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They are only able to wage their wars because of equipment and knowledge supplied to them by others. Without that support,

Half right, maybe, but they have that equipment and knowledge.. so what's your point?

That you find that positive and your posts are "bigging up" the IDF is depraved and disgusting. You should go hang your head in shame.

I am not commenting on the morality of the IDF, merely stating as a fact that they are the most powerful military in the region so no other nation state will want to intervene. The IDF have taught them many lessons on that front over the past few decades. These nation states have mostly learned the hard way, hence why there will not be a pan Arab coalition riding in to save the day.

Ive never been to Israel. One day I would like to go one day though. Not sure what my personal holiday destinations have to do with the topic at hand.

And there we have it, folks

I couldn't be bothered answering you given you are clearly trolling and/or just regurgitating Israeli propaganda.

I specifically called out their leadership in that post. And yes, the Arab world and Palestinians do have an issue with Anti-Semitism. Much of it is taught in schools from an early age. They need to let that stuff go if they want to have any hope for a future.

You do understand that tanks, rifles, aircraft need ammunition, right? They need maintenance and repair. So the IDF might have the kit now, but as some countries have done, the spare parts and maintenance kits for keeping the Israeli war machine running will slow down. As will the ammunition.

Yes, they do get a lot of supplies from the Americans, but are you suggesting that Trump is going to cut off military supplies to Israel? There is not a hope of that happening anytime soon. Trump may well dictate to Bibi to stop fighting and agree to a ceasefire in quick order.

And then there's the cost to Israel - economy is tanking. They'll have a choice soon enough between some semblance of a life they were used to or continuing to spend money on weapons (and sending their sons and daughters to die or commit suicide).

Apart from rising debt, the economy looks to be ok overall. Low unemployment, GDP growing steady enough… yea, not exactly tanking..

Seems you just love them - keep on bigging them up.

I am quite agnostic on them, like any military tbh. But if I were a General in an Arab state, whose politicians asked me to draw up war plans to invade them, I would be fearful of them, and rightly so. It would be a suicide mission.

Its so sickening to watch the news these days. What the Israelis are doing to nearly 2mill people is simply unbelievable.

Fencing them in, bombing, starving and shooting them. Blowing up any remaining buildings under the guise of attacking Hamas fighters.

This period of human history won't be remembered well. I feel the sentiment of a lot of nations has finally turned against Israel. If this was happening somewhere else in the world, allied nations would be forming a coalition and going in to stop a genocide. But they just sit idly by and some are even afraid to use harsh words.

Wishful thinking.

I saw a reader in the Times of Israel warning that Mencer and Eylon Levy risk turning Israel into the worst pariah state on the planet. They are clearly deranged sociopaths promoting genocide - the only people listening to them and agreeing with them are the usual racists, bigots, far right heads etc.

You are depending on the Israeli public being like us (i.e. a democracy that believes in human rights), but I don't know if the majority of Israeli public really care if Palestinians are all killed.

Polls suggest there is widespread support for IDF conduct in this conflict, including warcrimes and ethnic cleansing. There is no way you would know if the hostages were released, that the Israeli public would demand an end to the war. There would need to be a firm and legally binding commitment that the war would end, from Israeli leadership, imo, for this to happen. You are dealing with far too many lives to risk on a hit and hope.

I don't see that 20 hostages are the only thing preventing the killing of over 2 million Gazans

Most of the domestic pressure Netenyahu has been under has been from those wanting to bring back hostages. NOT the protection of human rights for Gazan civilians. If those hostages were all killed by the IDF, it would take the government down. If they were all released tomorrow, you have no way of knowing this domestic pressure would then switch to protection of Gazans. We have all seen what the IDF have done and are doing, have all heard the rhetoric from the politicians. There is a large chance hostage release would be carte blanche.

… in exchange for all the hostages being released.

Absolutely.

You couldn't possibly know that.

What if the hostages are the only thing preventing Israel from wiping them all out?

This has nothing to do with Hamas support, that is a cretinous comment tbh, Hamas took the hostages and deserve what they get.

The Gazan civilians, however, deserve freedom and safety as do Israelis. If you believe a life is a life (as most do), 20 hostages don't trump 2 million Gazans.

Why don't Israel agree to end the war in return for the hostages?