Israel/Palestine Thread

The stains of what the alleged War Criminal will never wash off.

Smotrich is formidable (not in a pleasant way) - I reckon he'll eat Netanyahu alive whilst Ben-Gvir watches in rapture. I'd sign up for pay-per-view for that one alright.

I'd say many Israelis are just praying for his court case to reconvene and for him to be slung into jail to rot.

With all this going on, I can imagine some of those receiving their call-up orders will simply toss the paper in the bin. Others of course will be salivating. Including some on here. But I doubt they'll get 200,000 reservists rocking up to Gaza City with a pep in their step.

Not sure what to make of Netanyahu's monologue on telly - "wants to free MOST of the hostages"? Most? Not all? Peculiar. Then blames the length of the war on the cease-fires that resulted in hostages being released. I can only imagine the hostage families being apoplectic. He's definitely losing the plot altogether. Maybe he's got wind of a scheme to squirrel him off to the Hague.

Also, seems the majority of Germans are now in favour of the recognition of the State of Palestine. Won't belong before Germany rows in behind France, UK and Canada. Maybe even in September.

Netanyahu said in a televised press conference that Israel wants "to free most of the hostages and defeat Hamas to decisively end it" and blamed the length of the war on previous deals, saying, "The war has also lasted a long time because we paused for the sake of freeing hostages."

54% of Germans support recognizing a Palestinian state, according to a poll by the Forsa Institute for the foreign policy journal Internationale Politik, a move the federal government currently rejects.

These two reporter lads apparently killed by Israel -

The seeds are Hamas.

What the fcuk? What is your point? This is a meaningless photo. The prisoners of Auschwitz were starving and many starved to death. Are you trying to rewrite history here or what??

Powerful Jeremy Bowen report.

It's a long one but delves into the history and MO of the Settlers plus Smotrich and Ben-Gvir.

If you can't read it all (but I strongly recommend you do), skip to the last few paras.

They certainly have zero credibility…

You've been asked before to provide credible an d corroborated evidence from reputable news organisations.

You simply repeat the demonstrable lies of Israel and its supporters. Your continuation of posting dubious sources of news is just spamming the thread.

I get that you are a staunch supporter of Israel and its assassinations, atrocities and war crimes - and you're entitled to that position. But at least have the manners to prove your case rather than continuing to post utter rubbish.

RTE (also reflected in BBC reporting)
"In July, the Committee to Protect Journalists issued a statement calling for his protection as it accused the Israeli military's Arabic-language spokesperson Avichay Adraee of stepping up online attacks on the reporter by alleging that he was the head of a Hamas cell.

Following the attack, the CPJ said it was "appalled" to learn of the journalists' deaths.

"Israel's pattern of labelling journalists as militants without providing credible evidence raises serious questions about its intent and respect for press freedom," said CPJ Regional Director Sara Qudah."

On recognition of the State of Palestine, I would imagine there would be full recognition of the ICJ ruling last year that Israel (and the Settlers) must leave all occupied territories and pay reparations.

Very good point. The innocent civilians caught up in these assassinations are often a sideline. But I think the point of highlighting the execution of Press Workers is to show how Israel controls the narrative in Gaza in the only way it can - murder.

Imagine what would happen if Jeremy Bowen or Fergal Keane were assassinated by the IDF.

The world is starting to care now as are Israeli citizens. Their murderous Govt. will be brought to justice and pay for their crimes. The world view is crystallising - the US is still sitting on the fence but even they cannot ignore international revulsion for too much longer.