Yes. It's well documented.Are you sure about that? ...
Add in Iran trying to derail any rapprochement between Israel and Saudis or other Arabs states.
Yes. It's well documented.Are you sure about that? ...
You are an antisemitic trope.That's an antisemitic trope.
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Yet you endorse violence.The only peaceful and non-violent solution left is supporting BDS and international pressure to end apartheid.
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Not fully true. I know Palestinians in Canada from Gaza. At least during peaceful times, there is regular traffic between Israel and Gaza for work, travel, and medical care. between Israel and Hamas it's not easy but it does happen....
And the Gazans cannot leave Gaza. They are trapped.
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They actually have a no one left behind policy which includes the dead. They won't always meet Palestinian demands in the swaps but they have routinely happened. I recall a while back Israel swapped almost 500 convicted Palestinians for one captured soldier.Does Israel have a "no negotiations" policy?
I'm guessing it does. Otherwise, hostage fees would eat up a chunk of the Israeli state budget.
Bald numbers don't tell the whole story. A better breakdown would be number of armed combatants dead vs civilians.
The people we call terrorist movements are the people who choose to target civilians for their aims. The people we call freedom fighters are people who fight military targets.I am sure Israel knows better, but this sort of thing is a mistake most western governments make. What we call terrorist movements are called freedom fighters by the people there. ...
Yet surprise, in all your posts, you haven't even hinted at criticism for Hamas for launching this attack which mainly targeted Israeli civilians.More violence won't help.
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Well free speech and all.....I'm sure the RCMP is out filming these guys to keep track of who they are. So that's a good thing.
Reminder, Gaza is ruled by Hamas who are a massively corrupt group of religious extremists who spend money meant to help their people on weapons to perpetuate the conflict.A reminder.
75% of the population of Gaza are refugees.
Half are children.
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Depends on who is running the Palestinians. Hamas, PIJ, and PFLP are pretty clear what their goal is. Factions of Fatah also share that goal but the PA is not as open.Not true.
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And you want it replaced by One State of Palestine even though the more moderate PA has laws on the books denying Jews even the chance of owning land.The only country that exists there is the one state, ...Israel.
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I'm sure they already are. The last major war they were holding press conferences in Gaza's largest hospital while launching rockets from it's parking lot.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.
I have a feeling that Hamas' border protests/riots over the past week were intentionally planned to distract and mislead Israeli border observations.Finally the question is being asked on tv. What the fuck was Israeli intelligence doing? Why was it so easy to break through the flimsy security barriers? Complete failure by the people in charge. Netanyahu promises a long and hard battle. He's kind of a big part of the problem.
And how does that justify Hamas' choice to butcher and kidnap hundreds of civilians?We can't bring Israel into line with all the money we give them? We should OWN them...
Nice of you to bring your hatred of Sikhs who want independence into a concertation about Hamas trying to get a state by killing Jewish civilians.I agree with that. I am talking about the people there. Its the same with the Khalistanis. They bomb a plane and kill 329 people, and now have their pictures up on the wall in a Gurdwara in Toronto and call them martyrs. Its how it goes.
Two problems with that. Israeli intelligence being touted as the best in the world, shouldn't be distracted or foiled by protests and riots after all these years.I have a feeling that Hamas' border protests/riots over the past week were intentionally planned to distract and mislead Israeli border observations.
And it's a lengthy border. No way could Israel afford to keep heavy forces on deployment all along it.