As the title over the original image below says – sometimes you just need proportions to understand…
The words “proportionality” and “disproportionate” were widely used during the Cast Lead War and in general in actions Israel takes to defend itself. It seems the world understands that we have the right to respond to incoming missiles – we just don’t have the right to actually hit our target because, by the grace of God, the Palestinians usually miss theirs.
Of course, ignored in this is that OUR targets are military in nature, not open cities with hundreds of thousands of people.
I saw this graphic on Facebook and thought I’d share it. The area that come under attack each time Gaza decides to launch another missile at Israel can be compared to a similar land area in the US, say New York City. In our case, the area is less densely packed so “only” a bit over one million people are in harm’s way. Imagine if a similar area in the US were attacked…
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