Hamas strike on Israel

Under international law, there would be no requirement on an armed militia like Hamas to 'surrender' to Israel. Israel never formally declared war on Gaza or Hamas and made a decision to start bombing the enclave in response to the October 7th terrorist attacks.

The whole thing is very murky legally in fact. Much of what Israel has been doing in Gaza for the last two years may well have been completely illegal under international and humanitarian law (as were the October 7th attacks of course). Also, Israel unilaterally breached the existing ceasefire agreement in mid-March and recommenced hostilities.

Defeating Hamas has been a red herring in terms of Gaza. They've razed the city. It's been about ethnic cleansing and genocide by the Israelis. Mileikowsky didn't care about the hostages. He is a bastard of the highest calibre. A modern day Hitler.

What he has done in Gaza has razed Israel's reputation internationally. Israel has changed forever. It's very survival is now in doubt.

It's seems very likely that Israel will start a round 2 with Iran. If they do it will not end well for Israel. It could lead to a societal collapse as the damage will be much worse than up to now.

I'm not sure why you think Hamas being defeated is synonomous with Hamas having zero influence.

Hamas being defeated, absolutely does not mean the absence of Hamas.

If you think Hamas and it's insistence on not surrendering unconditionally has zero bearing on the situation, fair enough.

How is aiming their nukes at Europe going to help them survive against their opponents in their own neighbourhood?

Absolutely agree and see the point with most of that post.

At this stage though, Hamas are just the excuse for the continuation of a now planned genocide. Whatever were the plans in the beginning of the war, maybe you could argue that Israel had a right to go in and try to get their hostages back, seek out Hamas and destroy them. But now they've gone to the point of not caring for the fate of the hostages, it has become just a murderous, genocidal push to take control of and destroy Gaza to the point where it will be impossible for its Palestinian population to exist in it. It is now just calous cold blooded murder of virtually anyone who just happens to be in the line of fire.

You can never dispense with the "Whatabout the Israelis" can you?

In the aftermath of the Hamas attack on October 7th Israel had the sympathy of most of the world. It had license to go after Hamas personnel. Israel's own creation had struck back against her. IF Israel had engaged in targeted assassinations it would have kept the world's goodwill. Instead Mileikowsky cynically saw it as an opportunity to clear Gaza of Palestinians. While he might be a case study in prolonged political survival it was his first mistake/miscalculation. His second was to go to war with Iran. His third would be to go back in the ring with Iran and I fear he is going to do it out of a need for his own political survival and hubris. Time will tell.

So you are not actually against hate speech or against war crimes or murder.
You actually defend it if it is done by Israelis.

Your position is hypocrisy, plain and simple.

Thats AI.