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We defined "conflict pauses" as periods of one or more days when no one is killed on either side, and we asked which side kills first after conflict pauses of different durations. As shown in Figure 2, this analysis shows that it is overwhelmingly Israel that kills first after a pause in the conflict: 79% of all conflict pauses were interrupted when Israel killed a Palestinian, while only 8% were interrupted by Palestinian attacks (the remaining 13% were interrupted by both sides on the same day). In addition, we found that this pattern -- in which Israel is more likely than Palestine to kill first after a conflict pause -- becomes more pronounced for longer conflict pauses. Indeed, of the 25 periods of nonviolence lasting longer than a week, Israel unilaterally interrupted 24, or 96%, and it unilaterally interrupted 100% of the 14 periods of nonviolence lasting longer than 9 days.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nancy-..._b_155611.html
Anyone have numbers for how many children have been killed with Hamas bombs versus how many children have been killed by Israeli bombs? I know that during Operation Cast Lead Israel killed around 500 civilians while the other side killed 10.
Just for all of those pretending like Hamas is just going crazy for no reason. They have a legitimate right to defend themselves and resist the occupation of Palestinian land. As long as Israel keeps the Palestinians in a state of blockade and apartheid anyone who supports Israel is no better than those who treated blacks as subhumans in the early history of the US. Apartheid is apartheid and treating someone a certain way because of their race as a state policy is wrong and some of the most respect people on the subject, including Nelson Mandela, have referred to the Israeli regime as an apartheid regime.