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Steve Cheung's avatar

Impossible situation for the IDF.

But don’t lose sight of the key point: Hamas caused this current situation.

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Steve Berman's avatar

Hamas is the proximate cause. But it is not necessarily the ultimate cause.

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Jonathan Pugh's avatar

" Actually Commit Genocide, Which Seems To Be What You're Hinting. "

What The Heck???!!! What Are You Talking About, Steve???!!! What, In My Comment, Even Remotely, Hints At " Genocide " ? What? The Part Where I Proposed That Israel Bulldoze And Demolish The Gaza Strip? Absolutely, Israel Should Do That - After Everyone Is Removed From The Buildings.

Building By Building, Block By Block, Israel Needs To Dynamite And Bulldoze Every Building, House And Shed In The Gaza Strip. Level The Entire Gaza Strip. Not With Bombing Raids And Artillery, But With Dynamite And Bulldozers.

" Genocide " ??? Really, Steve??? You Sound Like Some Of These Bleeding Heart, Pro-Palestinian Protestors, With Their Bogus Agitprop Claims Of Israeli

" Genocide " And " Atrocities ".

Now, You Ask, " Where Would The Palestinians Live "? Simple. In Tent Cities. That's Right. The Palestinians Can Live In Large Encampments Of Tent Communities. It's Mighty Hard To Fight An Insurgency From Unfortified Tents.

Oh, And This Notion That " Israel Cannot Patrol Three Million Palestinians " ? Horse Manure. Absolute Horse Manure. If You Dynamite And Bulldoze Every Building, House And Shed In The Gaza Strip And Resettle The Entire Gaza Strip Population Into Tent Communities, It Can EASILY BE DONE. Israel Simply Needs To Ignore

" The World " And Use Their Superpower Of

Bull-Headedness And Steel Determination To Get It Done.

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Steve Berman's avatar

“Finish The Job In, Rafah, And Completely Bulldoze And Demolish The Gaza Strip” - I don’t know how you could make a stronger hint that you don’t value the lives of the people who have to live in Gaza.

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Jonathan Pugh's avatar

🇮🇱 Israel Needs To Finish The Job In, Rafah, And Completely Bulldoze And Demolish The Gaza Strip. Then, The Israeli Parliament Needs To Repeal The Gaza Strip Giveaway That Clinton Foisted On Israel. Benjamin Netanyahu Needs To Burn The Agreement On Live, Internationally Broadcast Television And Then Declare To The World That The " Two State Solution " Final Solution To Destroy Israel Is, Permanently, Dead And Buried. Shortly After, Netanyahu Needs To Announce The Creation Of A Permanent Military Governorship Of The Gaza Strip. For Their Safety, Israelis Won't Be Able To Settle, Anywhere, In The Gaza Strip And The Leveled Ruins Of The Strip Will Be Patrolled By The Israeli Army, With Heavily Fortified Bases Spread, Throughout, The Gaza Strip.

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Steve Berman's avatar

If that would work, they'd do it. Israel cannot "patrol" 3 million Palestinians. Their morality won't let them actually commit genocide, which seems to be what you're hinting. Plus, if Israel did that, they'd be on the road to ruin. Israel has made a trade, a deal. The deal is normalized relations with Saudi Arabia if the Saudis get to make the winning proposal to end the war. Watch and see. Egypt and Jordan bought off on it. Qatar is furious. The deal is to end the cash flow and power of the Muslim Brotherhood, which the Saudis, Egyptians and Jordanians hate and fear.

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SGman's avatar

Per Haaretz, Times of Israel, CNN, and Barak Ravid of Axios: Hamas has accepted the ceasefire proposal.

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SGman's avatar

Make that *a* ceasefire proposal: appears to be a different one than was agreed to by Israel.

Israel is continuing to move forward with the Rafah prep/evacuations while they review and decide what to do.

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Steve Berman's avatar

That’s what I saw. They accepted a proposal with altered terms.

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