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Netanyahu rejects Hamas ceasefire proposal and vows to fight until ‘total victory’
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 08 Feb 2024
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Netanyahu was gifted an opportunity to boost his global standing by handling an attack on his country with dignity, grace, and precision.
He's somehow fumbled this so badly that he's managed to turn most of the world against Israel despite them not firing the first shot in this particular war, He's exposed the atrocities Israel has committed to an entire generation of people who may have never known about them otherwise, and his response goes so far beyond the scope of defense that they're well into the realm of genocide.
What a fucking idiot.
Basically this.
I know several people who were… uneasy with the destitution and humanitarian issues they saw in Gaza, but supported Israel overall because before Oct7 the news was only “Hamas fires 16 rockets against Haifa” and Israel wasn’t going wild carpet bombing
That ambiguous support is gone now that Likud & the coalition have gone full mask off. They’re not pushing BDS, but their view has fundamentally shifted on this conflict over a matter of days and weeks
That's why I specifically said this particular war
So they were engaged in active combat at the same pace they're going now before Oct 7th?
Why wasn't it all over the news then?
The pace has obviously increased, but IDF has been shooting civilians and journalists in Gaza and the west bank and hamas has been flinging rockets at Israel for years now.
Depending on how you count it, you could say there’s been some sort of fighting and violence going on for decades. Even though, you can distinguish several periods of intensified war (such as the numerous intifadas), it’s difficult to call the in-between parts “peace”.
Blockades and sieges are acts of war.
Gaza had been under a blockade for 17 years.