- Oct 20, 2022
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Do you seriously think that WWII was not a case of good version Nazi evil? Innocent Brits, including babies and children, were killed. So were German babies and children. All victims. Just victims. Nothing more. It's called war - those responsible for it are guilty.
Just for clarification- Hamas are Palestinian - but yes, as distinct from ‘the Palestinian’s’. Netanyahu has been bolstering Hamas against the pro-West Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank (another ‘side’ in the equation ) for years as you say, to stop the PA from becoming too powerful and Hamas has been thus enabled by Bibi’s support to suppress Palestinian civilians in Gaza too along with any other power seeking entity that should challenge Hamas’s political and paramilitary supremacy in Gaza. Neither Bibi nor Hamas have ever supported a two-state solution because they don’t recognise each other’s right to Statehood. That made them uneasy bedfellows with a shared but mutually exclusive aim... The PA now, because of the treatment of Palestinians in this war on Hamas, are most certainly more than a little lukewarm to Israel having previously worked hand in pocket with the IDF to stifle resistance by Palestinian protesters to the Occupation and Settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem - However, the post-PLO administration of the Occupied Territories, the PA, does still recognise a two state solution (as a condition of the Oslo Accords).Come on, there quite obviously are not only two sides in this conflict. Netenyahu has been playing Hamas against the Palestinians for years. And now he's got what he wanted. An opportunity to put an end for good to any chance of a Palestinian State.
I shouldn't feel the need to post this again, but unfortunately
For years, Netanyahu propped up Hamas. Now it's blown up in our faces - The Times of Israel
The premier's policy of treating the terror group as a partner, at the expense of Abbas and Palestinian statehood, has resulted in wounds that will take Israel years to heal fromwww.timesofisrael.com
But, clarification aside, I totally agree - the Hamas-Israel war as it is now being conducted, looks very much like Israel could be intending to re-occupy Gaza with a permanent military presence and seek to annex it by force. It is unlikely they will get away with that level of audacity though (unless Trump wins the US Election.and re-implements his Peace Plan that not only does not recognise a two state solution but hands 30% of the Occupied West Bank to Israel).)
(Ps. I posted this article several times back in October - I think it quite shocked people.)