So what would you have Israel do instead? Hold on to Gaza indefinitely? You want to rule over 2 million more Palestinians who hate your guts? These people are not going anywhere. So what do you think Israel should do?
Now does Israel need to create a buffer zone inside Gaza? Yes she does.
Does Israel want her hostages back? Of course.
Does she need the US to make all of this happen? Yes she does and she is now working with a bitter, angry, and secretly antisemitic US President, Dr. Jill, in order to get this done.
So Bibi knows he needs to tread carefully here and also Trump doesn't want any active wars when he takes over 1/20/25. But he did come out with a good statement basically telling Hamas and Iran that he will rain hell on them if they dont give back the hostages before he becomes POTUS. I tend to think, since Iran did try to kill him and with him everything is personal, he will take that opportunity to rain hell on them if they don't comply.
Now as far as not holding territory. I have been listening to military experts talk about the Israeli strategy in Gaza. They said that the Israelis learned from the US issues in Afghanistan. They learned that if you conquer and hold then you make yourself a terror target. Better to conquer, move out, let the terrorists come back, then hit the terrorist again. It seems like it has been a good strategy for Israel and this has led to the demise of the remaining Hamas terrorists.
Again the issue is what would you have Israel do in real life?
There's an interesting podcast interview by Lex Fridman of Jared Kushner (Oct 11 2023). In it Kushner describes a future for Gaza as envisioned in the Abraham Accords. The idea is to rebuild with private rather than public money. To do that some civility will have to be imposed first. Things like rule of law, property rights, etc. With Trump back, maybe those ideas get reborn?
So what would you have Israel do instead? Hold on to Gaza indefinitely? You want to rule over 2 million more Palestinians who hate your guts? These people are not going anywhere. So what do you think Israel should do?
Now does Israel need to create a buffer zone inside Gaza? Yes she does.
Does Israel want her hostages back? Of course.
Does she need the US to make all of this happen? Yes she does and she is now working with a bitter, angry, and secretly antisemitic US President, Dr. Jill, in order to get this done.
So Bibi knows he needs to tread carefully here and also Trump doesn't want any active wars when he takes over 1/20/25. But he did come out with a good statement basically telling Hamas and Iran that he will rain hell on them if they dont give back the hostages before he becomes POTUS. I tend to think, since Iran did try to kill him and with him everything is personal, he will take that opportunity to rain hell on them if they don't comply.
Now as far as not holding territory. I have been listening to military experts talk about the Israeli strategy in Gaza. They said that the Israelis learned from the US issues in Afghanistan. They learned that if you conquer and hold then you make yourself a terror target. Better to conquer, move out, let the terrorists come back, then hit the terrorist again. It seems like it has been a good strategy for Israel and this has led to the demise of the remaining Hamas terrorists.
Again the issue is what would you have Israel do in real life?
I agree buy don’t believe it will happen unless Hamas feels the wrath of Trump is greater than the wrath of the IDF.
They wont have Biden- Blinken to protect them anymore
Can you link the Yisrael Hayom "we can't guarantee Oct 7 won't happen again" article?
if you read Hebrew - here is the front page from last Friday Nov 29 digital edition:
https://digital-edition.israelhayom.co.il/israel-hayom/20241129
i don't think this paper has an English site.
They do but it's nowhere near as good as the Hebrew version. My Hebrew's not fluent, but getting there.
You are right - didn't know that. Can't find it in the English version.
There's an interesting podcast interview by Lex Fridman of Jared Kushner (Oct 11 2023). In it Kushner describes a future for Gaza as envisioned in the Abraham Accords. The idea is to rebuild with private rather than public money. To do that some civility will have to be imposed first. Things like rule of law, property rights, etc. With Trump back, maybe those ideas get reborn?