You're creating an argument out of nothing here.
Well at least they're allowed that.
So basically when I visited the West Bank, my perception of them being nice, hilltop forts was fairly accurate.
They’ve only just arrived today, it’s going to be hard to get in between them when they start firing rockets. I think it’s up to Netanyahu to pull back now we should be seeing more talking from Joe Biden imo he’s managed this all wrong.
As a sidenote: 300,000 years ago there were 9 human species. Around that time Homo Sapiens developed. Now, only us remains. We propably eradicated all those others. We will not stop until we eradicate ourselves too.
Is that predictability not terrifying to you though? The fact that Jimmy down the street could easily be reprogrammed to raze carthage or rape and pillage in Stockholm. And that out of 100 Jimmy's, about 95 would do so.
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No, it's part of life. And I don't really exclude myself from the lunacy.
That is an expected outcome when this occurs...
Perfect scenario for Netanyahu. Perpetual war-time government means his approaching corruption trial and political rival's attempt to form a government is now well and truly derailed.
Rockets are already flying, though.
Because they couldn't give a lesser shit about innocent Palestinian civilians getting slaughtered in retaliation. They literally want to use them as human shields. They are terrorist scum who simply want indiscriminate annihilation.
Not that I'm endorsing or supporting these rocket attacks, but I don't think you realise how small and densely populated the Gaza strip is. If they wanted them out of sight then there's not a whole lot of places to position them. Having them out in the open in say Gaza beach would just make them easy targets for Israeli strikes, which would completely nullify their guerilla tactics. It's pretty scummy of them to disregard the human life around them and in Israel, but what do you expect from people who've had their dignity stripped and are backed into a corner.
That's the reality, we can all judge but if anyone hear claims they wouldn't succumb to violence under the injustices and tragedy imposed on Palestinians they're naive.Yes.And it's scary how easy it is for people to be radicalised and turned to monsters.
For obvious reasons
I had a Patriot missile battery positioned in a field across from my house once for a week. I had no fear of being killed by an incoming enemy bomb or missile as I was living on the coast of Georgia at the time. The Patriot is also a defensive weapon system.
Hamas said they’d stop if Israel stop though, then Biden comes out with the Israel have the right to defend themselves line giving Netanyahu the green light so to speak.
I do realize how small & densely populated Gaza is. These ‘shoot & scoot’ systems could be
The reasons being that it's one of the most densely populated places on earth, with over 2 million people living in a strip of land which can fit into London about 4 times. Where the exchange of goods and services between the borders is almost nigh on impossible? Those reasons? In which case, I agree.
Biden wouldn't be able to stop the Israeli side from finishing whatever they are doing. It would put a bit more pressure on them, but they don't really have any impetus to listen to Biden since they knows the American public are pro-Israeli.
Then we saw the biggest barrage in recent times last night.
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Excellent post.
Its standard guerrilla warfare. They don't mind using surrounding infrastructure to their advantage, irrespective of death or destruction.
Human/moral shields. The sad reality is that if Hamas or any palestinian has the stupidity to leave the cover of civil habitations with mid range rockets, Tzahal will destroy them in a matter of minutes if not seconds. I'm not defending palestinians but it is a form of midrange guerilla warfare that allow them to have a chance to hurt the opposing side, the alternative being to quickly die or give up.
The coverage of this entire thing in the US has been surprisingly non-existent. CNN have done a few reports here and there, which were interspersed with other domestic political stories. The only guy really placing a lot of emphasis on this has been Mehdi Hasan's show on Peacock.
Should be still calling for calm but and trying to negotiate instead of inciting more bombing.
After Israel had blown up an orphanage and housing tower block though.
That's precisely what he did. He dispatched his middle east envoy to the region to meet with both sides.
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No doubt.
Agreed, it's the usual out of sight out of mind and of the small amount of US TV reporting I've seen, it's been exactly along the frame you've laid out.
It's a tough question to answer, but my viewpoint is this - while Hamas are to blame for starting the latest volley of missile strikes between Israel and Gaza, they didn't start this cycle of violence. As has been a recurring theme, this was started with a systemic process of looking to uproot Palestinians from their homes, this time in Sheikh Jarrah, as well as subjecting them to further humiliation in Jerusalem, provoking the (expectedly) radicalised elements of the Palestinian population to hit back with what they deem to be the most effective way, as destructive as it is for them. Its worth remembering that while this all started in the late 40s, Hamas were only formed in 1988, filling in the vacuum to represent an increasingly repressed and desperate Palestinian population, who's resistance prior to the likes of Hamas was largely a secular one taking a far less extreme modus, and one that was systemically sapped thanks to the US' allies like the United States.
That sounds a lot like you're saying, well if they fight back then civilian deaths are their own fault. They can't realistically move those rockets anywhere else.
Inside an urban area in which legitimate military targets are consciously placed. These buildings were collateral damage or error (as it seems the orphanage was) or intended (as it seems the tower was).
Certainly not a Gandhi but an Israeli killed their own man who was about to make peace, just like a Hindu who killed Gandhi.
They can tell the civilians to evacuate.
Well I'm short on historical examples. Dalai Lama is well and good but he never got Tibet back for obvious reasons(5 mil population vs 1,5 bil)
