Israel is not retaliating, it is the aggressor. The rockets are in retaliation to the illegal and immoral occupation and blockade. Get that through your god-damn fucking head!Why should they not be among the targets in a retaliation by Israel?
Arab provocations were and have been at the root of the conflict since well before Israel declared its independence in 1948. Note that the Jewish resistance developed 1944 in response to the violent Arab revolt in 1936. Arabs always seem to believe their superior numbers will prevail:
There had been tension and conflict between the Arabs and the Jews, and between each of them and the British forces, ever since the 1917 Balfour Declaration and the 1920 creation of the British Mandate of Palestine. British policies dissatisfied both Arabs and Jews. The Arabs' opposition developed into the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine, while the Jewish resistance developed into the Jewish insurgency in Palestine (1944–1947).
On 15 May 1948 the ongoing civil war transformed into an inter-state conflict between Israel and the Arab states, following the Israeli Declaration of Independence the previous day. A combined invasion by Egypt, Jordan and Syria, together with expeditionary forces from Iraq, entered Palestine - Jordan having declared privately to Yishuv emissaries on 2 May it would abide by a decision not to attack the Jewish state. The invading forces took control of the Arab areas and immediately attacked Israeli forces and several Jewish settlements.
1948 Arab Israeli War - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
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