Since Israel began its latest offensive "Operation Protective Edge" on July 8, 2014,
693 Palestinians and
29 Israelis have been killed, as of July 21 (the numbers continue to grow). Although the media is largely portraying Israel's actions as defensive, violence in the region did not begin with the kidnapping and murder of the three Israel settlers on June 12, 2014. In fact, Israel has been kidnapping and murdering Palestinian adults and youth on a regular basis for decades (
read about how the conflict was started), yet this is rarely covered in U.S. news.
It's also important to recognize that rocket attacks from Gaza began decades after Israel had already been militarily occupying Palestinian territory. The first rocket (largely home-made projectiles that rarely caused any death, injuries, or even damage) was fired from Gaza in
April 2001 – after Israeli forces had already killed
35 Gazans that year, and had repeatedly shelled
Gazan neighborhoods. From April 2001 through July 2014, rockets killed approximately
29 Israelis. During the same period, Israeli forces killed over
4,700 Gazans.
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