Posted on 04/07/2024 4:42:40 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The IDF on Sunday announced that it had concluded the active invasion stage of the war for now while leaving open the possibility of a future new invasion of Rafah in deep southern Gaza.
Although a top IDF official said that this change had nothing to do with US pressure, the timing was unmistakable in coming right after the IDF’s disastrous mistaken killing of seven humanitarian aid workers last week.
Critically, this means that Palestinians can, on one hand, move freely within southern Gaza and Khan Yunis and that there is a complete vacuum for preventing a return of Hamas governance, but the IDF is keeping northern and central Gaza cut off from the south.
Hamas immediately declared the IDF withdrawal, even partial, a victory for sticking to its position of demanding IDF withdrawals, including of troops in northern Gaza.
The world’s attention will likely now shift to whether the IDF will invade Rafah first, whether Hamas will cut a deal for the hostages to avoid such an invasion, or whether Israel will concede further to Hamas’s demands for returning more Palestinians to northern Gaza.
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Big mistake. Israel needs to finish the job and completely wipe out Hamas. Until they do, Israel will never be safe from Hamas in that region.
This:
“Israelis are way to dependent on USA weopons and this dependency needs to stop 🛑”
exactly!!! This isn’t a “ surrender now” withdrawal as the writing would tend us to believe, but rather a PAUSE , regroup , and for now focus on Rafah!
Reading daily the BeholdIsrael.org account gives a clear focus.
I would be willing to take a bet that the actual numbers are a fraction of the phony Hamas numbers, less than a third, at least.
Imagine picking a leader out of San Francisco or New York City. Netanyahu's successor will be somebody weak.
Q: “so when did they stop beating their wives”?
A: Never.
Beating your wife is explicitly recommended by the koran.
The blood of Israelis is on Biden’s hands. Catholics will applaud.
looks like a play to confound. and reposition. since IDF had lost element of surprise in/re Rafiach, a bit of tactical change-up.
Not the answer. Terrorists will always be around until there is no one left on earth. The way to get terrorists is take their cover away. And that is done by forcing the people that accept them into the country to want them gone. If the place is leveled, as soon as he dust clears they will be the first ones back into the country.
The radioactive half-life would preclude that.
Just Biden protecting the terrorists so they can continue to wreck havoc on the world.
Well hopefully this is a military decision to refresh or prep for Hezbollah/Iran issues, and not just Israel surrendering to Biden...
“ Jeez, are you actually gullible enough to believe all the “information” put out by the Gazan “authorities”?”
He’s a full time propagandist for Putin/Xi/Iran etc…
>>”Well, since ALL hostages held by hamas have been released, I suppose this was the thing to do?”
I’m not sure where you got that from. Hamas has NOT released all of its hostages.
Hamas immediately declared the IDF withdrawal, even partial, a victory for sticking to its position of demanding IDF withdrawals, including of troops in northern Gaza.
and there it is...
Israel blinked. I don’t know how else you read it.
Good analogy is Athens and Sparta.
Israel is Athens. We all know the ending to that story.
Bibi should think about declaring martial law until the war is finished. He'll become a dictator but maybe that's what Israel needs.
I’m repeating everyone in the world except the Bibi stooges. You go with AIPAC, Inc., I’ll stick with 98% of humanity. You Bibi genocidal tools don’t qualify for humanity anyway.
That’s a hard spin. But nothing can be said for certain - the war is not over yet.
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