Hamas was never imposed on the Palestinian people, of which a sizable proportion support the elimination of Israel ("from the river to the sea"). Maybe the horror of the calamity befalling them might concentrate some minds.
Stopping blowing kids to pieces through indiscriminate air raids and ending apartheid would be a good start. That will cause a big recruitment problem for Hamas. Perhaps if people are given a bare minimum of dignity, if they have something to lose, I don't think they could be easily motivated to rush tanks by foot with handheld IEDs like in Saving Private Ryan.
So when Hamas kills indiscriminately, it's evil, but when Israel does it, it's simply necessary?
Imagine if the Mexican army went on a rampage through Texas (again) - how could a similarly overwhelming response be avoided?
I think I'm done with this conversation. Good night.
And the comparison with Mexico falls flat because the US isn't run by a government working hand in hand with religious zealots who talk about how Mexico actually belongs to them, and if they can just drive out or kill all people there, they could move there.
> "In the context of de-legitimization - Hamas is an asset (for Israel) and the Palestinian Authority is a liability"
-- Smotrich, https://twitter.com/BarakRavid/status/1741196470399783296
> If we act strategically correctly, there will be immigration and we will live in the Gaza Strip. We will not allow a situation where 2 million people live there. If there are 100-200 thousand Arabs in Gaza, all the talk about the day after will be different. They want to leave, they have been living in the ghetto for 75 years and are in need"
-- also Smotrich, https://twitter.com/GLZRadio/status/1741347524693127398
> Just as it is clear that the [Israeli] right wing was right, today everyone says it is clear all Gazans must be annihilated"
-- MK Moshe Saada, https://twitter.com/muhammadshehad2/status/17424904213961198...
If killing 1000+ people is opening the gates of hell, what is killing 20k+ people and setting 500k+ on the course to die of famine or disease? Opening the gates of the Underverse? That's all Lord of the Flies nonsense. In reality, the terrorists of Hamas are responsible for their terrorism, and IDF and Isreali government for their crimes against humanity. One doesn't excuse the other, that's not how it even remotely works. That's only how you whip up people into actions they cannot justify and that cost them dearly.
