It’s all about the hostages, more accurately called “kidnapped and enslaved civilians.”
Just let them go. What’s the holdup?
Just let them go. What’s the holdup?
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Your premise is silly.
“Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hamas and transferring money to Hamas … This is part of our strategy.” -Netanyahu 2019
https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/03/war-israel-hamas-conflict-peace-extremists
The moment Sinwar launched Hamas across the border to massacre hippy communities, the Palestinian pipe dream was doomed.
Release the hostages, and the war’s over.
Continue, and Gaza ends up a Trump beach resort.
Not sure how you are not seeing all of this.
They want everything “From the river to the sea.”
Every time a two-state solution has been proposed, Arab leaders have rejected it.
He had bolstered Hamas to offset Fatah, which Israeli intelligence deemed the bigger threat.
The idea was that internecine warring would distract both from being a threat to Israel.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biggest-intelligence-blunder-in-50-years-and-a-day-nyt-reporter-on-what-israel-knew/vi-AA1kQ3zk
Hard to say. Both had serious long-term consequences.
Even the IDF commander agrees.
He apologized to the female soldiers who reported the suspicious activity, were ignored, then were among the first taken captive.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-believes-its-ready-for-gaza-ground-offensive-and-that-it-should-happen-soon/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/no-doubt-netanyahu-preventing-hostage-deal-charges-ex-spokesman-of-families-forum/
“Israeli official investigation concluded that an Israeli military helicopter killed revellers at the Nova rave on 7 October”
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-11-18/ty-article/.premium/israeli-security-establishment-hamas-likely-didnt-have-prior-knowledge-of-nova-festival/0000018b-e2ee-d168-a3ef-f7fe8ca20000
2) Israel seen then rehearsing the attack a few weeks before hand
3) Israel’s response to seeing it, was to remove all of their military presence the same day as the Nova festival
4) it was Israel who killed most of their own people at Nova
The border guards spotted and reported unusual activity by Hamas. (Sinwar admitted visibility was part of his plan.)
Their supervisors underestimated Hamas’ capabilities and ignored it.
Items 3 and 4, are utter fabrications, Hamas propaganda.