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It's frustrating to read the vicious, one-sided attacks on Israel that generally come whenever they take action against the people who are attacking them.
Oh sure, like it isn't frustrating to hear stuff like this:
is why so many "progressives" feel that Israel doesn't have a right to defend itself from Hamas attacks. They seem to think that since the rockets don't kill a lot of people, Israel should simply ignore them and give Hamas whatever it wants to make them stop shooting. They think of Israel as the aggressor, even though Israel has been attacked more often than pretty much any nation in history. Any defense of Israel's methods seems to result in charges that the defender is a "Zionist" who is unaware of history and cannot recognize that Israel has flaws.
And not even a mousefart about the blockade of Gaza. But that is the modus operandi of the Israel-first crowd. Always frame the issue in a way that makes Israel the innocent, peace loving victim, and every action by Israel appear to be "self-defense".
That is how it works, that is what the memo at CNN said: "Settlements are to be referred to at all times as neighborhoods. All Israeli aggression is to be framed as retaliation and self-defense."
