Protective Edge was justified, and was conducted with professionalism

1) International Relations : It is true that Israel retaliated to the murder of 3 Israeli teenagers with an airstrike to eliminate Hamas members, but these airstrikes happen regularly . The main reason for the operation, as I said, was to stop the rocket attacks, and to put an end to the threat posed by underground tunnels. It is very important not to forget that Hamas is a terrorist group, and its only reason to exist is to kill as much Israelis as the could. a) Sec Council Resolution 242 Well, as you said, Israel actually withdrew from Gaza and West Bank. If Israel must respect the sovereignty of Palestine, it has also the right to defend itself. If Miami was repeatedly bombed by rockets, even small ones, from Cuba, the US would retaliate, wouldn't they? The Resolution 242 was adopted in 1967, mainly to avoid that Israel could try to annex the territory conquered during the 6 Days War. The situation has changed a lot since then. And it also says that Palestine must recognize Israel, what the Hamas, currently in power, refuses to do . Even Abbas is not clear about that, that's why his demand to be part of the UN was refused. b) Oslo Accords The existence of an autonomous area in Gaza and the West Banks demands Palestine to do the followings : (1) Renounce the use of terrorism and other acts of violence , (2) Abstain from incitement and hostile propaganda (3) Accept Israel as a legitimate State, (4) Demilitarization of the area . Hamas was elected legally, and Israel didn't invade Gaza after the election in order to put a 'pro-Israeli' leader . But the Hamas decided to break the rules, and to attack, make propaganda and militarize by any means. By the way, Palestine is not a member of the United Nations c) International Recognition As you said, most democratic countries recognize the PLO (which has been, by the way, eliminated with blood and violence by the Hamas, without so much indignation from the Western pro-Palestinians.) Well, by definition, in a case of war between 2 nations consists in sending troops to the other nation without its approbation 2) Conduct Well, you can't judge who is right or wrong with death tolls. During WW2 the US killed by far much more civilians in Axis countries than American citizens killed by these countries, doesn't mean than liberating Europe from Nazi Germany was wrong. a) Hospital Airstrikes : Well, it would be more on the 'justified part' , but it proves the morality of those who hide behind wounded civilians, women and children to fight. And it is objectively very hard to know who is right or wrong about whether there were terrorists or not in the area, and each side publishes its own images to prove their case. But I don't figure out a pilot or a tank crew member thinking 'Ow, look, there's an hospital with unarmed civilians here, let's fire on it, just to see what it does, could be fun' . b) Disproportionate Use of Force : Yes, it is a fact that Israel destroys militant's houses after they have been spotted. I've never seen any army in any war preventing people so that they flee from the area . And they cannot way more than one minute, because if they wait too much, the terrorists could have also fleed, and more important, taken away with them any weaponry . Concerning the Geneva Convention, it applies much differently when it is about terrorism. c) Israel HR Violations and Intentions : Well, Israel is not targeting Palestine as a whole, if they wanted to genocide Palestine, they have the military means to do it in less than an hour. I don't how you know that only 10% of them were terrorists . Israel considers as a terrorist everyone who has a link with a terrorist organization. That's quite logical and it's not much far from the US definition of terrorism. The 700 Palestinians were not abducted, it was part of an inquiry during the previous operation 'Brother's Keeper" to determine the responsible for the murder of Israeli citizens, which, for they, were undiscriminated