Israel was right because Hamas was constantly attacking them.
Note: The above answer is referring to the confrontation between Israel and Hamas called Operation Cast Lead which occurred in December of 2008 and January of 2009. In 1914, there was no such political organization as Hamas and there was no government called Israel. Therefore, the question as actually posed is meaningless. There were Jewish and Palestinian Militias operating in Ottoman Palestine at the time, but they were in their infancy and more directed against the Ottomans than against each other.
It comes down to religion. You have an extremely concentrated population of Jewish folks in the middle of the Arab nations. Hamas is a terrorist organization that was voted into the Palestinian government. This does not make them more legit as they have no control over the individual cells randomly firing rockets into Israel. Israel is claiming the right of self defense (over the random rocket attacks) to justify their air strikes and ground force buildup.
The current conflict between Israel and Hamas is rather simple at this point in time. Israel wants to live in security!For an example, how would you feel if your city were bombed by a neighboring city? Like, if Canada bombed Milwaukee? (just an example, people! It won't happen) It wouldn't go over very well, right? There would be an immediate cease fire, and much diplomacy to fix the problem, right?But Hamas has used "cease fire" to actually INCREASE attacks on Israel. For the past eight years, over 8,000 bombs have been fired into Israel during "peace" or "cease fire". The United States recognises Hamas as a terrorist organization, and has worked to negotiate some of these "cease fire" "truces". There have been over 6,000 bombs that have landed in Sderot in the past, and now these bombs are reaching Tel Aviv and Beer Sheva, much further into the country of Israel.Question...if this is "peace" then what is "war"??? Israel is simply wanting to live in secure borders and this won't happen until Hamas quits lobbing bombs into cities! Pure and simple, this is what the conflict is all about. Israel figures that if the munitions are exploded or confiscated then the bombing will stop.Hamas is callously using it's population for human shields. The death tolls among it's citizens are a calculated attempt to condemn Israel for "human right violations" in not preserving human life. In my opinion, this is a cowardly and dastardly ploy to turn a legitimate war into a condemnation of Israel because Israel "ignores clear human rights". Oh really? Who uses the population as a shield? Certainly not Israel! Israel goes to war because it must, not because it wants to.Research the history of Hamas. Personally I would not even attempt negotiations with a "political party" whose entire aim is to wipe my country off the map.
It was necessary, as long as Hamas would not or could not control the actions of the fools who insisted on firing rockets into Israel and endangering Israel's civilian population. No nation on Earth would tolerate that, nor should any be expected to.
Someone who believes that Hamas is defending the right of Palestine to exist
The Palestinian Civil War began in 2006, after Hamas's electoral victory over the incumbent Fatah party and has continued, politically and sometimes militarily up to this day. At that point, Fatah was unwilling to completely surrender power to Hamas. Hamas became increasingly agitated and violence erupted between the militant wings of these two parties as to who should have the right to control Palestine. The brunt of this fight occurred in the summer of 2007 when Hamas forcibly ejected Fatah from the Gaza Strip. Fatah, meanwhile, was able to prevent a Hamas takeover in the West Bank. This resulted in the split of Palestinian Authority into two polities, both seeing themselves the true representatives of the Palestinian people - the Fatah ruled Palestinian National Authority in the West Bank and the Hamas Government in Gaza. The two groups have attempted to reconcile, but at this point it comes down to the fact that neither group wishes to step down from power in favor of the other and that Hamas refuses to accept the Oslo Accords as a basis for dealing with Israel while Fatah does.
The PLO orchestrated numerous violent terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians and from 1964-1993 denied the right of Israel to exist as an independent state. That seems are reasonable basis to create ire.
The UAE officially refuses to recognize the State of Israel or its right to exist, and it refuses to have any diplomatic relations with Israel. However, there is a growing business trade between the UAE and Israel.
The Palestinian Civil War began in 2006, after Hamas's electoral victory over the incumbent Fatah party and has continued, politically and sometimes militarily up to this day. At that point, Fatah was unwilling to completely surrender power to Hamas. Hamas became increasingly agitated and violence erupted between the militant wings of these two parties as to who should have the right to control Palestine. The brunt of this fight occurred in the summer of 2007 when Hamas forcibly ejected Fatah from the Gaza Strip. Fatah, meanwhile, was able to prevent a Hamas takeover in the West Bank. This resulted in the split of Palestinian Authority into two polities, both seeing themselves the true representatives of the Palestinian people - the Fatah ruled Palestinian National Authority in the West Bank and the Hamas Government in Gaza. The two groups have attempted to reconcile, but at this point it comes down to the fact that neither group wishes to step down from power in favor of the other and that Hamas refuses to accept the Oslo Accords as a basis for dealing with Israel while Fatah does.
In his statement, Netanyahu says that Hamas is stealing humanitarian aid money and using it to promote hatred and war... that Hamas is allowing their own people to suffer and die in order to continue killing Jews.Here is the entire statement:"I, the Prime Minister of Israel, care more about Palestinians than their own leaders do. Israel cares more about Palestinians than their own leaders do."That sounds incredible, right?"But consider the following:"A few days ago, the world learned that Hamas, the terrorist organization that rules Gaza, stole millions of dollars from humanitarian organizations like World Vision and the United Nations."Innocent and impoverished Palestinians were denied vital aid supplied from nations around the world."Hamas used this stolen money to build a war machine to murder Jews."I want you to think about that. Let that sink in."Hamas stole critical support for Palestinian children so that they could kill our children."So I ask you-who cares more about Palestinians?"Israel, that facilitates the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza, every single day?"Or Hamas, that robs Palestinian children of that very same aid?"Israel, that treats wounded Palestinians from Gaza in its hospitals?"Or Hamas that prevents injured Palestinians from getting help?"Imagine, just imagine, where we might all be if Palestinian leaders cared as much about helping their own people as they did about hurting our people. The Palestinian people deserve better."And today, I express my deepest sympathy with innocent Palestinians and those well-meaning nations who generously donated money to help them."The cynicism and cruelty of Hamas is hurting all of us. It's hurting peace."
The US and Israel are parties to mutual defense treaties, which presumably would be honored by both of them in case one or the other were in danger. You asked "should", so I'll add my opinion that it would definitely be the right thing to do.
At first, the Palestinians wanted to recover the land that had been lost in the formation of Israel, or at least win the right of refugees to return to their ancestral homes in what was now Israel. The conflict evolved, with the Palestinians becoming more concerned with preventing more incursions by the Israelis into what was now the Palestinian territories. In large part, the conflict, on both sides, is now about tit-for-tat. One side attacks the other, and the other responds. There will never be an end to the conflict between Palestine and Israel until each side agrees to end its own attacks, and does not respond to provocation from the other side.
The elections in Israel led to the victory of the extreme right (Benjamin Natanyaho). This elections led to a more tense relation between Palestine and Israel, and in fact, the world and Israel. The new Israeli government refuses international pressure to stop building the settlments in the West Bank. It pretty much affected negatively and transformed the conditions from bad to worse.