Jews are not only white, European Ashkenazi Jews. There are Black Jews from Ethiopia, brown Jews from India, and Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews from North Africa, the Middle East, Turkey, and Iran. There are also Jews by choice of every race and ethnicity who have converted to Judaism.
Israel is very aware the effect Hamas’ technique of civilian shielding is having its intended effect upon American media, as evinced by the line you just wrote. This is a choice Hamas is making, not Israel. Yet Israel is blamed for the ramifications of Hamas’ strategy.
Israel has every right to protect itself.
I am done engaging. You aren’t worthy of a response.
So you support our $$ and weapons being used by Israel to kill tens of thousands (hundreds of thousands?) of brown, non Jews in Gaza? Why exactly?
The Dems presidential hopeful will be skipping Bibi’s arrival and instead will be attending a sorority mimosa mixer. Her foreign relations ability on open display.
The Dems presidential hopeful will be skipping Bibi’s arrival and instead will be attending a sorority mimosa mixer. Her foreign relations ability on open display.
She is "bravely" not attending due to a "scheduling conflict".
Netanyahu is going to cut a deal with Hamas soon. He may even announce a deal during his address to congress. The war in Gaza has gone on too long and Israel is on the verge of a widening conflict with Hezbollah and the Houthis. A wider conflict in the Middle East would require the US to get more involved as Israel is stretched too thin right now. Trump does not want to inherit a war in the Middle East as his base, while strongly supporting Israel, does not want to see US troops involved in another war in the Middle East. Much of Trump's base are people in rural communities who either served in the Gulf war (W's second Gulf War) or Afghanistan (or both) or have family/friends who served. They do not want US forces involved in any conflicts unless the US is directly attacked. So, Netanyahu knows that he needs to cut a deal with Hamas asap.
You misunderstand Netanyahu’s goals. He wrote an op-ed in the Wall St Journal detailing his war plans, and made no mention of the hostages. A ceasefire would cause the resignation of the ministers from Religious Zionism and Otzma Yehudit, and maybe even United Torah Judaism and Shas. If he’s out of power, he’s going to trial (and possibly jail).
As far as the US getting more involved, that’s a goal of his. He wants a war with Iran, as long as we fight it. That’s what he was trying to get when he came during Obama’s second term (after the Iran deal was announced).
Netanyahu does not care about the corruption charges. He thinks that he can beat them because they are just an attempt by political rivals to take him down.
He is also ready to dump his coalition with Gvir and Yehudit by banking on a surge in popular support once the hostages are released and fighting ends. Gvir has gone too far in pushing to the right of Netanyahu in posturing to try to replace him. Netanyahu knows that it doesn't matter what he does because Gvir is coming after his coalition. So, a cease fire deal is the perfect way to isolate Gvir and make him seem like the crazy right winger that he is. There will be endless videos of hostages having tearful reunions with their families. Netanyahu will then throw those in Gvir's face, claiming Gvir wanted to keep them in Hamas' hands for his own political gain. Netanyahu will have to carve out a more center right coalition and dump the hard right wing. That will not be easy and we may see more parliamentary chaos with multiple failed attempts to form a coalition. But Israelis are tired of the war and do not want an expanding conflict with Hezbollah. Gvir desperately wants Trump elected because he thinks Trump will start a war with Iran. Mike Pompeo wants a regime change war with Iran, but Trump probably won't have Pompeo back at Sec of State and does not want to be W Bush 2.0. So, Gvir is just out on a limb right now in his quest to replace Netanyahu.
As someone who is actually Jewish, it seems that most of you have an understanding of the middle east that hardly exceeds your average Gen Z tik-toker. The NYT accepts falsified death counts reported from a terrorist organization in its publications, the IDF takes extreme lengths to mitigate civilian death (we have not seen anything near their strategy in any other country), and it is EXACTLY Hamas' hope that Americans vilify Israel by purposely using their own citizens as human shields. Galvanizing American media against Israel is an integral part of Hamas' war strategy. You are all puppets.
Exactly. Israel has only killed tens of thousands of civilians and only displaced 1.9 million people from their homes to refugee camps, where they are exposed to famine, water shortages, no healthcare, and only the occasional Israeli bomb. The fact that Israel has not resorted to dropping nukes shows that they are really operating with incredible restraint. Anyone who has any concerns about the fate of Palestinian children is a puppet. As the humanitarian Israeli leaders have repeatedly pointed out, all Palestinians are terrorists.
