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What is clear at least is that returning all hostages would not end the massacre, given that Israel has broken a ceasefire that was resulting in their liberatio
by throw310822 1y ago
What is clear at least is that returning all hostages would not end the massacre, given that Israel has broken a ceasefire that was resulting in their liberation and refused multiple others.
At the moment the explicitly stated goal of Netanyahu, his government, and- we must assume- the majority of Israelis is the ethnic cleansing followed by the annexation of Gaza.
On the other hand, this is not a surprise for anyone who knows the history of the conflict and is capable of joining the dots: Israel's ultimate goal has always that of ethnically cleansing Palestine to occupy it entirely.
- ben_w 1y agoNetanyahu's government's goal sure looks like that; but also Netanyahu is part of a coallition now being propped up by the extremists who want their own to be exempt from the draft that applies to most Israelis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exemption_from_military_service_in_Israel#Exemption_expiration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exemption_from_military_servic... and is himself facing criminal charges in Israel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Benjamin_Netanyahu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Benjamin_Netanyahu (Caveat: this is almost literally everything I know about Israeli internal politics, so assume a lot of missed context).
- asdefghyk 1y agoHamas would need to surrender too
- tim333 1y agoIt would make things cleaner morally if they released the hostages though.