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**Topic: Israel should not be allowed to retaliate after a terrorist attackagainst it because Israels retaliation usually leads to more destructionthan the attack on it.

Viewpoint: Israel SHOULD have the right to retaliate but the currentway it is doing it is largely ineffective and corrupted.

I strongly believe every country should have the right to retaliate against any country or group ifit is attacked first. This is important because it is necessary and a first priority for a country toprotect its people and their freedom. Without security in a country, no one is safe, and life islived in fear waiting for the next attack. Yet, my argument is that Israels current strategy to targetterrorism and retaliate against its attacking enemies is largely corrupted and ineffective. This isdue to three main reasons. First of all, Israel is not taking much effort into only targeting theirenemies. Since Hammas is located within the people and citizens as a protective cover, Israel isgiven a tough job to solely attack Hammas without having any civilian casualties. Israel has

recently been doing a horrible job at keeping these innocent casualties at a minimum. If youremember last June of this year, Israel invaded Gaza in retaliation of attacks to the country.Thecountry used drones which are unmanned jets that are remotely controlled to file missiles inGaza. According to the new york times, 29 civilians were killed at one time by 6 missiles inGaza. What Israel is doing is wrong and disgusting, killing those that are innocent and havenothing to do with the attacks to Israel.One might ask the question: " well if Israel is being attacked and the military andcivilianbystanders are being targeted, then shouldn't it be right to do the same to Israeli's enemies? Andthat Israel shouldn't worry about civilian casualties if its own people are also being killed. Butthat is not true at all. Israel is fighting its enemies, so it shouldn't sink down to its enemies lowlevel to win a fight. They want to crush their opponents and win to prove a point that theseattacks cannot continue any longer and that any further deaths will not be tolerated. They cannotprove that point by killing innocent civilians as welland encouraging the same actions that theirenemies are doing upon them.The same thing they are fighting against!

Secondly, Israel's current strategy is creating more resentment against the country and bringingabout more enemies against it. think about this. How would you feel if you are living in anoppressed region that is controlled by the strong political group Hammas where its people areeasily influenced due to strong government standards. And then Israel comes in and shoots yourfamily because they are in the way of the enemy. I believe mostly eneryone in this room wouldwant to avenge their families death. Many of the family members of those bystanders that diedwould join the Hammas forces after growing deep resentment towards Israel for shooting theirfamily. This process would continue more and more and Isreal would be dealing with more and

more enemies without fixing the situation.

Lastly, this strategy to defeat Israel's opponents and retaliate is misinforming the young minds ofthe IDF. It has made those in the israeli military ignorant and unaware. Many believe all arabsare terrorists regardless where they are from and whether they are part of the military orcivilians. It has blinded the eyes of these young soldiers and numbed their minds. Filling themwith hatred and ignorance.During Operation Cast Lead, known as the Gaza war took place in the Gaza Strip and southern

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Israel during the winter of 20082009. Israeli forces were allowed to and killed Palestiniancivilians and intentionally destroyed their property, say soldiers who fought in the offensive.

One squad leader said he questioned the tactics of breaching and shooting inside houes withoutwarning those inside beforehand. After he spoke out enough and the orders were changed, thesquad leader's soldiers complained that "we should kill everyone there [in the center of Gaza].Everyone there is a terrorist." they dont identity between civilian and terroristhttp://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1072040.html

look:-http://www.chameleonassociates.com/blog/2009/10/to-stop-terrorist-attacks-law-enforcement-must-learn-new-techniques/-http://www.adl.org/Israel/israel_attacks.asp-http://www.parapundit.com/archives/002205.html-http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/world/middleeast/01gaza.html

key arguments1. Israel needs to be able to protect it's people, and bring comfort and reassurance to them-- thatthe government is trying to help and stop the attacks.2. Israel should punish Hamas-- cut off exports of everything (food, electricity etc.)3. Israel can help stop attacks by putting up and building land barriers around highly attackedareas.

-ex: West Bank Barrier fence (decreased terrorist attacks by 90%)-ex: Israel thinking of building moat between Egypt and Gaza Strip to stop smuggling of

weapons into Gaza

cross examining other teams points: why should Israel retaliate:-have the right to protect their country- shouldn't let Palestinian Arabs terrorize the Israelites like that because Israel has the right to bein Palestine, land was given to them after World War 2

Another aspect of that Israel should not retaliate is about its International standing. Even thoughIsraeli civilian was suffering from terrorist attack, Israel was blamed for the violence and becamevilified at UN and in western media. The UN is helping promote PLO's propaganda, and Europeis not friendly to Israel. If Israel is allowed to keep attacking its enemies, which may cause more

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casualties, it will lose prestige so that its legitimacy and other interests will be challenged aroundthe world.