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Originally Posted by jfman
Is there a source for that kind offer or will Israel still commit war crimes through collective punishment on the Palestinian people anyway?
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No, it's just a comment from me, If they did that I would expect Israel to ceasefire, as Israel is not a blood thirsty country that likes to kill innocents for fun.
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Knowing their own surrender will be certain death and that reprisals are inevitable, they could quite rationally just execute all the hostages since it'll be of almost no consequence to the future trajectory of the conflict
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You don't know that as much as don't know that. But at least you have acknowledged that Hamas value their own lives over the lives of the innocents they use as a shield.
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That blood could no more squarely be on Israeli hands than Palestinian blood on Hamas hands as you portray.
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The blood is already on Hamas's hands when they started this attack. Israeli retribution was inevitable, and probably the outcome they wanted anyway.
With Saudi Arabia, potentially, mulling over the Abraham Accords, if they had of signed up that would've been a major blow. There's no way they'll go anywhere near it now. Job done for Hamas, only cost a few thousand lives. Blood well spent.