Israel+Gaza+Conflict

=Israel Gaza Conflict= Background: Israeli PM Olmert said broadening the cease fire should include reopening of the border crossing into Gaza under 2005 agreements. Israel: 1.) The three-week war against Hamas, the Islamic militant group that controls Gaza, won broader public support in Israel than almost any other Israeli military campaign. 2.) Tzipi Livni, Israel’s foreign minister, said Israel had achieved its objectives in the war and had sent Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group, and Iran a message that it would respond if attacked. 3.) Livni opposes any dialouge with Hamas, "a terrorist organization." 4.) The Israeli central aim was deterrence, to make Hamas lose the will to keep shooting at Israel’s cities. 5.) Hamas fighters are putting civilians at undue risk by storing weapons among them, including in mosques, schools and allegedly hospitals, too, making them potential military targets. 6.) Israel is using every tool availaible in its aresnal to stop the threat of attack from the terrorist government Hamas. 7.) If the US went to Afgahnistan to stop a terrorist government that wanted to kill its civilians, then Israel should go to a neigboring country to fight a terrorist government trying to murder innocent Israeli. 8.) Hamas fired hundreds of rockets at border towns in Israel threathing the lives of thousands of innocent civilians. Hamas: 1.) The Hamas government wants the opening of all crossing points, the lifting of the blockade and the arrival of supplies. 2.) After the conflict, vital humanitarian supplies (essenitals: food, pumps for water, clothing, generators, tarps, and fuel) sat outside of Gazan borders in Egypt delayed by Israel denying desperate civilians in need. 3.) Thirteen Israelis, including three civilians died during the offensive campaign in Gaza. 4.) Israel used white phosphorous weapons illegally during the Gaza war. 5.) Ban Ki Moon, UN secretary general, says that Israel had used excessive force in Gaza. 6.) Mr. Moon also says that Israel should lift its border closing on Gaza, which is strangling its economy.