Israel are going to start WWIII

Genuine question, are you trying to justify Israel attacking UN peacekeepers by posting this, or is this just a general dig at the UN and Ireland and you're quoting that poster to do it?

There ars rumours Iran's military Chief, Qanni,is under arrest. He has not been heard from in a few days.

Who was not in the room when Nasrallah and others were taken out. I think the Iranians must have been asking that question after the death of Nasrallah and other top Hezbollah members . Perhaps it has led them to Qaani if the rumours are true.

Hamas, their supports and the useful idiots helping them via their deranged far-left ideology (e.g. Gays for Palestine, which is a logical fallacy) are heading towards war alright. They do not turn turn a blind eye towards the quintessential evil of the Palestinian terrorists, they are silent or perhaps happy about it. Recall, these are the same people that can somehow 'excuse' October 7th with their dictated talking points, as if they cannot think for themselves:

• History did not begin on October 7th. They repeat this one like they learnt it in school (= Israel has no right to exist, with all of the inevitable genocidal consequences for the Jews, as if the USA, Australia, New Zealand and all other countries were magically formed on free land, as per most countries ever if you go back far enough)
• Oct 7th was a normal response to Israeli brutality against the terrorists (Palestinians were JUSTIFIED in their mass rape and murder of civilians! I am not making this up.)
• Israel is targetting civilians/being indiscriminate with its attacks (clearly untrue, documented and recorded, Israel targets Hamas, who use human shields. Civilian:enemy ratio of kills in urban warfare is around 7:1. In Gaza it is only 2:1).

Betzalel Smotrich, Minister of Finance is fond of genocidal intent, ethnic cleansing and forced displacement:

“I don’t see a big difference between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority. The Arabs are the same Arabs.”

“The unequivocal goal of the war we are in the midst of is […] the complete dismantling of [military and] civilian capabilities”

"Israeli minister calls for voluntary emigration of Gazans" " Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich calls the move the ‘right humanitarian solution’. Critics call it ‘ethnic cleansing’."

Minister of Finance Betzalel Smotrich, is welcoming Yesh Atid MK Ram Ben Barak to the camp of IL leaders advocating for mass population transfer from Gaza disguised as a humanitarian option

Best blinkers money can buy. Deep down, I reckon a lot are embarrassed by their apologist stance but are too stubborn and entrenched to be honest with themselves. Anonymous forums and all that.

if you've actually been reading the posts on here you'll know that quite a few have openly expressed their support for Hamas, @Meepins for example, but he appears to have dissappeared.

Many others have expressed support for Hamas 'Right to resist' which is a roundabout way of saying that they were entitled to express their rights on Oct 7th.

Safa was the head of Hezbollah logistics, called the Minister for Defense.

A f'ing savage of a man and a terror to the people of Lebanon.

Obviously Hamas in Gaza has been battered to pieces.

How long did it take Iran to strike back at Israel? c. 200 ballistics gives them a lot of scope on how to revert, and after Israel's failures in Lebanon last time, they learnt to pick and prioritise their targets in advance.

Planning and firing c. 200 ballistic missiles over Iraqi, Jordanian, Syrian etc. airspace, plus refuelling when presumably using F-35s and targetting specific buildings takes a lot of time and planning outside of Call of Duty.

The Israeli response will presumably, be similar in scale, albeit with better weaponry and targetting. They will be discussing whether to hit Iran's nuclear program or oil refineries or the Guards again or whether to just take out all of their SAM and defensive arrays to leave them exposed for a following wave in case of anticipated escalation by Iran.

Also, the US is, as always, urging restraint, as if that works in the Middle East. Luckily, for Israel, they can merrily ignore anything Biden says, as he is a political corpse after being taken out by his own party and since President Kamala will presumably turn against Israel as her far-left ideology dictates, but let's see what her partner says (and she cannot go against her handlers after watching them off Biden) so Israel may be tempted to go more gung-ho now, rather than later. These things take time. But don't worry, it is in the post. Thank goodness someone has the balls to stand up to Iran, you terrorist-apologists would not until they were at our door.

If there was significant damage to Israel from the last attack, or the previous one, Israel would have been more likely to respond sooner rather than later. But now they can take their time and pick their targets, but it will be decided politically. Netanyahu has not outlasted every US President for the last 30 years by being foolish, he is a soldier after all (and Special Forces at that). As Bill Clinton said after meeting Netanhayu: "Who the F@#k does he think he is?! Who's the f@#king Superpower here!?" Good question.

Kamala Harris is far left? Can you point out where she has called for things such as the collective ownership of the means of production? Or are you just regurgitating American talking points?

To be honest when they call critics of Israel as far left when the majority of Irish public opinion and political parties are against their current policies, they are obviously stuck in the American politics echo chamber.

Yeah, they make themselves sound like useful idiots and we all know their opinion on useful idiots at this stage.

Kamala will presumably turn against Israel as her far-left ideology dictates,

Keen political insight. Off to the US election thread with you!

You are confused

'Zionism is an ethnocultural nationalist movement that emerged in Europe in the late 19th century and aimed for the establishment of a Jewish state through the colonisation of a land outside Europe'

It is clearly demonstrable that Israel is blood thirsty

This thread is jam-packed with anti-semites, and you should be well aware of it as you post so much. They just insist that they are merely anti-Zionist, which of course you could be, but not in these cases.

Meebins is the only name I can remember because I interacted with him. There were a few other short lived posters, but I'm not going back searching for them. There is another I would DM you if I could, but I'd prefer not to draw him on me.

People who express that Oct 7th was inevitable are expressing that Hamas were justified. They weren't. It wasn't. Hamas had agency. They knew what they were doing.