Not at the moment he can't given he's refusing to hold elections. He'll keep extending this war for as long as he needs to cling to power.Netanyahu is one man, who can be democratically replaced
Not at the moment he can't given he's refusing to hold elections. He'll keep extending this war for as long as he needs to cling to power.Netanyahu is one man, who can be democratically replaced
Yes, true but as @Westdene Seagull says; Netanyahu will not call an election (or will be forced to) while Israel is at war with Gaza, so by refusing ceasefires/any peace deal, the ongoing war ensures he clings on to power - by the time he is ousted from power, it will be too late for tens of thousands of Palestinians- ironically he will not call a ceasefire in Gaza is because of the Religious Zionists who are keeping him in power - Extremist political parties who very much have an agenda of a One State solution and forced evacuations of Palestinians from the Occupied Territories.I’m Netanyahu is one man, who can be democratically replaced & as you've said several times, will be soon.
Hamas control absolutely every last thing in Gaza & are committed to killing every last Jew.
Some crucial differences there
Not at the moment he can't given he's refusing to hold elections. He'll keep extending this war for as long as he needs to cling to power.
Israel rejecting just one? What about these:So, Hamas rejecting every ceasefire for months deemed not worthy of comment. Israel rejecting just one is stupid.
Still weird
I'm trying to understand your point in bold. How do you propose to do this, with some kind of "opposition" party?
I agree quite rightly that many people have been wanting that for months as well as other possible sanctions.
Just to revert to this earlier point - Biden admits that US weapons have been used to kill civilians in Gaza. In a move widely seen as Biden not wanting to risk further alienating Democratic supporters (especially the student vote which will be critical in key marginal States) over Israel:…the electorate has more power now, this year when both the UK and the US are having GEs that protest can be effective in influencing voting behaviour - at the end of the day, all politicians in a liberal democracy rely on public support - lose that, they become powerless.
Just to revert to this earlier point - Biden admits that US weapons have been used to kill civilians in Gaza. In a move widely seen as Biden not wanting to risk further alienating Democratic supporters (especially the student vote which will be critical in key marginal States) over Israel:
The US confirms;
Arms shipment to Israel that would have been used to further Israel’s ground attack and arial bombardment of Rafah have been ’held’ up and further arms embargoes would go ahead if Israel insists on invading Rafah.
“The weapons being held back by the US are related to a future delivery, so the move is unlikely to have an immediate impact. But given the rate at which Israel is bombing it will probably affect future strikes fairly soon.”
This is significant and welcome development from the US imo and represents a growing amount of clear blue sky between the US and Israel over policy on Gaza in particular Rafah, which is a high density, population centre of over 1.4 million refugees, half of them under 18. This will also keep Hamas at the negotiating table who have said ‘all ceasefire deals are off’ if Israel proceeds with this ground incursion of Rafah.
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Hate Piers Morgan, but he did well here with this Israeli Government spokesperson
Hate Piers Morgan, but he did well here with this Israeli Government spokesperson
Wow - extraordinary behaviour in response to the UN voting to give Palestinians more rights
You're absolutely right on this, and it needs to be acknowledged.Hamas absolutely do not want a 2 state solution. They want a one state solution, with Jews wiped out. As repeatedly stated
They did in 1948 & they refused it. Preferring to attempt to wipe out the Jews (they lost). It was offered to Arafat & others several times since. Refused every single time. Mind want to swot up on your history a littleUtter racist pillock ( him, not you ! ). So it's OK to carve the state of Israel out of other states but not to do so for Palestine ? Just shows the true mind set of the Israeli state.
I think you need to. That’s a very revisionist idea of history you’re posting.They did in 1948 & they refused it. Preferring to attempt to wipe out the Jews (they lost). It was offered to Arafat & others several times since. Refused every single time. Mind want to swot up on your history a little
I'd flatter you by saying check your history but this post is full of deliberate ommisions. You're not just mistaken, you're either deeply strange or utterly dishonest about your motivation or even origins. Because of most people's lack of experience of the situation you tend to get away with your endless bizarre epistles on here but I simply don't trust you or even that you believe what you post.I think you need to. That’s a very revisionist idea of history you’re posting.
The actual history has been posted numerous times on this thread yet you keep posting erroneous information.
