Reflection 6-Hayley

I recently read an article titled "Sudan to report Israel to UN over air strike" on Al-Jazeera. Although I don't I don't know much about this news source, it seems to be unbiased. According to the article, an air strike from Israel hit a car in Sudan, killing the two drivers inside. Some claim that one passenger was an arms dealer/smuggler for Hamas. Sudan denies this claim, and plans on making a complaint to the U.N Security Council. Israel acknowledged the attack, and stated that the mission to kill wanted men was a success. Still, sources claim that the alleged Hamas member is still alive, thus implying than an innocent man was killed.

This article was quite interesting to me. I didn't know that Israel could just send air-strike planes into different countries to kill suspected terrorists. Although I admit the US has done things like this, America does not accept responsibility for the attacks, they keep them clandestine. It was a shock to learn that Israel has done this in the past. After quickly browsing Google, I found multiple news articles of supposed attacks by Israel onto countries like Sudan. American news hides this, perhaps so that Americans do not learn that Israel does not play as nice as it seems. While I knew that Israel and Palestine frequently exchanged fire, I did not know that Israel used missiles and air strikes through out the area. I would love to have a discussion about the right of Israel to attack, because I find these attacks 'iffy'. Why does Israel have the right to kill international criminals without the permission of the country? Yes, I understand that the US invaded Pakistan secretly to take down Bin Laden, but I would like to understand if Israel's situation was unjustified, or if the two situations really are the same. I would love to learn more about this debate.