Israel are going to start WWIII

But it was far from inevitable that Netanyahu would respond in the way he did. He had plenty of options if his aim was to get revenge on Hamas. A year long genocidal war of annihilation against the people of Gaza was only one option, he could have chosen to go in several different directions - he very much went for the 'extreme' or even totally unhinged response of all out chaos and destruction in retaliation.

Cue outrage in 3,2,1…

You seem sure of that, but I'm not sure how you have that view given what is going on.

The IDF has flattened whole residential neighbourhoods, mass bombed tens of thousands of civilians, extensively murdered women and children, attacked and firebombed refugee camps, blew up schools and hospitals, locked up doctors and other medical staff, blockaded food and water supplies, forcing starvation. This is in no way a proportionate response - one side has killed 1200 civilians, the other possibly 100k. Does this not seem like a good way to you to remove a population from their land?

Also, by purely blaming October 7th for these many heinous war crimes, you are diminishing any responsibility on the government/ generals who are ordering this, and the soldiers that are carrying it out.

'a source said' - what source? and where has Italy stated this was a Lebanese false flag operation?

Among the children confirmed that have been killed in Gaza:

710 babies below the age of one, 1,793 toddlers (1-3 years old), 1,205 preschoolers (4-5 years old), 4,205 primary school children (6-12 years old) and 3,442 high school children (13-17 years old)

You lot keep asking this stupid faux "question".

How about not levelling entire residential areas?

How about not bombing schools?

How about not destroying hospitals?

How about not targeting refugee camps?

How about not deliberately murdering international journalists?

How about not deliberately withholding aid/food with starvation tactics?

How about not using the conflict to steal more Palestinian land?

There are plenty of options open to Israel with regard to how it should conduct itself.

Palestine/Hamas were and are against a two state solution. See the covenant of Hamas for proof of that. You want them to return land to Palestinians in response to October 7th? And if Hamas murdered another 1K+ would you want the Israelis to give them more land?

I've addressed this nonsense re: NI before but I'm going to address it once more. I'm a Nationalist from NI in my 40s, so I'm more familiar with the IRA and the troubles than Republicans from the south; tough guys sitting on barstools who left the people of NI to fend for themselves when it counted. You are not comparing like with like on so many fronts and the mere fact that you are attempting to compare the two shows just how little you know about Israel/Palestine and NI. At no point did the IRA say that they wanted to destroy GB or the British people, for starters. Ditto for GB. Utterly embarrassing and deeply offensive to compare the two. I could go on but I'll leave it at that.

Stop wasting people's time.

The most moral army at work again -

"On a Thursday afternoon towards the end of last month, a 59-year-old Palestinian woman set out to gather olives on her family’s land near the village of Faqqua, in the north of the occupied West Bank.

It was something that Hanan Abu Salameh had done for decades.

Within minutes, the mother of seven and grandmother of 14 lay dying in the dust of the olive grove, with a bullet wound in her chest - she’d been shot by an Israeli soldier.

Even though the family had co-ordinated their intention to pick olives with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), according to her son Fares and husband Hossam, the soldier fired several shots as other family members fled for cover.

The IDF says it’s investigating the incident, but Hanan’s grieving relatives have little hope or expectation that her killer will be brought to justice.

This wasn’t an isolated incident."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20gnvz1975o

Seems you're more than happy with Israel's reaction and the murder of 11,355 kids under 18 - over 700 of whom didn't even reach their first birthday.

At least you're honest.

Hamas blocking a ceasefire yet again

One and the same, Israel is the office, America is the factory floor.

Forget about Israel, the main protagonists are Russia, North Korea, Iran and China. Axis of evil countries as flagged by former US President George Bush JNR.

Look what Russia have just done in the Baltic sea , they have destroyed undersea telecom cables using a Chinese cargo ship. The Chinese cargo ship sailed from a Russian port and the Captain is Russian.

Latest is the Danish navy have boarded the Chinese cargo vessel.

Chinese ship in area when Baltic Sea cables severed

Investigations have been launched into the destruction of two fibre-optic communications cables earlier this week: one linking Finland and Germany and the other connecting Sweden and Lithuania.

Some fingers were quickly pointed at Russia, with Western nations expressing concerns about "hybrid warfare".

Here, OSINT editor Adam Parker takes a look at the incidents' possible links to China...

The Danish military says it is staying close to a Chinese ship in the country's waters amid an investigation into damage caused to underwater cables in the Baltic Sea.

Sky News' Data & Forensics unit has analysed marine tracking data that shows the Chinese ship Yi Peng 3 left the Russian port of Ust-Luga on 15 November. It passed close to both internet cables around the time each was damaged on Sunday and Monday.

The Danish navy has been following the Chinese-flagged carrier since Monday evening using at least five different patrol ships as it travelled through Denmark's waters, according to data from MarineTraffic.

The Yi Peng 3 has now stopped in the Kattegat Sea area and is currently at anchor with a Danish navy ship anchored close by.

The Danish Armed Forces told Sky News they are "present in the area near the Chinese ship Yi Peng 3".

Sweden is "taking a hard look" at vessel Yi Peng 3 and the role it might have played, a source familiar with the investigation told the Financial Times.

Read on here...

It might be no bad thing that there is a (permanent?) distance or a coldness developing in the Europe - USA relationship. They've clearly morphed into something quite unpleasant and unsavoury via their foreign policy. It's definitely noticeable.