Orangeslice13
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I definitely agree. Hamas never wanted a 2 state solution anyways, after they took control it was off the tables and then the hopes of it ever becoming a possibility again just kept getting slimmer and slimmerI said very early the only hope for a 2 state was a rapid end. The longer this went the less likely it became. It’s as much the fault of Hamas as Bengi (and you know I’m no Bengi fan)
Of course, which is why it’s debatable and it technically wasn’t explicitly stated in their plan. It’s not a good sign when former cabinets members are saying Bibi is taking it down a bad path of cleansing Gaza, and current members say things like “Gaza will be completely destroyed with its inhabitants fleeing to other countries”. Or when Bibi himself endorses trumps plan of Ethnic cleansing2.2 million Arab Israelis think ethnic cleansing isn’t the issue
The IDF are advancing rapidly across Gaza City, taking minimal casualties and exploiting their overwhelming firepower, manpower, and air superiority to render all resistance suicidally futile.
As in previous instances when Hamas had the opportunity to stand and fight against the IDF, their forces are collapsing entirely. Once again, the casandras who warned of a quagmire have been proven wrong. Those who claimed Hamas had recruited 25,000 new men and returned to their pre-war strength—relying entirely on pro-Hamas propaganda—should remember their mistake next time. There were many indications not only that Hamas had failed to rebuild, but that they had been reduced to just a few thousand armed men, with ample evidence that they were also short of weapons and ammunition. They have been entirely cut off from resupply for 2 years now.
The war will not end with Hamas losing Gaza City—which, at the current pace, will happen within weeks—but Israel will then be able to establish an internal perimeter and freeze the situation. Hamas may still hold hostages, but Israel will hold the stronger hand. With their capital lost forever and largely destroyed, no one will credibly claim Hamas as the victors.
Israel could easily and justifiably declare the Gideon’s Chariots operation concluded within weeks and shift to a purely counter-terror posture against Hamas remnants hiding among the civilian population in the humanitarian zone. Fighting out of that zone, or from the few remaining towns in the center of the strip, is far less advantageous for Hamas than making a stand in Gaza City. The logical conclusion is that they didn’t fight there because they couldn’t—or because their remaining fighters largely melted away.
A side note: there is a certain comedy in the prospect that the Greta-branded Jihadi-Marxist flotilla, currently meandering fractiously across the Mediterranean, may reach Gaza only to find the IDF firmly in control of the port. At the present pace, it’s a race to see who gets there first.
The dangerous duplicity of Mahmoud Abbas. In his speech addressing the UN General Assembly he wore a “key” pin – an unmistakable symbol of his goal of erasing Israel.
While Hamas called the October 7 massacre the “Al-Aqsa Flood”, Abbas wants his own flood under the guise of two states: millions of descendants of Arabs who left Israel in 1948 pushed into Israel to erase the only Jewish State.
History matters: in 1948 the Arab world declared war on Israel, after which many more Jews were expelled from Arab countries to Israel than Arabs who left Israel.
It is long overdue for Arab states to grant citizenship to the descendants of those who left in 1948.
The dangerous duplicity of Mahmoud Abbas. In his speech addressing the UN General Assembly he wore a “key” pin – an unmistakable symbol of his goal of erasing Israel.
While Hamas called the October 7 massacre the “Al-Aqsa Flood”, Abbas wants his own flood under the guise of two states: millions of descendants of Arabs who left Israel in 1948 pushed into Israel to erase the only Jewish State.
History matters: in 1948 the Arab world declared war on Israel, after which many more Jews were expelled from Arab countries to Israel than Arabs who left Israel.
It is long overdue for Arab states to grant citizenship to the descendants of those who left in 1948.
The dangerous duplicity of Mahmoud Abbas. In his speech addressing the UN General Assembly he wore a “key” pin – an unmistakable symbol of his goal of erasing Israel.
While Hamas called the October 7 massacre the “Al-Aqsa Flood”, Abbas wants his own flood under the guise of two states: millions of descendants of Arabs who left Israel in 1948 pushed into Israel to erase the only Jewish State.
History matters: in 1948 the Arab world declared war on Israel, after which many more Jews were expelled from Arab countries to Israel than Arabs who left Israel.
It is long overdue for Arab states to grant citizenship to the descendants of those who left in 1948.
I see them being allowed to return to their homes but I think ultimately it will be annexed and governed by Israel.Of course, which is why it’s debatable and it technically wasn’t explicitly stated in their plan. It’s not a good sign when former cabinets members are saying Bibi is taking it down a bad path of cleansing Gaza, and current members say things like “Gaza will be completely destroyed with its inhabitants fleeing to other countries”. Or when Bibi himself endorses trumps plan of Ethnic cleansing
Realistically do you see Israel leaving Gaza and the 2 million gazans return back to their homes?