Yea, seems Israel is really in need of defending itself. There getting hammered ... O wait, oops, wrong side of the graph.
Looks more like excessive response as default solution by Israel to me, by the grace of the West of course.
Also great for there weapon industry of course. Direct active live testing of new weapons. Most weapon industries would kill for that.
Anyway. If you oppress a given population, your also feed the creation of there freedom fighters.
Which are of course called terrorists for political and public-relation reasons by the oppressor and there friends to legitimize any response by the oppressor and friends.
Those with the most power are the one's that bare the most responsibility. ... luckily however, now a days shared responsibility is of course no responsibility.
Personally ... If some omnipotent being, that did not existed some millenniums ago (
go figure!), would send some nice sturdy asteroid there way to flatten that whole disputed area ... I would not object.
Both parties gone, including there beloved holy objects ... Problem gone too. (
let them sort it out in heaven, or would that than be called hell.)
And Now for Something Completely Different.
How tolerant should one be against intolerance.