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To: Kentfromohio
There was scarcely a Palestinian who didn't celebrate the murders of Oct. 7.

In addition to those crimes, Hamas deliberately hides its combatants as civilians, among the civilian population. Stores weapons in mosques, hospitals, etc. Has infiltrated and used NGOs to hide fighters and transport war materiel. Plus takes hostages.

In brief, the Palestinians violate every law of war, and every time the Israelis lift control of Gaza or the West Bank, they have been rewarded with more terrorist attacks.

Examine an alternate history: Say the Gazans who broke through on Oct. 7 had held captured IDF as POWs, had put the civilians in safe areas and had prepared defensive positions like a real army. They would have shown the discipline, command and control, and willingness to follow the laws the war that might have made Hamas a legitimate entity with which to negotiate a better future for Gaza. Instead, they engaged in wanton murder and rape.

The Israelis cannot go after Hamas without killing large numbers of civilians because Hamas uses them as shields. The Israelis kill civilians because they have no choice whereas Hamas deliberately kills civilians as its first choice, which their rocket attacks also make clear.

FWIW, there will be a two-state solution, but the Palestinian state will be no where near Israel.

12 posted on 03/16/2025 9:28:16 AM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: pierrem15

Benjamin Netanyahu celebrated the Al Queda attack on Syria which ended the Assad regime and which has now caused the murders of Christians all over Syria. Israelis celebrated this successful attack by Islamic extremists who have filmed themselves beheading people.

Hamas is not equal to all Gazans. Those who make this equation do the same thing the Germans did to the Jews.


27 posted on 03/16/2025 10:10:21 AM PDT by Kentfromohio
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