So what happens if Hellbollah do go all in and attack israel? Can israel really hold the west bank, continue their ground offense in gaza and fight hezbollah without help?
Did you watch the clip I posted?
Bingo.
I don't understand? Was what intentional?
"During which people voiced their backing for Hamas" is a particularly jaundiced framing for what was in reality a march for the rights of Gazans and Palestinians in general. It's using specific instances (which may very well exist or might not) in order to undermine the general thrust. You see the same tactics used to undermine strikes.
That's why there are now two US carrier strike groups in the area.
Oh I see. Seems like a statement of fact to me. She didn't say everyone backed Hamas. And Hamas is in any case the government of Gaza.
Seriously feck them. I have been very neutral in this my whole life but I am quickly changing my stance.
Wasn't there a foto of someone carrying a swastika printed on paper from one of the US demonstrations? And calls for extermination are pretty much par for the course. So I don't think it's unlikely that he's telling the truth, although on the other hand you could make the "a few bad apples" argument.
Edward, member of Hamas terrorist cell in London: "Yeah we felt it was necessary to express public peaceful support for Hamas at the protest today"
I will amend
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Dude I was at the march on Saturday. I didn’t manage to speak or see everyone in the mentioned 150,000 people, but there was no Hamas flag, no chanting for Hamas, no glorifying of terrorism etc. it’s just an incendiary comment to undermine the Palestinian cause that most mainstream media companies use.
Sure, but all news organisations operate by setting the agenda and framing the debate. If she's framing the protests merely as events at which people express support for Hamas; or even if she's just leading with that, then she's not lying but she is omitting majority intention in order to frame the episode in a very particular way.
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I had a quick look through the BBC coverage of the protests on their website. I can’t find a single article that describes them as anything other than pro-Palestine. If they really are intent on fooling the world into thinking the protests were specifically supporting Hamas they’re doing a very bad job at it.
I'm just messing around don't mind me
1. Someone (literally one person) is not equivalent to an entire organization + some other people
I didn't amend a word (in the end)I'm just messing around don't mind me
Seen her interviewed a few times by various outlets. She's not great at media work.
Well yeah you'd have to know the context to judge its relevance. It's certainly true, although not the whole truth.
Which bit is certainly true?
Looks and sounds insecure and defensive.
That there were apparently some people on the demonstration who specifically supported Hamas. We saw the people with paraglider pictures. Jeremy Corbyn called Hamas his friends in the past.
It was factually correct that a swastika was on display and I think that symbol and (support for) the holocaust go hand in hand.
Not necessarily. When you are protesting against someone, you do stuff that will piss off the people you are protesting against. Protests in Kashmir against Indian army sometimes see Pakistani flags, not because they love Pakistan, but because it serves as a "feck you" to the Indian army.
Israel has a top 10 army in the world, likely the best army in the Middle East (or at least the second best after Turkey) and by far the best Air Force in the Middle East (and maybe the second best overall after the US). They should be able to invade Gaza while fighting Hezbollah.
Also worth noting they just called up 360k troops in addition to those already on active duty. The fact that they have been going after Damascus for recent attacks into the Golan is pretty informative that they are capable of handling multiple fronts, particularly given the lessons learned from the 67 war.
I feel the interviewer missed a very obvious chance to turn the question around and ask how she would feel being trapped and watching her innocent children being slaughtered.
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It is a pipe dream. Hate and Nationalism works very good for getting votes. Especially religious hate. People would be poor and hungry and missing basic necessities. But tell them their religion is being attacked by someone, all hell breaks loose.
What an incredibly thick person.
