Israel/Palestine thread
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apparently this guy got got
Israel just murdered the family of one of the big Hamas guys in Qatar. according to this thread, he is happy about that.
does that make this guy a legitimate target?
Isn't it Eid right now?
I hope it is something like they don't have 40 in the women and children category.
I hope it is something like they don't have 40 in the women and children category.
Nili Margalit was taken hostage by Gazan civilians and sold to Hamas later on. You'd have to think there are others in a similar boat. Hamas probably hasn't had reliable info on a lot of them for some time (if ever).
In a way that may make things easier for the greater good. May the ones lost rest in peace, and their families get some certainty one way or the other.
I guess if this is just getting released now, then Hamas has been overplaying their hand for some time now.
we know that Zionist doctrine prefers their own dead to alive when it benefits them. but tell me more about the Mooslims dont care about their kids.
we know that Zionist doctrine prefers their own dead to alive when it benefits them. but tell me more about the Mooslims dont care about their kids.
No part of Judaism or Zionism prefers dead Jews. You just won't find that, and historically the Jewish people have proven time and again that they'd make massive strategic concessions bordering on mistakes to save the few. The American Special forces do the same (and Jihadist have exploited this too).
The truth is that the dead hostages here simply prevent Israel from potential strategic error (in the game theory approach) of handing over thousands of killers back to Hamas. Israel may no longer be forced into a Shalit situation. And we can recognize that to be true. That's all that has happened here today. Hamas has Israel over less of a barrel than we thought yesterday.
Islamic Jihad doesn't want to sell their hostages?
There is no way there isn't 40 hostages left. My bet is Hamas just can't allow some of them to be released so they are either keeping or killing them.
ofc its true that dead Israelis are better for Zionism. thats why they have the Hannibal doctrine and thats why they slaughtered many of their own on Oct 7. at least in the short term it is good. but not sure how a society constantly at war can reconcile that if any one of them is strategically better off dead then they will be gladly sacrificed and continue to exist long term. I certainly would not be willing to give my life up so that my country can continue to murder and steal.
ad for conflating the Jewish people with Zionish, well I sure hope what you say is true and they are both very different things. but I think a lot of people like yourself and Dun look at Jews and Zionists as the same, just like you look at Muslims and ISIS as the same.
Islamic Jihad doesn't want to sell their hostages?
There is no way there isn't 40 hostages left. My bet is Hamas just can't allow some of them to be released so they are either keeping or killing them.
I think they are talking about actually civilian hostages.
they are not giving up the soldiers for 6 weeks of respite.
the plan that Hamas has offered all along has been to swap in phases. civilians first, and then soldiers.
this has been the offer since Oct 8th. but most Israelis would prefer 100s of dead Jews to allow for murdering 100s of thousands of Palestinians.
Guys, leave vic in here to stroke his meat solo
Boycott the thread. There's nothing here.
Islamic Jihad doesn't want to sell their hostages?
There is no way there isn't 40 hostages left. My bet is Hamas just can't allow some of them to be released so they are either keeping or killing them.
The hostages were presumably meant to insure the hostage-takers against massive Israeli retaliation, given Israel's mistakenly obliging policy in the past. But that gamble failed, so the value of the hostages may have gone down, which would be very bad news for the people taken.
I dont think Iran is going to take the bait. I hope they dont.
never thought another country would make the USA look good but Israel has achieved it in flying colors
Osama relatives weren't Al qaida operatives , unlike the sons of Haniyeh.
Imagine the morals of a leader of a terrorist organization living in luxury in Qatar while his actual sons conduct terrorist operations in an active war zone, bringing their own children with them
Osama bin junior enjoys bassetbaw, painting and jihad
Of the 129 hostages still alive after the last exchange, there are now less than 100 still living. The majority of those ~100 are military or military aged men. They do not have 40 hostages that meet the criteria for exchange- women, children, elderly, and sick. So now they must decide if they are willing to hit the 40 number by including military males, which seems unlikely.
(What I’ve gathered listening to NPR this morning ^)
It was also suggested that murdering that Hamas guys kids and grandkids while they’re in the middle of a negotiation with no deal on the table yet was a pretty stupid thing to do if the goal is actually reaching an agreement.
Of the 129 hostages still alive after the last exchange, there are now less than 100 still living. The majority of those ~100 are military or military aged men. They do not have 40 hostages that meet the criteria for exchange- women, children, elderly, and sick. So now they must decide if they are willing to hit the 40 number by including military males, which seems unlikely.
(What I’ve gathered listening to NPR this morning ^)
the military men and women are POWs. I dont think Hamas is willing to send back active military women. Hamas, like Iran, are actually woke.
