3.

Israelshould not be allowed to retaliate after a terrorist attack

against it because Israel’s retaliation usually leads to more
destruction than the attack on it.
just in a different way
I strongly believe every country should have the right to retaliate against any country or group if it is
attacked first. This is important because it is necessary and a first priority for a country to protect its
people and their freedom. Without security in a country, no one is safe, and life is lived in fear waiting
for the next attack. Yet, my argument is that Israels current strategy to target terrorism and retaliate
against its attacking enemies is largely corrupted and ineffective. This is due to three main reasons.
First of all, Israel is not taking much effort into only targeting their enemies. Since Hammas is located
within the people and citizens as a protective cover, Israel is given a tough job to solely attack Hammas
without having any civilian casualties. Israel has recently been doing a horrible job at keeping these
innocent casualties at a minimum. If you remember last June of this year, Israel invaded Gaza in
retaliation of attacks to the country.The country used drones which are unmanned jets that are remotely
controlled to file missiles in Gaza. According to the new york times, 29 civilians were killed at one
time by 6 missiles in Gaza. What Israel is doing is wrong and disgusting, killing those that are innocent
and have nothing to do with the attacks to Israel.
One might ask the question: " well if Israel is being attacked and the military and civilian bystanders
are being targeted, then shouldn't it be right to do the same to Israeli's enemies? And that Israel
shouldn't worry about civilian casualties if its own people are also being killed. But that is not true at
all. Israel is fighting its enemies, so it shouldn't sink down to its enemies low level to win a fight. They
want to crush their opponents and win to prove a point that these attacks cannot continue any longer
and that any further deaths will not be tolerated. They cannot prove that point by killing innocent
civilians as well and encouraging the same actions that their enemies are doing upon them.The same
thing they are fighting against!

Secondly, Israel's current strategy is creating more resentment against the country and bringing about
more enemies against it. think about this. How would you feel if you are living in an oppressed region
that is controlled by the strong political group Hammas where its people are easily influenced due to
strong government standards. And then Israel comes in and shoots your family because they are in the
way of the enemy. I believe mostly eneryone in this room would want to avenge their families death.
Many of the family members of those bystanders that died would join the Hammas forces after growing
deep resentment towards Israel for shooting their family. This process would continue more and more
and Isreal would be dealing with more and more enemies without fixing the situation.

Lastly, this strategy to defeat Israel's opponents and retaliate is misinforming the young minds of the
IDF. It has made those in the israeli military ignorant and unaware. Many believe all arabs are terrorists
regardless where they are from and whether they are part of the military or civilians. It has blinded the
eyes of these young soldiers and numbed their minds. Filling them with hatred and ignorance.
During Operation Cast Lead, known as the Gaza war took place in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel
during the winter of 2008–2009. Israeli forces were allowed to and killed Palestinian civilians and
intentionally destroyed their property, say soldiers who fought in the offensive.

One squad leader said he questioned the tactics of breaching and shooting inside houes without
warning those inside beforehand. After he spoke out enough and the orders were changed, the squad
leader's soldiers complained that "we should kill everyone there [in the center of Gaza]. Everyone there
is a terrorist." they dont identity between civilian and terrorist
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1072040.html

look:

-http://www.chameleonassociates.com/blog/2009/10/to-stop-terrorist-attacks-law-enforcement-must-
learn-new-techniques/
-http://www.adl.org/Israel/israel_attacks.asp

-http://www.parapundit.com/archives/002205.html
-http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/world/middleeast/01gaza.html

key arguments
1. Israel needs to be able to protect it's people, and bring comfort and reassurance to them-- that the
government is trying to help and stop the attacks.

2. Israel should punish Hamas-- cut off exports of everything (food, electricity etc.)

3. Israel can help stop attacks by putting up and building land barriers around highly attacked areas.

-ex: West Bank Barrier fence (decreased terrorist attacks by 90%)

-ex: Israel thinking of building moat between Egypt and Gaza Strip to stop smuggling of weapons
into Gaza

cross examining other teams points: why should Israel retaliate:

-have the right to protect their country
- shouldn't let Palestinian Arabs terrorize the Israelites like that because Israel has the right to be in
Palestine, land was given to them after World War 2

Another aspect of that Israel should not retaliate is about its International standing. Even though Israeli
civilian was suffering from terrorist attack, Israel was blamed for the violence and became vilified at
UN and in western media. The UN is helping promote PLO's propaganda, and Europe is not friendly to
Israel. If Israel is allowed to keep attacking its enemies, which may cause more casualties, it will lose
prestige so that its legitimacy and other interests will be challenged around the world.