As someone who is actually Jewish, it seems that most of you have an understanding of the middle east that hardly exceeds your average Gen Z tik-toker. The NYT accepts falsified death counts reported from a terrorist organization in its publications, the IDF takes extreme lengths to mitigate civilian death (we have not seen anything near their strategy in any other country), and it is EXACTLY Hamas' hope that Americans vilify Israel by purposely using their own citizens as human shields. Galvanizing American media against Israel is an integral part of Hamas' war strategy. You are all puppets.
Exactly. Israel has only killed tens of thousands of civilians and only displaced 1.9 million people from their homes to refugee camps, where they are exposed to famine, water shortages, no healthcare, and only the occasional Israeli bomb. The fact that Israel has not resorted to dropping nukes shows that they are really operating with incredible restraint. Anyone who has any concerns about the fate of Palestinian children is a puppet. As the humanitarian Israeli leaders have repeatedly pointed out, all Palestinians are terrorists.
The civilian deaths fall on Hamas leadership who authorized the October 7 attacks and who hide behind the innocent. They need to elect new leadership that wishes to establish commerce with Israel rather than eliminate it from the face of the earth. Peace is in the best interests of all Palestinians and Israelis. Remember, you, too are most likely an occupier (unless you are indigenous).
Exactly. Israel has only killed tens of thousands of civilians and only displaced 1.9 million people from their homes to refugee camps, where they are exposed to famine, water shortages, no healthcare, and only the occasional Israeli bomb. The fact that Israel has not resorted to dropping nukes shows that they are really operating with incredible restraint. Anyone who has any concerns about the fate of Palestinian children is a puppet. As the humanitarian Israeli leaders have repeatedly pointed out, all Palestinians are terrorists.
The civilian deaths fall on Hamas leadership who authorized the October 7 attacks and who hide behind the innocent. They need to elect new leadership that wishes to establish commerce with Israel rather than eliminate it from the face of the earth. Peace is in the best interests of all Palestinians and Israelis. Remember, you, too are most likely an occupier (unless you are indigenous).
Israel kills tens of thousand of kids. But not their fault. Not responsible for their own actions. Why?
The civilian deaths fall on Hamas leadership who authorized the October 7 attacks and who hide behind the innocent. They need to elect new leadership that wishes to establish commerce with Israel rather than eliminate it from the face of the earth. Peace is in the best interests of all Palestinians and Israelis. Remember, you, too are most likely an occupier (unless you are indigenous).
No, the civilian deaths are on the people who killed them. If someone kills your child, and you respond by killing them and their entire family, YOU go to jail. You don't get to pin your murders on the guy who started it. That's how responsibility works.
Hamas leadership has to answer for the evil they inflicted on Israeli civilians. Israel has to answer for responding to that evil by upping the ante. Nobody forced them to choose the path of scorched earth.
The civilian deaths fall on Hamas leadership who authorized the October 7 attacks and who hide behind the innocent. They need to elect new leadership that wishes to establish commerce with Israel rather than eliminate it from the face of the earth. Peace is in the best interests of all Palestinians and Israelis. Remember, you, too are most likely an occupier (unless you are indigenous).
No, the civilian deaths are on the people who killed them. If someone kills your child, and you respond by killing them and their entire family, YOU go to jail. You don't get to pin your murders on the guy who started it. That's how responsibility works.
Hamas leadership has to answer for the evil they inflicted on Israeli civilians. Israel has to answer for responding to that evil by upping the ante. Nobody forced them to choose the path of scorched earth.
Israel had killed thousands of civilians in Gaza long before 10/7.
In fact, Israel killed many thousands of civilians in Palestine in 1948 and never stopped
The Dems presidential hopeful will be skipping Bibi’s arrival and instead will be attending a sorority mimosa mixer. Her foreign relations ability on open display.
She is "bravely" not attending due to a "scheduling conflict".
Vice President Kamala Harris will not attend Benjamin Netanyahu’s joint address to Congress but will conduct a separate bilateral meeting with the Israeli prime minister this week at the White House, according to a Harris aide who was granted anonymity to discuss internal plans.