Disproportionate Force

When driving, if someone yells and honks at you, then holds up his middle finger to you, it clearly would be considered to be a disproportionate response if you take your .44 magnum handgun and shoot him dead.

If the same jerk then takes a box cutter and uses it to kill one of your family members; then calmly announces openly his intention to kill more of you, it would be considered entirely appropriate to use your Dirty Harry Special to blow his head off.

Once someone presents deadly force against you, and certainly once they have used this deadly force to kill a member of your tribe, and then even has the audacity to announce that he intends to kill more of your tribe, the concept of disproportionality no longer applies.

If someone makes a mortal threat against me or my family, I certainly hope that my deadly force seriously outweighs his. This is not some kind of a soccer game, where each side is supposed to have the same number of players, a regulation ball, etc.

The Palestinians need to stop firing the rockets into Israel. They have killed people. The Jews have asked them reasonably to quit, and they have chosen not too. In fact Hamas has clearly and calmly stated that it intends to continue killing the Jews in Israel.
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From here on out ANY level of force is appropriate for Israel to use until the Palestinians stop attacking, and agree that they will not attack in the future.
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