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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski
So, it must be horrible to be an innocent in Gaza.
But, the whole spiral started with an attempt to eliminate the Jews in Israel, maybe you’ll say it started with displacing people to create Israel? Whatever, you cannot claim there is not a goal to eliminate the country and its people, or do you?
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I'm not sure where you think "the whole spiral started," but most certainly it did not start last weekend.
I'm not super expert on the beliefs of people in Hamas, but it would not surprise me in the slightest to hear that most Hamas members would support the destruction of Israel and killing of all of its inhabitants.
I think it's a little odd that you would ask me that question, as if I suggested something to the contrary somewhere.
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So these monsters hide behind the innocents and every so often go do things that are so horrible I can’t bring myself to look at the photos, and I objected to you deleting the Beslam photos. What would you suggest Israel do if not invade?
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I'm not sure there's any immediate and realistic alternative to some kind of ground campaign in Gaza, but the point I was making above, which maybe you missed, is that it is no secret that Netanyahu has been building up Hamas to weaken the Palestinian Authority. Israel has been trying to create Palestinian bantustans, and this is where that led. The alternative would be to try to support a more moderate Palestinian government that can be a negotiating partner.
Predictably, someone will respond to this by saying, look at what Hamas did! You can't negotiate with these people. But the strategy should be to empower the people you can negotiate with, and to marginalize and weaken groups like Hamas.
