Israel are going to start WWIII

Incredibly bizarre decision for the Israelis to release that footage of Sinwar making his last stand.

It would be akin to a scenario where the Democratic Party were the ones to release the footage of Trump punching the air after that assassination attempt.

Except that for your comparison to work, 20% of those fur-wearing German ladies would have to be Jewish or Slavic themselves.

Hamas killed and kidnapped Israeli Arabs on Oct 7th too. So the people in your "ghetto" wouldn't be all the Jews or Slavs, rounded up and forced in there, but only a section of the total Jewish/Slavic population of the region, living in a neighbourhood that had voted for a party whose manifesto called for the destruction of Germany. And whose government had recently attacked and murdered thousands of unarmed Germans in their own homes, and promised to do it again and again.

I'm sure you can see the difference really?

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Own your words buddy.

Gaza after Israel withdrew was getting massive amounts of international aid and investment. It had a shiny new airport, until the second Intifada. Gaza could have become a Mediterranean hub and its people could have had a great life. Instead they voted for Hamas who chose to take the aid and investment and use it to turn the country into a giant military barracks from which to wage their war on Israel. But then that's what's likely to happen when you vote in a bloodthirsty terror group to run the place.

Pffft, zealots have a way of denying things.

The fact of the matter is Israel is the only nation in the Middle East who is wiping anyone off the map.

In other news, Israel has used this year to steal more land off of the Palestinians than the past 20 years combined.

But sure nothing to see here of course.

Bit stupid of Hamas to attack on Oct 7th then, wasn't it? What do you think their military aim was?

I think you're right about Netanyahu waiting for a possible Trump win before acting. Which is why you have to wonder about the IQ level of supposedly pro Palestinians Americans like AOC and the rest, who seem determined to undermine first Biden and then Kamala Harris' candidacy. Calling him "Genocide Joe" was so dumb I don't have the words.

They can get away with as their supporters internationally and even supporters online here thinks it is okay. They can blow up every hospital in gaza, and that would not change. Israel can be so reckless with Gazan civilian life because of the unconditional support they receive.

You want IDF soldiers to walk into Hamas strongholds and search buildings that have weapons stored in them? What do you think would happen to them if they did that? Secondly, Hamas have miles of underground tunnels to hide weapons in but they opt to hide them in schools, hospitals, churches and residential areas. That's the kind of beebs that they are. No respect for human life, including their own people.

I suspect their active supporters are a smallish minority. Looking at UK social media, I would say 80% of posts are strongly anti-Israel and anti-Netanyahu. There's no way Starmer and the British media (both of whom seem in hock to the Zionist movement) are accurately reflecting British public opinion.

Interesting to see that you agree that Hamas' strategy is literally to sacrifice their civilians in the service of their ideology.

I think those are dangerous people who need to be taken out, because they will always keep on doing that. They will never change that mindset to begin taking an interest in improving ordinary Palestinians' lives. The current death and destruction is horrendous, but since that is Hamas' strategy, it looks like the only alternative for Israel would be to agree to sacrifice themselves instead?

Unless you have a better strategy for Israel in response to October 7th? Ask them nicely to stop?

The same logic could equally be applied to the IDF.

They even took videos and shared them widely so everyone could see their depravity.

Perhaps you (and certainly I) could never imagine doing this things to other humans.

But both Hamas and IDF have it drilled into them - Palestinians are "human animals" and "vermin".

But the IDF go further - they've murdered journalists, medics, nuns and surrendering civilians (and hostages). They've razed hospitals, schools, religious buildings - they even dug up graveyards.

They have raped captives, used human shields, tortured, held captives with no charge.

Those who think Hamas are bad and IDF good, then they're not paying attention.

There is only one nation in the Middle East currently before the ICJ accused of genocide.

Given some of the things that have happened in Syria, Yemen and sundry other countries, I don't think that makes the point you want it to.