Comments on: EDITORIAL: Trust is not a birthright http://warincontext.org/2008/12/31/editorial-trust-is-not-a-birthright/ ... with attention to the unseen Wed, 23 May 2012 19:49:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Paul Woodward http://warincontext.org/2008/12/31/editorial-trust-is-not-a-birthright/comment-page-1/#comment-3310 Paul Woodward Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:41:37 +0000 http://warincontext.org/?p=1382#comment-3310 Let's suppose the report said: <em>Hamas gunmen conducted a raid inside Israeli territory, killing six Israeli soldiers. Israel responded with a wave of rocket fire into Gaza.</em> Of course, had that been the turn of events, Israel would not merely be accusing Hamas of unilaterally breaking the ceasefire; the war on Gaza would have started on November 5. Let’s suppose the report said: Hamas gunmen conducted a raid inside Israeli territory, killing six Israeli soldiers. Israel responded with a wave of rocket fire into Gaza.

Of course, had that been the turn of events, Israel would not merely be accusing Hamas of unilaterally breaking the ceasefire; the war on Gaza would have started on November 5.

]]> By: james http://warincontext.org/2008/12/31/editorial-trust-is-not-a-birthright/comment-page-1/#comment-3309 james Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:37:05 +0000 http://warincontext.org/?p=1382#comment-3309 The article you cite does not say Israel unilaterally broke the ceasefire. It describes a tit for tat escalation. The article you cite does not say Israel unilaterally broke the ceasefire. It describes a tit for tat escalation.

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