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Originally posted by jayeff
Get a clue...
Since December 1987 when the first "Intifada" started, Palestinian casualties have been running at around 3 times the rate of Israeli casualties. In addition, a whole raft of collective punishments have been imposed, from curfews to school closures.
You could speculate that there might have been more Israeli casualties without such measures, but with over 1,000 Israeli killed in the past 6 years, the effectiveness of harsh retaliation is obviously limited.
To put this further in perspective, apart from the predictable precautions along the borders and at key locations around the country, armed soldiers going to or from military service are on almost every bus and hitchiking on every main highway. The general level of awareness is also high. Yet still the bombers get through.
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True, retaliation is limited. If you ask me, it is also serves little purpose. Mainly psychological.
However, Almost all of Israel's actions in the last several years were'nt about retaliaion. Most of Israel's actions were claimed to be calculated measures to undermine terror infrastructure. Such as the elimination of the Hamas leader.