So again;
The Balfour Declaration is widely seen as the precursor to the 1948 Palestinian Nakba when Zionist armed groups, who were trained by the British, forcibly expelled more than 750,000 Palestinians from their homeland. How can people being violently thrown off their land by Jewish terrorists, that they had occupied for centuries, including with access to the River Jordan for fresh water, then be expected to cram into a piece of land the size of greater London that was basically a piece of desert?
Of course the Zionist ‘project’ was not welcomed by the indigenous Palestinians living on the land but they had no equivalent to the leadership that the Jews and British had in order to negotiate themselves a better deal...and they’ve been conceding land ever since with an insidious programme of Jewish settlements making increasing degrees of incursions into Palestinian territory. In 1967, Israel invaded the rest of the Palestinian territory and remains an illegal occupier, keeping Palestinians people under an oppressive form of control which had lead to an humanitarian crisis even before the current war broke out.
Arafat and his PLO was party to the Oslo Accords in 1993, which acknowledged the right of Israel to exist, laid down their arms, were taken off the terror designation and set up the Palestinian Authority with the understanding that Israel would commit to a long term plan for a two State solution and in the meantime, the West Bank (with East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip would be administered by Arafat‘s pro-West ruling parliament. Yitzhak Rabin who brokered the deal with Arafat (and the US) was subsequently assassinated by a far right Religious Zionist who had no wish to see Palestinians being offered Statehood. Netanyahu backed Hamas to control Arafat and the Palestinian Authority so it wouldn’t become too powerful. The rest is history.
I’m not getting into a slagging match over your offensive remarks about my Jewish identity - you have no right to question me about that or gaslight me because you disagree with my opinions. If you can’t see that posting remarks designed to ’cancel’ someone’s Jewishness is antisemitic, I can’t help you. I will disclose to you however, that my Grandfather was in Auschwitz, my Grandmother bribed a load of soldiers with her jewellery to get him out and my father was evacuated from Vienna in 1939 to live in Wales. Our family name was changed to avoid racist attacks. I have an Uncle and cousin living in Israel and a whole lot of Jewish relatives in the States - some of whom support Netanyahu and are deeply Zionist in their beliefs. However, some great Jewish thinkers (like Gideon Levy) believe that standing up for the rights of Palestinians or calling an end to the war is not contrary to being Jewish - as do I.I'd flatter you by saying check your history but this post is full of deliberate ommisions. You're not just mistaken, you're either deeply strange or utterly dishonest about your motivation or even origins. Because of most people's lack of experience of the situation you tend to get away with your endless bizarre epistles on here but I simply don't trust you or even that you believe what you post.
Just to address the first piece of made up bullshit, you're well aware that a two state solution was offered on the creation of Israel, that the Arabs refused it & that the surrounding states immediately attacked, telling the Arabs who lived there to leave & come back when the Jews were eliminated. They lost. Diddums. As they did in 1967. Diddums.
I & several others don't believe what you say & doubt even who you are. No one else has the energy to post as much as you do but it doesn't make it correct or even posted in good faith.
I’m not getting into a slagging match over your offensive remarks about my Jewish identity - you have no right to question me about that or gaslight me because you disagree with my opinions. If you can’t see that posting remarks designed to ’cancel’ someone’s Jewishness is antisemitic, I can’t help you. I will disclose to you however, that my Grandfather was in Auschwitz, my Grandmother bribed a load of soldiers with her jewellery to get him out and my father was evacuated from Vienna in 1939 to live in Wales. Our family name was changed to avoid racist attacks. I have an Uncle and cousin living in Israel and a whole lot of Jewish relatives in the States - some of whom support Netanyahu and are deeply Zionist in their beliefs. However, some great Jewish thinkers (like Gideon Levy) believe that standing up for the rights of Palestinians or calling an end to the war is not contrary to being Jewish - as do I.
This article demonstrates this point well I think
Meet the European Jews standing against Israel's war with Hamas
Having suffered throughout history, Jewish peace activists told Euronews Jews should identify with the oppressed and defend their rights - "whoever that oppressor may be."www.euronews.com
As for your checkered history of the Palestinian question, most people accept the United Nations version of events as do I (which are clearly laid out in the link below)
Note - Ben-Gurion only saw the Petition Plan as a stepping stone to annex the entire Palestinian territy into Israel - that theme has passed down through Religious Zionist politics in Israel since 1948 and is what we are seeing being played out today in Netanyahu’s government. Also note, the first Arab/Israel war was not Arabs invading the State of Israel but took place over non-designated Jewish territory in Palestine.