Hamas strike on Israel - mod warning in OP updated 19/10/23

Unfortunately, you might be right.

Anti-Semitism has exploded all across the world right now.

From Ireland to France, from Australia to Russia.

You know it's pretty bad when a mob rocks up to an airport and literally goes hunting for Jews.

I cannot get my head around the fact that normally progressive people underplay and outright ignore the narrative they are helping perpetrate in hating Jews.

The Houthis have recently made a significant move by entering the war and launching their second attack of the day against Eilat Israel. Although it appears that their ballistic missile has been intercepted, their aggressive actions have put them at risk of being retaliated against.It is highly unlikely that Israel and the United States would refrain from retaliating if the provocation continues. The Houthi rebels' potential attacks on maritime assets pose a significant threat if they are attacked in Yemen.

On Friday at 3pm, the leader of Hezbelloh is scheduled to make a highly anticipated speech.  While it remains a rumor at this point, there are increasing discussions suggesting that Hezbelloh might announce its full entrance into the ongoing conflict. This speculation has gained traction, particularly after the official entry of Yemen Houthis into the war, solidifying their position as a member of the Axis of Resistance, with Iran at the forefront.

I think it is fairly clear that most of the posters on this thread don't understand Israel's right to self defence as per international law. If they did, they would not equate the actions of Hamas with Israel.

Bibi used to sleep in Jared Kushner's bed when he stayed in his fathers house (not implying he was in it at the time), Trump implemented the Muslim ban, he moved the embassy to Jerusalem indirectly causing lots of Palestinian deaths. I am pretty sure he would be shelling Gaza also if he was in power. I doubt they have that short a memory to push their votes his way, if anything RFK jr might get their votes going by his comments on jews.

I don't know if you are being realistic here.

The safest route out of Gaza at the moment is the Rafah gate. It's the gate where aid is coming in. Hamas is not leaving foreign nationals to leave. Yet as usual you blame Israel for this.

Extraordinary stuff.

Yes, once Hamas' preconditions are met, like I said.

Egypt and Israel have no issue with letting foreign nationals go, yet you seem to be defending Hamas here and fingering blame to Israel.

Are you honestly trying to hyperbolize them?

Criticism of Israel by state diplomats is not tantamount to 'Jews having no future in Europe.'

I don't have the gall to conclude "Jews not welcome in USA" either, or "Jews have no future in the USA" after a spike in antisemitic attacks. The US Government and the US people at large deplore that extremism, will prosecute that extremism to the fullest extent of the law, and will defend anyone's right to the hilt to their own freedom of religion without hate crimes or persecution for same.

So I get to the question again: why should Jews have no future in Europe? I'm not understanding and I thought there were synagogues across Europe. The statement flummoxed me.

Anti Semitism != anti Israeli government and military actions.

Which International Laws? Israel doesn't obey the entire ruleset, or recognize all the relevant courts.

Lebanon must be in no doubt that it will cease to exist as a functioning entity, even as a failed State if Hezbollah attack, that Beirut's 5000 years of history as a city will be drawn to a close and that that will only be part of it.

Hezbollah have a 100k rockets and more, a Leb Minister recently said a repeat of 2006 would leave the country in the stone age,as if the restraint shown by Israel in 2006 would be repeated.

He is downplaying that is is wrong. Not that it is happening.

Then I will regard the original statement as retracted. Their actions aren't all within all international law.

'you must be a Hamas apologist' please stop. I've had like 3 of these bad faith purity test attempts just today already. From here you can read the previous 469 pages where I already did condemn all that. Nobody here is under any illusion Hamas adheres to any laws. That doesn't give Israel carte blanche.

Unfortunately, there seems to be a big overlap of the two.

It is not helping that Israel diplomatic stunts are orchestrated to encourage the overlap of it directly.