Israel Gives Notice Before Attacks

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Given that the enemy in this case makes no distinction between combatant and bystander, and launches missiles indiscriminately into population centers (that their aim is lousy does nothing to change the fact that this is an actual war crime – UN Human Rights Commission take note!) makes Israel's measured response all the more remarkable. We're talking about an army that drops leaflets, that calls their targets on the phone to let them know they're about to be bombed.
You may recognize this as the worst possible method for launching a surprise attack. But the Israelis, being concerned for some reason with the lives of non-combatants, routinely jeopardize the success of their own military operations in order to minimize civilian casualties. Contrast this with the Hamas/Fatah strategy which frequently employs human shields, and then—if Israel has the chutzpah to defend itself anyway—uses their deaths to great effect as part of their PR/psychological operations against the Jewish state.

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If we in the United States consider our great nation a friend of Israel—AKA the lone beacon of democracy, freedom, and human rights in the Middle East—then we'd damned well better start acting like it!

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/15292#.U7zwa90--yM

Op-Ed: How to Answer a Three-Fingered Salute
Since the establishment of a Palestinian Unity Government that includes the (openly terrorist) Hamas and the (less-openly terrorist) Fatah, every attack on Israel - each rocket launch and each citizen murdered - is an act of war.
Published: Tuesday, July 08, 2014 3:03 PM