| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:What do the Palistinians and their supporters actually want ? | |
| Posted by: | John Kettlekey | |
| Date/Time: | 15/05/24 09:02:00 |
| > Israel’s aim is to recover the hostages and eradicate the Hamas militants who have threatened to repeat the atrocity of October 7 ‘again and again’. So, do you think it is working on either front (recovering the hostages or eradicating Hamas)? One of Hamas's short term aims is to force a change in leadership in Israel. By keeping the hostages it is increasing pressure on Netanyahu who has promised to free them and is not delivering on this. Every day the hostages remain in captivity Netanyahu's popularity is weakening. If they can get Netanyahu replaced (hopefully with someone more moderate) then things may start to ease up. I very much doubt that an acceptable (to both sides) set of terms of a long term cease-fire are never going to happen under Netanyahu. Netanyahu's long term goal seems to be to put such hardship on the Palestinian people under the guise of "eradicating Hamas" that he hopes the Palestinian people will turn against Hamas. This is a dangerous strategy as he doesn't get to play by the same rules as terrorists (they will use innocent civillians as leverage). > If you believe that Israel response is ‘disproportionate’, I think you need to explain how Israel should act differently. Other than asking the civilian population to move out of areas which are being targeted, what else is Israel supposed to do? It should scale back it's attacks. Or do you believe that every single attack they have performed has been completely necessary? Do you believe that the scale of the collateral damage (tens of thousands of innocent civillians) is completely acceptable? It shouldn't hold back food/water/fuel getting in with the vague justification that it is being stolen by and feeding solely Hamas. Or do you agree that what is being done now is a perfect balance? It should provide clear and concise information about impending attacks. There are numerous news articles which show the advance information provided by the IDF is confusing or conflicting. Israel's International support is slipping with each negative newsworthy item. This is going to be a long, and almost certainly ultimately unwinnable, conflict against Hamas. As history has shown us the fight against a terrorist organisation like this is pretty much impossible to win. Various wings of the IRA are still active. ISIS/Daesh is still active. Boko Harum is still active. etc. |