For more than a thousand years Jewish blood was cheap, very cheap. It is no more. That is one of the meanings of Zionism and of sovereignty. Anyone who sheds Jewish blood will pay and pay dearly. That is also the only possible alternative to a settlement. But Gaza doesn’t want a settlement. It has made its choice.
http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_spine/archive/2008/01/16/the-price-of-shedding-blood.aspx