[ianch99]

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

Disregarding Trump and his ridiculous behaviour, if Hamas had released the cruelly taken hostages, very few Gazan civilians would have died. As I said before, it's on Hamas.

Btw, 'From the river to the sea' says it all. The one Middle East democracy is surrounded by enemies who would wish all Israelis dead.

The irony. The 'phrase From the river to the sea' does indeed say it all. From the Likud original party charter:

https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org...he-likud-party

The Right of the Jewish People to the Land of Israel (Eretz Israel)

a. The right of the Jewish people to the land of Israel is eternal and indisputable and is linked with the right to security and peace; therefore, Judea and Samaria will not be handed to any foreign administration; between the Sea and the Jordan there will only be Israeli sovereignty.

This gives you some context as to what motivates the current Israeli administrations mindset.