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Originally Posted by Mr K
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I hope no one claims that's the mouthpiece of Isis too! And although The Telegraph has reporters in Israel, it would be unable to take up Pierre's suggestion to Mr K to go to Gaza as reporters are banned.
History won't be kind to those who gave Netanyahu cover. Besides the death, destruction and suffering themselves, they're acting as a powerful recruiting sergeant for terrorists.
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The UN has documented a rapid increase in the frequency of fanatical social media posts, and an academic paper found “significant peaks in extremism scores” on social media “that correspond to real-life events, such as the IDF’s bombings of al-Quds Hospital and the Jabalia refugee camp”.
All this corroborates what senior Israeli sources told me in February: that terrorist networks are replacing dead Hamas fighters at a rate of five to one. At the time, it sounded a realistic appraisal. Now, after five more months of destruction, I suspect it will prove to be a dire underestimate. A British security source told Reuters that the Gaza war is “likely to become the biggest recruiter for Islamist militants since 2003”. The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism warned that such conditions are “active incubators for the next generation of extremist operatives”.
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https://www.thetimes.com/comment/col...pped-7fdp6x0vk
As the paper points out, Israel could have reacted on 8 October 2023 in a restrained manner. Not only would it continued to enjoy global support but it would have led to rapprochement with Saudi Arabia which Iran dreads.
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Looks like Trump is getting fed up with Netanyahu's actions in Syria
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‘He bombs everything all the time’: US said fuming at ‘madman’ Netanyahu after Syria strikes
White House reportedly views actions as harming Trump peace efforts, calls PM ‘child who just won’t behave’; Jerusalem tried explaining need to defend Druze, Israeli official says
The White House is alarmed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decisions in Syria, multiple officials in US President Donald Trump’s administration were quoted Sunday as saying, branding the premier a “madman” and “a child who just won’t behave.”
“Bibi acted like a madman. He bombs everything all the time,” a White House official was cited as saying by the Axios news outlet, using the premier’s nickname. “This could undermine what Trump is trying to do.”
Israel began carrying out strikes on Syrian troops rolling into Sweida on Tuesday after local government forces were accused of killing scores of people in the Druze city of Sweida, and on Wednesday the IDF struck key buildings in Damascus.
The feeling is that every day there is something new. What the ****?” said a second senior US official after an Israeli tank shell hit a church in Gaza, killing three people, in what the IDF says was a mistake.
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https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-chil...syria-strikes/