Israel/Palestine Thread

The very one who is exporting loads of LNG to Europe. What do you suggest banning flights and energy again. Why not shut down Aljazeera also for good measure.

No I don't know. I just find it to be a very bizarre contradiction of the "we have a right to defend ourselves" policy. The right to defend themselves existed on October 7th and before hand.

It's being called an intelligence failure. However if there is an existential threat to Israel from Hamas an intelligence failure shouldn't result in the border being porous. 24/7 vigilance required like you said.

I don't have the answers to fix the middle east, obviously, but can anyone tell me - this revenge Israel is taking and will take, and inflict on all those in their path be they Hamas or not, why is there any thought that it will work this time when it has never worked before?

Is it just vengeance for vengeance sake it is it with a view to actually finding a solution?

Of course you want blood when your own have been attacked, and this is generally why those who are the victims of crime are not allowed to be judge and jury of the perpetrators.

The cycle of violence will not be broken until a new way is found. What is the new way? Not sure, but the old way has never worked and I think it is high time a different approach was taken.

I won't go into conspiracy theories on why this is potentially quite advantages for Bibi given what was happening prior to the attack on 7th October, but at some point cooler heads have got to prevail. I don't think he has the temperament to be the man for that job, is there any possibility that once he is finally gotten rid of that someone more in the mold of Yitzhak Rabin could rise to power?

You can wrap a car around a tree in a car crash. They’re tougher than the average human flesh, brain, guts etc. A tree surviving a blast isn’t evidence a human can survive the same blast.

Qatar who secured the release of hostages?

Yes only 198 to go

So compared to the other parties involved Qatar is winning at hostage rescue. Probably people shouldn’t be calling for their ostracizing, they’re an important diplomatic partner to the West. Also the trusted third party for holding frozen Iranian assets.

Or Israel could withdraw from the illegal settlements.

Must have been fake, plastic trees,

Al Jazeera are actually quite decent but when it comes to this the bias is firm.

They had lad on the other night trying to explain Hamas actions by saying they were just targeting military but because they didn't come up against any resistance they got carried away. He wasn't challenged.

I audibly shouted "Ah fúck off at the telly".

That said I would take it every day of the week over the executions of journalists by the Israeli regime.

And do send a lot of money into Gaza, some of which ends up as humanitarian aid.

Which is encouraged by the Israeli regime.

Rule of thumb is most of the Qatari aid goes to the Palestinians and the Iran "aid" goes to Hamas.