Israel/Palestine Thread

Myself and a number of posters would like to know who or what you are referring to by "PLA". Would you be good enough to enlighten us?

Thank you. Hamas is not an affiliate of the PLO, nor - afaik - is Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

The PLO and its groupings are actually secular. The largest faction (Fatah) is utterly corrupt.

Or in the Gulf states and definitely not using fake Irish passports. Israeli would always be above board.

The Israeli intelligence agency, Mossad, used forged Irish passports in

January 2010

 as part of an operation in Dubai that led to the killing of a Hamas official. Following the incident, Ireland expelled an Israeli diplomat and took diplomatic action against Israel. 

The Likud charter equally seeks to destroy the Palestinians.

But only Israel has the means and depravity to achieve its aim - and it's doing a mighty job of it.

The Palestinians are lambs to the slaughter.

The US appears to be making sure Israel does not annex Gaza

The U.S. is considering building "temporary housing for approximately 25,000" displaced Palestinians in residential compounds in the Israeli-controlled part of Gaza,The Atlantic reported, citing an email sent by U.S. Lieutenant General Patrick Frank, who heads the Civil-Military Coordination Center in Israel's Kiryat Gat, in which he stressed the urgency of advancing the plan.

The Genocide hasn't gone away you know…

Mind you, I'm no expert, but perhaps syringes and bottles can be repurposed into a tactical nuclear weapon?

UNICEF said that Israel is denying the entry of essential items, including syringes to vaccinate children and bottles for baby formula, because they "are considered dual-use by Israel," meaning items that Israel deems to have possible military as well as civilian applications.

Interesting opposing points of view in the Knesset. Seems Katz gave the Settlers the green light to perpetrate their thuggery. Golan disagrees - quite right too.

The IDF said it arrested six Israelis for their alleged involvement in an attack by dozens of masked settlers on an industrial zone in the northern West Bank, wounding at least four Palestinians. Videos of the raid showed settlers setting cars, fields and several buildings ablaze. Following the arrests, masked settlers attacked the soldiers and damaged an army vehicle, according to the IDF.

• Democrats party chairman Yair Golan posted on X that the Israeli government is "abandoning the IDF to violent settlers," and called to "immediately reinstate administrative arrest warrants [detention without trial] against Jewish terrorists," and to "prosecute anyone who raises a hand against a soldier, policeman, or Palestinian."
  
• In January, Defense Minister Israel Katz cancelled all administrative detentions for Jewish settlers, saying that his decision was meant to "send a clear message of strengthening and encouraging settlement."

With no apologies to anyone for posting informative articles, this is #7 (in a row).

Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said that Israel's strikes on Lebanon cannot continue, and that "everything has a limit," arguing that Israel constitutes an "existential threat" which proves why Hezbollah will not disarm, and that Lebanon has a right "to employ all means necessary in the face of this threat."

Learning about inclusivity from Israel? Sweet Jesus…

He certainly has the Hasbara down to a tee.

I wonder if an opposition politician, criticised for visiting the West Bank, would get away with "our right to engage with the wider world"

More likely they'd just be called a Hamas supporter.