Sallies when it comes to weapons, they can be used in two basic ways: to defend oneself or to combats someone.  Now I know, here in America, some people hate the Jews, cause their Jews.  Still, I think or my awareness is that Israel, wishes Hamas would just go about their lives; Hamas doesn't believe Israel has the right to exist.

    Arvin in the Old Testament when Jacob and Israel fell prey to their neighbors, it was not because, they quit believing in the Heavenly Father, it was because they did not keep his word, his commandments.  Now, I can't say that this is the reason, Israel is receiving such treatment, but I have heard that they believe, some things God's word says, are sinful, to be silly: they choose their sinful flesh over observance to God's word.