinking.
Israel is not weak and Jews can make their home in the US or Israel and enjoy an incredibly free and open expression of their faith (voted most popular religious group by Pew poll respondents in 2014!). There is no doubt that there are parts of Europe where you cannot say the same thing and anti-Semitism should absolutely be called out. But I think it is counter productive to claim that Jewish people are currently "on the run" if that is what you are doing.
Says the guy who's not having rockets fired at his house. I guess that helps you be objective though.
I have not ever had a rocket fired at my house. I also have never played professional baseball or had a #1 hit single but I still have opinions about those things too.
I absolutely want Israel to win. But I don't think the military objectives of this incursion can be achieved even on the terms that have been presented. Just as Cast Lead has not led to enduring peace. "Mowing the lawn" is failed strategic thinking. I think that the way things have gone so far again highlight the difficulty of achieving a beneficial political solution with these tactics.
Hamas is temporarily weakened militarily, the population either rallies back around Hamas or other more extreme actors, the total blockade of Gaza continues to justify whatever gains are made and the cycle continues.
