Damage from Palestinian rocket in Ashdod, Israel, not far from the border with Gaza.
Damage from Israeli strike in Gaza.
Israel, like everyone else, has a right to defend itself. Lethal force against vandalism does seem a tad excessive. (Maybe their big friends and good buddies could explain that to them? On second thought, maybe not.)
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Pollution, privacy, abortion, net neutrality -- just about every controversy in modern life -- depends on correctly defining and understanding our inalienable rights.
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Biologist, lifelong denizen of academe, science fiction writer, world-class procrastinator, and proudly lazy.
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