Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

[Pierre]

Her 5mins were up a long time ago.

[Mr K]

BBC News - Israeli forces kill 67 Palestinians seeking aid in northern Gaza
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8rp62480r3o

If this was any other country we'd have at least kicked the ambassador out of the UK. Instead we turn a blind eye.

[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by Mr K

BBC News - Israeli forces kill 67 Palestinians seeking aid in northern Gaza
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8rp62480r3o

If this was any other country we'd have at least kicked the ambassador out of the UK. Instead we turn a blind eye.

What - like we kicked the Russian ambassador out of the UK, did we?

[Pierre]

Originally Posted by Mr K

BBC News - Israeli forces kill 67 Palestinians seeking aid in northern Gaza
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8rp62480r3o

If this was any other country we'd have at least kicked the ambassador out of the UK. Instead we turn a blind eye.

What your post, intentionally, omits from the headline is…….

Hamas-run ministry says

Hamas = ISIS. You are just a Hamas supporter / terrorist sympathiser

If you love Islamist terrorism so much, go over there, and let us know how you get on.

[Mr K]

Originally Posted by Pierre

Hamas = ISIS. You are just a Hamas supporter / terrorist sympathiser

If you love Islamist terrorism so much, go over there, and let us know how you get on.

Read it in the Torygraph if you want old chap.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-ne...tine-hostages/

Even they've seen the light of some of biggest war crimes this century. History is not going to judge those that turned a blind eye well.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Mr K

Read it in the Torygraph if you want old chap.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-ne...tine-hostages/

Even they've seen the light of some of biggest war crimes this century. History is not going to judge those that turned a blind eye well.

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.

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”.

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

‘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.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-chil...syria-strikes/

Reports also noted that

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that it had "fired warning shots" to remove "an immediate threat". It disputed the number of reported deaths.

Surely the point of "Warning Shots" is not to kill anyone ?

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Paul

Reports also noted that

Surely the point of "Warning Shots" is not to kill anyone ?

Indeed. Suggests they were more than warning shots.