It seems like a Jewish right wing are determined to start a Middle East war and WWIII . Israel is the equivalent of a Fascist state and it’s time to call them out as such .
Bibi doesn't care what others think. His time in power could be at an end if the wars end. The far right will continue to prop him up because their racist vision is being realised on his watch. Also even if Hamas can be defeated through military means alone,It won't be long before a variant of if will come along which will be courted by the Israeli right. The last thing they want is progressive secluarists running the show as it ruins their plans for the region. It's much better for them to be able point and say you can't make peace with these Islamists. A former Israeli general put it well; "in the visible dimension the islamists are an enemy, but in the hidden dimension they are an ally "
With this in mind do they really want the Mullahs gone at all?
If this current govt lost, then there replacements would not do much different, if anything.
Hamas’ own Hannibal directive. I wonder where they got that from??
They are capable of making their own decisions.
This current government has regained popularity, so it's not all that certain they would lose an election. Nothing will definitely change as long as Likud is anywhere near the Government.
Hamas never cared about the people. Just like they never cared about the kids they put suicide vests on.
All Hamas care about is destroying Israel.
Collateral damage ? he is/was one of the main causes for what is happening there ,
fundamental Islamic hatred and brutality given free reign ,
the destruction of Hamas continues
The approach to Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah etc will not change if Likud disappear.
Bibi is a better war time leader than a normal day to day one. He has stood up.
this is who you are concerned about,
"In 1988, Sinwar planned the abduction and killing of two Israeli soldiers and the murder of four Palestinians whom he suspected of cooperating with Israel. He was arrested on February that year; during questioning he admitted to strangling one of the victims with his bare hands, suffocating another with a kaffiyeh,
inadvertently killing a third during a violent interrogation, and accidentally shooting the fourth during an attempted abduction, and showed investigators an orchard where the four bodies were buried.
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He was sentenced to four life sentences in 1989.
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Sinwar regarded extracting confessions from collaborators as a righteous obligation
his death is a net positive for the planet
but you ll have to take down his poster from your wall of hero's and move it to your wall of martyrs
A Shin Bet officer who interrogated Sinwar around 20 years ago stated he was "abnormally Intelligent" also an extremely chilling and calculated individual. His Hebrew was said to be flawless. The fact he wasn't surrounded by hostages in the end might suggest most, if not all , of the remaining hostages are already dead.
He was gifted, certainly. It does suggest that the hostages he was using have been killed
Likud have no interest in peace. Whatever chance there is of a peaceful solution is non existent as long as they are in power. The approach to the islamists will certainly change with Likud gone, they won't be courted anymore as a useful ally to thwart a two state solution. I know you don't want to accept it but Likud, in particular, have used the Islamists as a foil over the years .
https://swprs.org/why-israel-created-hamas/
None of Israel's enemies care who is in charge of the country. We know this because Israel was involved in two wars even when the centrist party Kadima was in charge.
2006 Lebanon War - Wikipedia
Gaza War (2008–2009) - Wikipedia
During both of these wars, Ehud Olmert was Prime Minister while Shimon Peres was president. Criticise Benjamin Netanyahu all you like, perhaps even with some good cause, but don't pretend it would be all sunflowers and rainbows without him.
And my congratulations to the IDF for eliminating Yahya Sinwar. Their next task will be to rescue or recover the remains of the remaining hostages, then hopefully finish off Hamas for good.
The opposition in Israel have pushed for harder and harsher responses over the last 12 months.
They might not like Bibi but they will not stop the response for a second.
South Lebanon and south Beirut would make Gaza look good if they had had their way last year.
The idea of a 2 state solution is anathema in Israel but especially among those who always advocated for it. They're are still a few but it is now small, still bigger than the number of Palestinians who support a 2 state solutions, an easy achievement.
I am not particularly disputing that, my point was, which you conveniently ignored, there are extremists/headbangers on both sides but you only wanted to highlight the extremists on one side. With this in mind The British Government are currently considering sanctioning two Israeli ministers. It was first proposed by Cameron.
I'm not a particular fan of either Likud or Netanyahu. Indeed, I am inclined to agree both have questions to answer, both in terms of how Israel was caught unawares on the 7th of October last year and allegations of historical support for Hamas.
However, I do dispute how much influence either actually have on the broader picture, or that Israel have genuinely better options today than what they are doing.
In times of war positions harden inevitably but there is no long term military solution to this issue. I suspect enough on both sides longer term may prefer a solution rather than continuous cycles of violence.
Great news.
The movement towards peace with most of the neighbours will continue
Do you think that these "allegations" of support might have any merit? Or just more typical antisemitic nonsense?
I mean, the only ones who have talked about such ludicrous imaginings against Mr. Netanyahu et al. have been notorious antisemities such as Netanyahu
https://www.france24.com/en/20181111-netanyahu-defends-qatari-cash-infusion-gaza-0
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/world/middleeast/israel-qatar-money-prop-up-hamas.html
And this one, where he asserted he transferred funds only to avoid "humanitarian collapse"
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/h1cqppnba
They have been in government for much of the last 20 years so they obviously have huge influence. We see this in the unprecedented expansion in settlements on the West Bank in recent times. Their better option would have been to heed the advice of Joe in October last years when he said( well paraphrasing) don't let vengeance overtake your right to self defense. I don't deny their right to self defense, but i object to commiting war crimes and starving people and engaging in collective punishment in the process . You become indivisible from your enemy when you do that
Are we going to have a super massive Israel after all this hoo ha, or will they let Palestine rebuild?
Why do all right wing strong mens careers always end in corruption and jail ?
Your naked blood lust is outstanding.
I thought I replied to this but don't see it. Perhaps I didn't click post.
Anyway, your confusion stems (yet again) from an apparent inability to read the posts as written. The question was "how can they say the people killed were terrorists, and also say they don't know who they were".
It did not say "Ah, why are they trying to kill poor Sinwar. Shure what did he ever do to anyone. The poor divil". You appear to think that is what was asked. It wasn't.
You should take a break from the hasbara. Can't be good for the mental health
Given that torture is legal in Israel, they aren't exactly on the higher moral ground to Sinwar.
Yes but they didn't intentionally target him, he was one death in the middle of a campaign of murdering dozens of innocent civilians. By their own admission they didn't know who they hit in that particular strike and only discovered his body afterwards. It's the definition of collateral damage. Meanwhile the genocide continues unabated, as does the brutal invasion of the sovereign state next to them.
The whole point of this year long massacre has been to expand Israeli territory and further concentrate and subjugate the Palestinians, there is zero chance of a rebuild without the international community taking strong action against the war criminals that run the Israeli war machine.
Good to see that Hamas $cumbag has been exterminated. Although, there are probably people upset in Ireland to hear that that leader of a terrorist organization is dead.
Hopefully Hamas can be eliminated now so the war can eventually end
My comment didn't even get into that. It is in the IDF twitter post which basically says "We killed three terrorists. We don't know their identities".
It could be like the time the killed three terrorists walking towards them with their hands up, "dressed like civilians" (actually said by IDF spokesperson at the time), who later turned out to be three of their own lads stripped to their waists. No doubt, if they had been regular Palestinians civilians, they'd still be marked as "terrorists" today.
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