As I keep saying, and being told I'm an accelerationist, tough times are coming to the world. No one can predict the catalysts. Certainly no one saw this attack coming. But unintended consequences as other nations priorities come under threat can quickly cascade things.
Israel at war
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They're about to get wiped out...Israel has no patience with terrorists.
CNN has reported that Israel has turned off the electricity that it supplies to Gaza. The remaining small amount of power still coming from Gaza's three turbine plant supplies perhaps 7% of their total need. If Israel bombs the power plant their will be no power in Gaza.
I thought Yasser Arafat was put in charge of the Palestinians and given his own independent enclave with it's own security forces.
"and partly due to insistence for compromise by President Clinton, Barak offered Arafat a Palestinian state in 73 percent of the West Bank and all of the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian percentage of sovereignty would extend to 90 percent over a ten- to twenty-five-year period. Also included in the offer was the return of a small number of refugees and compensation for those not allowed to return. Palestinians would also have "custodianship" over Al-Aqsa, sovereignty on all Islamic and Christian holy sites, and three of Jerusalem's four Old City quarters. Arafat rejected Barak's offer and refused to make an immediate counter-offer.[100] He told President Clinton that, "the Arab leader who would surrender Jerusalem is not born yet."[114]"
Seems that Gaza has been an intolerable pressure cooker for decades. Israel hasn't done anything to loosen the screws. Netanyahu probably wasn't the best option for diplomacy. Don't know how much they would have had to do to mollify the Palestinians, but some sort of compromise might have helped? Too late now.
US sending fleet to the region Yea!
Where did the rockets come from ? Iran. Where is Russia getting it's rockets from? Iran.
US sending fleet to the region Yea!
Where did the rockets come from ? Iran. Where is Russia getting it's rockets from? Iran.
Nikki's message to President Netanyahu is to ''finish them''...........Powerful and just response here.
Which I would support and sympathize with.
But Hamas apparently murdered a number of non Israeli kids attending a nearby music festival yesterday. For no reason.
The apartheid and the Palestinian violence feed off each other. But as long as Hamas attacks Israel, there is no incentive for Israelis to liberalize and they can self justify the violence and attacks.
Hamas and Hezbollah don't want any sort of rapprochement. They control the Palestinian population by claiming to protect them from Israel. The last thing Hamas wants is lasting peace.
What did Nepal ever do to the Palestinians?
Undoubtably at least some. Don’t fire rockets into populated areas?
One thing we North Americans likely have any appreciation for, except the US after 9/11. Is what war/conflict is like when it’s your own backyard.
When the IDF starts winning, Hamas will undoubtedly hide out in civilian areas and try to blend in. Sounds like the Israelis are in no mood to be careful.
Israel established a Jewish state in 1948. They certainly aren't going to give it up now!!
Israel - Wikipedia
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