Basically it will be the survivors words against the Israelis. People on the two sides of this situation will believe the side they view as in the right.

Nice try at false equivalency, though.

doesn't mean they aren't trying like hell... and they NEVER fire at military installations... they only fire at civilian populations. if each of their rockets had killed only one person there would be many more casualties on the Israeli side. and if they did the damage Hamas WANTS there would be 1000's dead in Israeli cities...

sP

The Qassam is a "shoot and hope it hits" kind of rocket...Solid fuel (sugar and potassium nitrate mix)

Hamas rockets are considered by the Israelis to be more a psychological then a physical threat!

Let's all hope that Hamas never figures out how to put guidance systems on their tinker toy rockets!

attitude and the missiles would be guided in a primitive way. If Hamas had guided missiles there would be a lot more casualties and damage.

I read in another thread that Hamas will pitch an innocuous looking tent, then, in stages, set up the rocket launching apparatus in the tent then launch the missiles. So they are carrying this gear around looking for good setup spots, trying to keep a low profile. The problem is their adjustments for trajectory and distance have to be made on the fly. You would have to be a really good mapmaker/keeper and decent at math, plus you would have to have a target in mind, to even come close to the target. Agree!

kill level low on purpose.

And Human Rights Watch is an impartial observer.

a crime period. First degree murder.

what Human Rights Watch puts out?

What is going down in the world around us, but now that I am aware, I can't be snookered any more.

One side targets a land area, the other targets specific individuals.

One side injures a few and kills less, the other commits mass genocide.

I mean really. What mental illness does one have to possess to kill anybody.
Hell, I have remorse when I kill insects in my vegetable garden.
I felt terrible when I killed a neighbor's cat when i was a little kid.
i felt awful when I killed a mouse in my house.
I felt horrible when I hit a dog with my car on the highway.
But to kill another human being... unimaginable.

I've been held at knife point twice in my life.
Once by a drunk and another time by a robber.
Both times I thought I was going to die.
If you have ever been in that sort of circumstance, you never want to have that feeling again.
So for a trained professional soldier to murder a non combatant must be particularly disturbing.
Because they know better. They have "authority" from some big shot asshole to legally kill other people.
But not to kill innocent, non combatant civilians. That's illegal. And immoral. And sick.
It's against "international" law.
But that's the problem with big shot assholes in two bit countries (and big powerful countries like ours) telling professionally trained individuals to kill other people.
Shit happens. And we look the other way when they kill civilians.
This bat shit craziness has got to stop.
Where the hell did all the sane people go?
For heaven's sake, stop killing each other and learn to get along.
/rant

Let's not get sanctimonious about it. What's for dinner?

by their own hatred, that they don't even see it in themselves.

numerous times of being biased, engaging in sloppy reporting, even being anti-Semitic. There are too many accusations out there from credible sources, including their founder, to ignore.

Given that, why do you consider them to be a reliable source?