Originally Posted by
duaner
Because it's an outlier in the data. In the normal course of "day-to-day" deaths, the Israelis are almost 25% that of Palestinians. In war, such as in 2014, the superior power is obviously going to inflict significantly more casualties. And I'm certainly saying those deaths don't count; they do. But, again, in war, there is always going to be civilian deaths, especially when the other side is known to use their own people as shields and hide weaponry and fire rockets among the civilian population.
I heard a quote, maybe from Shapiro, something to the effect of: Hamas loves the death of Jews more than the life of their own children.
My point is that it shows clearly where each side is coming from and just what it is that they want. Israel is trying to prevent deaths; Hamas wants deaths. Here is a quote from the article I shared:
'To put this in perspective (and this view is not just held by the Gazan Palestinians; it is widely held in other Palestinian circles), consider these words from a Jordanian-Palestinian businessman and politician named Talal Abu Ghazaleh. He was being interviewed on Lebanese television on October 12 about the war in Gaza.
He said, “Israel would not sacrifice a single person. There isn’t a goal for which it would sacrifice a single person. They are afraid of death. Death for them is strange and loathsome. We, on the other hand, welcome death. A Palestinian carries his son on his shoulders, with a headband on the kid’s forehead, which his father inscribed: ‘Martyrdom Seeker.’ This is a man who says: ‘I want my son to die.’ A [Palestinian] mother says: ‘I have given birth to six children, so that three could die in the revolution. I gave birth to children so that they would be martyred.’ This does not exist in the Zionist mentality.”'