[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

I've not dodged any questions, in fact I've answered this one several times but people like you and old boy don't want actual solutions you just want to shout WHAT SHOULD THEY DO THEN to justify war crimes, so for the third time:

I would go after Hamas leadership currently living like kings in Doha rather than like rats in a tunnel in Gaza

I'd go after their money, find those secret accounts and switch them off

I'd cut hamas off from the aid chain, Palestinians need to know it's not Hamas feeding them, in fact they're raking millions of the top for themselves before the people see a penny, let that be known, it's what screwed Fatah after Arafat died after all, them driving around in limos whilst people ate dirt

I'd empower Fatah to actually oppose Hamas in the West Bank to start with

I'd ensure there is a strong leader in line to replace Abbas when the inevitable happens

These things would break the revenge cycle but the leadership of either side isn't interested in that as it's not them who suffer in maintaining the status quo

At last. An attempt at answering the question: What should Israel's reaction have been to Hamas's barbaric attack?

I would go after Hamas leadership currently living like kings in Doha rather than like rats in a tunnel in Gaza

So you're arguing for assassination by Israel in a foreign country. Might that set the wider conflagration off?

I'd go after their money, find those secret accounts and switch them off

Sure - right thing to do in principle. But if those accounts are in Doha with an Arab bank, what then?

I'd cut Hamas off from the aid chain, Palestinians need to know it's not Hamas feeding them, in fact they're raking millions of the top for themselves before the people see a penny, let that be known, it's what screwed Fatah after Arafat died after all, them driving around in limos whilst people ate dirt

Nice in theory. But won't the Palestinians just call it "western propaganda"? Is your suggestion realistic?

I'd empower Fatah to actually oppose Hamas in the West Bank to start with

Interesting. Does Fatah have the appetite or the means to make that opposition work? Or is Israel so much the enemy that Fatah will not take up your suggestion?

I'd ensure there is a strong leader in line to replace Abbas when the inevitable happens

Isn't that pie-in-the sky? Who would appoint that leader? Why isn't there a better leader of Fatah now?

I do hope that others who have been avoiding an answer to my question make an attempt.