I am saying that civilians are the backbone of government and military in most countries. Does it upset me when civilians are killed, yes. Are they a viable target, yes. See what I am getting at here?
Turn on the news sometime, when you hear about a story of an Israeli attack listen carefully. They don't target civilians but civilians are around their target. Sometimes no one is killed. They just lose an arm or a leg.
The Hammas offices are smack down in the middle of civilian areas. Israel responds to shoot US made missiles at them. Civilians are hurt or killed as "collatorial" damage. The Hammas retaliates by killing Israel civilians. Eye for an eye. Israel retaliates against the retaliation, and the cycle continues over and over again.
Tell me this, Ender, did if you ask a European Jew back in the 1940's what he thought of Nazis what do you think his answer would be.
It wasn't the UN's land in the first place and they had no right to set up that country. That is the Palestinian view of it and there should be no compromise with invaders. If someone invaded my home I would kill them and all who dare step into my home without permission. I don't care if it was a civilian, military, or the president of the USA. It is my home and I have the right to protect it. The Palestinians have the right to protect their home against foreign invaders by any means necessary.
Israel should not to exist therefore it gets no sympathy.