> Hebron shouldn't be a problem. The Jews living there are nuts, the worst of the worse. As in, Hebron is the worst of the problems, you mean? > I think that

> Hebron shouldn't be a problem. The Jews living there are nuts, the worst of the worse. As in, Hebron is the worst of the problems, you mean? > I think that in the past few weeks a lot of people who would normally not say such things became overly triggered. So I'd take it in that context. Makes sense. I must say though, these same folks are going about that they "won't forget, won't forgive" (IDF-style?) people who are either silent or being "antisemitic". Looks like they're ready to begrudge forever. The mob and cancel culture isn't making things easier either, especially for folks in tech, who speak up. And if their promise to never forgive / forget is real... then G-d help the cancelled. > He and his people actually sit in on security cabinet meetings to form a strategy and make sure Israel doesn't do anything stupid or evil. Interesting. Stupid things by the government or IDF / Shin Bet? Is their will to do stupid things only reserved for Hamas (Gaza) / Hizb (Southern Lebanon), or is it quite a general response when it concerns any adversarial or contentious issue (like those involving civilian citizen / non-citizen Arabs, for example)? > There are many hints that Iran is pulling the strings with Hamas as it did with Syria and Lebanon. Not sure what Iran wants in this strained economic climate? The timing's all off? The scale of destruction this brought seems utterly wasteful if it was done just to stop Saudia normalizing w/ Israel. And now, if Israel has its way and wipes out Hamas and/or displaces the Gazans permanently, what would Iran have achieved? Personally though, I don't think Iran green-lit this, because it doesn't really make strategic sense for them to sacrifice Hamas to delay normalization by a few years, at best. Some say, even the Hamas' political leadership may not have known about 7 Oct (https://twitter.com/h_lovatt/status/1717119243156688963 https://twitter.com/h_lovatt/status/1717119243156688963) > The claim is that once the ground troops go in the number of civilian casualties will be MUCH higher. Makes me want to yell "stop!"... but: if I were an Israeli, I can see why I'd think retaliation is fair game. > The problem is that Israel maintained peace through fear of its mighty army. Yep, came across a nice tweet that sums up why this tragedy was an inevitable outcome: https://twitter.com/HusseinAboubak/status/1717232131796033611 https://twitter.com/HusseinAboubak/status/171723213179603361... Folks like Mohammed Deif did not decide to take up arms against a very sophisticated military out of lunacy, but did so in a fit of rage. And even then, the best that could be mustered up were rockets that fail most of the time and barely register any damage. The way Hamas acts and behaves reeks of fantasy and desperation. I saw the released IDF interview of the captured al-Qassam members, and they said (without any awareness of what they're up against) that part of the 7 Oct plan was to "occupy" new territory. Bonkers. > India is in a very different situation. India is supremely diverse. There's disagreements every which way you look, but the people, together, have endured under a single government. Indians, as a collective, sure aren't under any threat; but there exists ethnic groups within India that are on the brink. I mean, they aren't persecuted or anything (mostly because they aren't up in arms fighting their neighbours thinking they're out to wipe them off the face of this earth), but they thrive alongside others, in this chaotic milieu, just fine. That said, surprisingly, one of the major roadblocks to an eventual one-state solution (https://twitter.com/iyad_elbaghdadi/status/1715654671577079914 https://twitter.com/iyad_elbaghdadi/status/17156546715770799...) / even a 2-state solution are the (Baptist) Christian politicians in the US who won't allow it (https://twitter.com/lhfang/status/1717246361446551736 https://twitter.com/lhfang/status/1717246361446551736) even if Israel itself (also unlikely) proposes. > They are turning into a police state over there. Not a great place to be in anymore. For minorities, yeah it isn't particularly nice; but you're always welcome to explore. The country is not at all homogeneous, least of all in its policies and politics. It is pretty much a federation of nations in all but name.