Does Israel want to wipe out the Palestinians?

BalcombeSt4 wrote: »

An other thing.

Israel is dropping tons of white phosphorus on the protesters. It's a lethal chemical weapon. Why not invade, bomb or sanction Israel for using chemical weapons? The US invaded Iraq because they believed they might have chemical weapons, they bombed Syria because they believed they might have used chemical weapons. Israel is using chemical weapons literally in broad daylight on a civilian population, talk about your double standards. And then there's the nuclear stockpile they refuse to allow the UN generals to inspect. Saddam was invaded for less...

Just to be clear on something.

This will sound like a contradiction.

WP is a chemical (just as all other explosives are chemicals) but its not a chemical weapon.

Its use for its intended purpose (ie to create a smoke screen) is completely legal. To use it for its incendiary effects, or against civilians or targets inside densely populated civilian area's (which much of Gaza is) is completely illegal.

Outside of that WP is good to use.

Btw, WP is also used in tracer ammunition, smoke grenades, mortar bombs etc.

There ya go, just to clear that one up for ya.

Its effects are fvcking horrible, and I believe that Israel uses it illegally in Gaza but its not a chemical weapon, although WP is a chemical ~ just to add to the confusion.

Gazan's are caught between a rock and a hard place.

The Palestinians refugee's inside Gaza are not afforded full rights and are discriminated against by Gazan's. They can't protest or rise against Hamas rule, or many more than 60 would be killed.

The on the flip side of all that is a barbaric siege and slow strangulation by Israel.

To the OP's question, 'does Israel want to wipe out the Palestinians'?.. I think if that did happen few (if any) hardline zionists would bat an eye lid.

If the OP reads Doctor Izzeldin Abuelaish's book 'I Shall not Hate' you'd be left with no doubt that long term the annihilation of the Palestinians is an Israeli goal.

From my experience of Israeli's, the ordinary man and woman on the street ~ seriously every one of them I've met (and I've been to Israel dozens, and dozens of times) wanted peace with Palestinians. But they were also convinced most Palestinians are terrorists who wanted to murder them, and so they're very strong supporters of their military.

Like all wars, its not the men in suits and offices in the Knesset or sitting in an Hamas op's center somewhere in the Middle East who are getting their hands bloodied. Its the ordinary dope being conscripted into an Israeli army unit or a lemming in Gaza being pushed towards a security fence who knows that to go backward is to defy Hamas, or push forwards and hope they're not killed by an Israeli bullet.

I offer no solutions, at this point in time there aren't many. I just hope the killing stops, and the fvckwits in the Knesset and Hamas come to their senses some day and realize they're pretty much the same breed of dopes/people and find a peace.

Can't see any speedy resolution of the conflict under Trump that's for sure.

Shalom

Happy Monday wrote: »

Completely agree.

Plus this defensive action sends out the message to other Hamas terrorists that they will face the same if and when they decide to challenge the integrity of Israel's borders.

What borders? Have you a map there?