"Why do Palestinians hate us?"

[DanaC]

If Israel wanted to do whatever it wanted, it certainly could.

And indeed does, on a regular basis. Whilst the rest of the world looks on impervious to the suffering of damn near an entire nation reduced to living in permanent refugee 'camps', Israel does what it wants to do. Build a 'security' wall that actually splits farmers from their farms? Fire rockets into crowded market places with utter disregard for innocent civilians? Shoot and kill foreign journalists despite their having identified themselves? Harrass and abuse Palestinian civilians at the check points that effectively imprison whole communities? Block roads to the point that ambulances cannot pass? Bulldoze civilians' houses on the loose rationale that Hamas have been building tunnels underneath? (no need to ensure people leave the house, if a pregnant woman decides to risk herself and her baby by refusing to leave that's her business right?)

Israel does what it wants and the world looks on.