I think it's that the defence of provocation has been applied far too widely (i.e. at all), and so it has been argued that the killers in these cases are temporarily not in their right mind as a… (View Post)

The Israeli military could have occupied Gaza less than a month after the Hamas attack. I'm sure Hamas would have fought a bloody insurgency, and I don't know whether Israel would have been… (View Post)

It's been a deliberate Israeli decision to refuse to occupy territory and instead have Gaza as a permanent war zone. The only way to defeat Hamas would be by occupying Gaza and creating a replac… (View Post)

Why does there have to be a need? People could just do it because they want to. Flags are colourful and pretty and move in fun ways in the wind. Just chill out. (View Post)

Painting something is vandalism, but tying a flag to something is not, because it's not a permanent fixture. I believe that distinction is in law. (View Post)