If Israel does flatten the Gaza strip, do you really think other Islamic terrorist groups won't try? All it will do is increase the will to kill more Israelis in revenge for what happened. But if Israel decides to break the endless cycle of death and revenge, and instead offer forgiveness and peace, then essentially Israel would be destroying the basic drive that turns ordinary people into jihad terrorists and murdererers: THE WILL. If Israel shows goodwill towards the muslims, and wants to make peace and amends with the muslim state and the terror groups, then what possible reason could Hamas, Hezbollah, and all other terror groups have to waste resources mounting attacks against foreign states? Every terror group analysis by both eastern and western sources defines the will as the weak point: if it is destroyed, then the terror attacks will cease.