Scholarship table
Someone suggested viewing Israel's actions through the lens exclusively of the cadre in power trying to do what it thought most likely to maintain its hold on power. For much of the "war" in Gaza, it seemed to be working. There are increasing calls for elections though, so there's a real possibility that this might be a turning point.
Yep exactly. They were hands off on Gaza and were getting hammered by the right wingers in their country because of their weak stance. This is a predictable overreaction to their perceived weakness, and I'm not sure it's going to save their jobs.Selfish play by the current Israel leadership, trading lives for a few more years on the job.
"Hands off"
They live next to Hamas, a terrorist organization, and the PLO, a terrorist organization and there are like 150-200 deaths per year since 2015. Yes, they have been relatively, historically, hands off with terrorist organizations at their doorsteps. Netanyahu has been weak on Gaza according to the right wing in Israel which should be his base.
As more and more aid groups decide to abandon providing aid due to threat of killing by the IDF, it is clear the US government is complicit in genocide/ethnic cleansing.Disgusting.
Eh. Our support of Israel as an ally makes this a little different, and Israel is making that increasingly difficult.
Without question. And Israel's relentless aggression and pig headedness from Bibi is making very understandable why they are losing favor and support internationally.I just object when people make it some cut and dried thing like the US is funding a rebel group in some 3rd world country whose express purpose is to zero out a particular religious group or rival tribe and they can simply choose to no longer support/ally with that country any more.I'm actually fine with the US not sending any more weapons. I think if this is the direction Israel wants to continue on, they should figure it out themselves. That being said, I'm not gonna agree with people who want to continue framing this as a directionless campaign of meaningless killing as opposed to the actuality of it being a military campaign, albeit a heavy handed one. Context matters.
What's the direction of this military campaign of meaningful killing?
To rid Gaza of Hamas completely. Whether that is a realistic or achievable goal is certainly up for debate, but its been the stated goal from the start. You can be critical or bothered by the methods and/or the ambivalence to collateral damage, but that doesn't change the aim of the campaign. Its intellectually dishonest to ignore that just paint this all as genocidal push to eradicate Palestinians, as many have been doing for months now.Ive been very disappointed with the optics of Israel's actions (obviously also incredibly saddened by the ever increasing death count regardless of whose numbers are to be believed) because it gives amplification to any number of dumb voices critical of Israel's existence and place in the world and accomplishes exactly what Iran wanted. At this point they could completely wipe out any and all leadership of Hamas and people would still find a way of invalidating Israel's whole campaign as tyrannical and oppressive and to make Hamas and its cause the sympathetic victims. Ive already seen an uptick in the general "Hamas were freedom fighters" narrative over the last few months. That as much as anything is why Bibi and his cabal need to be gone ASAP.
Just as a reminder, on October 6, a cease fire existed in the Middle East. On October 7, Hamas broke that cease fire by attacking, killing, and kidnapping innocent Israelis while the world sat back and nodded approval with its silence. And now as da BOTUS sees his polling numbers plummet faster than cockroaches scatter in a kitchen when the lights are turned on, he willingly throws the only democracy in the Middle East under the bus simply to garner Arab American votes in key swing states...despicable, aina?#fromthejordanrivertothemediterreanseaandpalestinewillbefree#neveragain