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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
I don't think the threat itself is enough. And I don't think it's a threat that Israel can make.
I think that Israel should do what is necessary to shut down the airport. Cratering a runway is probably not sufficient. Runways can be fixed, and a runway designed for jetliners can be used by a small plane even if damaged, I suspect. I think that's why Israel keeps hitting it.
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I have to go with Sidd on this. It is just not realistic to expect Israel to shoot down a civilian airliner. Israel would never do it (because of the bad press at home and around the world, and the propaganda coup it would be for the Palestineans) and they know it. The second Israel declared a boycott the other side would start sending in planes full of women and children. And there is no way to know which planes are carrying civilians and which ones are carrying arms for Hamas (I know everyone likes to think intelligence agencies have crystal balls, especially when it comes to WMDs, but in reality they don't).
The best way to disable an airport is to take out the runway and that is exactly what they are doing. Of course is ain't that hard to fix so you have to do it again and again.
