Hamas strike on Israel

I would say that they are in the exact opposite position to Putin regarding conducting a defence of their actions.

Putin launched an unprovoked invasion with no justification whatsover for it. Israel, on the other hand, were the victims of a murderous illegal invasion and are acting in self-defence.

Israel and Ukraine are both proud Democracy's under assault, one by a despot, and the other by a Terrorist enclave with significant military capability.

I support the Democracy's, although not with blanket approval, of course.

They are in the exact same position as Hamas and Putin as being in the dock for war crimes and crimes against Humanity. That is a fact. That will damage their reputation for years like the two other parties and was totally unnecessary. Why you support this I dont know.

They haven't questioned the warrant, just whether they will arrest Netanyahu. Im not sure why you are arguing international law against the International Court that deals with war crimes. There will be only ever be one winner there. Self defence does not defend against crimes against humanity.

Its not Bibi's reputation that is damaged, it is Israel's as it is their soldiers that are committing these crimes. The "only following orders" defence hasnt held up for many years.

I am not surprised the warrants were issued. The Judges after reviewing the evidence obviously determined there is a case to answer for both Hamas and Israel.

If Bibi and Gallant are so assured they are innocent of the charges they and their legal counsel should go and defend themselves at the court.

Would you class the commentary on Russia in Ukraine as painting Russia in a bad light and one sided? Perhaps we could discuss Putin's and his country's good points instead of all the one sided commentary that seeks to portray Russia and Putin in a bad light.

As for the situation in Lebanon it is in the interest of of both sides to accept a ceasefire at this stage because the reality is if it didn't suit both parties they would not be agreeing to a ceasefire.

So you're saying that Hamas attacked on Oct 7th, at a cost of several thousand of their own men, but just a couple of days later they were prepared to suck that up and just release the hostages??

Why would they sacrifice thousands of their men just to give back the hostages after a couple of days?

Of course the truth is that they almost certainly did intend to give them back - in fact that was probably one of the main points of the operation - but at an exchange rate similar to previous exchanges of captives, namely several hundred or maybe a thousand Palestinians for each Israeli. And of course, crucially, keeping their capacity to launch a new attack in the future as well.

I'm sure if you think very, very hard about that, you can see why it would have been reckless for Israel to accept those terms. Consider, for instance that Yahya Sinwar, who planned the Oct 7th attack had been released in just such an exchange in the past.

Glad there is a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. Hezbollah has been severely dented as a threat now.

Hopefully, we can have a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel now. Just release the hostages and you have a ceasefire. Easy!

Putin was elected too. Can't forget Putin when talking about Bibi 😀