should america support Israel?

[bennyboy]

Benny, if Hamas wants to continue this war, which has been going on since 1948, it's their prerogative, but then accept the misery that war brings along. Don't come home to mama and complain. The other problem is that by stationing their "freedom fighters" among the civilians, there will be large collateral damage, and Hamas is counting on that to win the propaganda war. And that makes Hamas responsible for those casualities, not Israel which has no option but to defend itself. Hamas has a choice: continue their armed struggle or lay down their arms. The second option is the only option for the possibility of a permanent peace.

By "stationing" you mean living at home in their houses instead of standing in open fields waving to drone cameras? I've yet to see journalistic videos of women and children chained to missile factories. How sure are you that this isn't pro-Israel propaganda? It sounds suspiciously like an attempt to demonize-- a more reasonable belief, I think, than that Hamas are deliberately putting their loved ones or community members at risk to save themselves.

As for putting down weapons, do you really feel that this is a reasonable expectation? Do they not have a legitimate case causing them hard feelings since 1948, and should they compound that indignity by surrendering to the ones who demonize them?