And they would not be firing rockets if Israel had not been occupying thier land for 40 plus years.<quoted text>
Even if all of this were true - and I'm willing to bet that less than half of it is - all of it conveniently skips over the simple fact that Israeli forces wouldn't have been in Gaza in the first place if the Palestinians weren't continually firing rockets into Israel in attempts to kill as many innocent civilians as possible. Palestinians can avoid any accidental civilian casualties by ending their constant provocations against Israel.
Peoples under military occupation have an inherant right to fight back for thier freedom.