Well, you know what? What Israel is doing might be a genocide, but it's the Palestinians' fault because they're doing what you describe - hiding among the civilians. Israel made the choice that they won't be stopped by that fact, and a lot of civilians are getting butchered.

I think the thing that bothers me the most about the whole Israel thing is that they don't just get it over with and kill all the gentiles in the country. I mean, they clearly want to. They have no qualms about bombing civilians to get to Hamas. Why the pretense? They bitch and moan about the holocaust while persecuting an ethno-religious minority in their own backyard, and they either don't see the hypocrisy or don't care.

I would honestly have more respect for the Israelis if they would just get it over with. Instead they are making sure the torture of the Muslims in their country is as long and drawn out as possible. And then periodically when they get bored they get us to go harass the Muslims outside of Israel.

I can't really blame Hamas for the tactics that they are using, because they work, and they will continue working until the Israelis decide that the cost of harboring the Muslims isn't worth the effort anymore.