FWIW I want to thank most Terbites for not being viciously anti-Semetic thru this. It's going to be a tough couple of years.
There isn't any solution other than the eradication of Hamas. It was largely the same with ISIS for 9/11, and it'd be the same if a Mexican cartel came up to Texas to kill a few thousand and kidnap a few hundred.
It's probable that Iran goaded/funded them into it after they got their $6B for hostages, with the expectation that Israel would respond as they have and the price would be the deaths of thousands of Palestinians. The world will become more anti-Israeli for the next decade, which of course suits Iran just fine.
Unfortunately unless Hamas suddenly releases everyone and lays down arms, their eradication requires boots on the ground in the hundreds of thousands, and so, so many displacements and worse.
It's going to be hard to watch for a year or two, and everyone's hearts should go out to the Gazans, who are being used as pawns by Iran/Qatar/Russia/North Korea. I don't know why they have no fans in the Arab world, but it's a tough spot to be in, and won't get better for a decade or two. They need Israeli investment/support and it won't be forthcoming for quite a while.
In case you're newer to this, Israel did a "land for peace" deal with Gaza in 2005 when the relatively moderate Fatah wing was running the PLO and controlled Gaza. Israeli troops left, and Israeli settlements were abandoned.
A year later Gaza elected Hamas (it was more about PLO corruption than terror, but still), and they haven't had an election since and have basically spent two decades peppering Israel with rockets and terrorist attacks. There is little evidence that Hamas cares about the day-to-day lives of Gazans - last Saturday was a huge victory for them in their primary objective, which is the eradication of Israel. That's literally in their charter.
"You cannot negotiate peace with somebody who has come to kill you" - Golda Meir
You just can't help but feel for the young people of Gaza (fully HALF of the 2.3M population is under 18), who have militant terrorists for a government, little sustenance or opportunities.
It's going to be a tough decade to watch.
There isn't any solution other than the eradication of Hamas. It was largely the same with ISIS for 9/11, and it'd be the same if a Mexican cartel came up to Texas to kill a few thousand and kidnap a few hundred.
It's probable that Iran goaded/funded them into it after they got their $6B for hostages, with the expectation that Israel would respond as they have and the price would be the deaths of thousands of Palestinians. The world will become more anti-Israeli for the next decade, which of course suits Iran just fine.
Unfortunately unless Hamas suddenly releases everyone and lays down arms, their eradication requires boots on the ground in the hundreds of thousands, and so, so many displacements and worse.
It's going to be hard to watch for a year or two, and everyone's hearts should go out to the Gazans, who are being used as pawns by Iran/Qatar/Russia/North Korea. I don't know why they have no fans in the Arab world, but it's a tough spot to be in, and won't get better for a decade or two. They need Israeli investment/support and it won't be forthcoming for quite a while.
In case you're newer to this, Israel did a "land for peace" deal with Gaza in 2005 when the relatively moderate Fatah wing was running the PLO and controlled Gaza. Israeli troops left, and Israeli settlements were abandoned.
A year later Gaza elected Hamas (it was more about PLO corruption than terror, but still), and they haven't had an election since and have basically spent two decades peppering Israel with rockets and terrorist attacks. There is little evidence that Hamas cares about the day-to-day lives of Gazans - last Saturday was a huge victory for them in their primary objective, which is the eradication of Israel. That's literally in their charter.
"You cannot negotiate peace with somebody who has come to kill you" - Golda Meir
You just can't help but feel for the young people of Gaza (fully HALF of the 2.3M population is under 18), who have militant terrorists for a government, little sustenance or opportunities.
It's going to be a tough decade to watch.
