WP: The Israeli Right Hopes not just for Victory in Gaza, but also for Conquest.

[Tomconroy]

From the article:

A reckoning seems more imminent than before. Israeli forces have not just severely degraded Hamas’s military capacity in recent weeks, but also pulverized much of Gaza and even demolished some of its civic institutions, including the territory’s main parliament building, according to reports. “Hamas’ governing capabilities have been destroyed, and it seems increasingly likely that at a minimum its military capabilities will be curtailed to the point of setting it back to where it was 15 years ago when it had no real capability to threaten Israel from its territory,” observed Michael Koplow of the Israel Policy Forum. “While this does not mean that Hamas will have been completely destroyed, its control of Gaza already has.”







The question, then, is who or what will fill the breach. On the Israeli left, there’s real dread about the possible answer. “As the last 50 years have shown, any single settler’s hallucination should be taken seriously, and treated as a plan of action by the next government, if not the current one,” wrote Haaretz columnist Amira Hass. “And when the hallucination is built on overt plans for total destruction and mass expulsion, wars are the most suitable ground for its realization.”

https://s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?trackId=63af665cc5a38f503788846b&s=6556f484fd8b1520f37b9b9f&linknum=5&linktot=79

[Roy Rolling]

1. Follow the Money

Or, secondly, follow the land used as currency.

Pink Floyd said it best:

With, without
And who'll deny
It's what the fighting's all about

[JohnSJ]

4. Very nice of you to quote Pink Floyd, where roger water's has a problem with "Jews"

"Pink Floyd’s co-founder, Roger Waters, has been accused of repeated antisemitism, with claims he referred to “Jew food” and made up a song about his agent that called him a “fucking Jew”.

An investigation into Waters by the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) interviewed those who worked alongside him, who made allegations of repeated derogatory references to Jews.

The CAA has also published emails from Waters where he proposed that an inflatable pig floating above his concerts should be scrawled with an antisemitic slogan. In the emails from 2010 he also suggested “bombing” audiences with confetti in the shape of swastikas, stars of David, dollar signs and other symbols."

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/sep/28/roger-waters-accused-of-repeated-antisemitism-in-new-documentary

[inthewind21]

8. LOL

Roger Walter's.

[JohnSJ]

9. The typo is loads of laughs. Thanks for the correction

[Think. Again.]

2. I don't think it's time yet...

...to start dividing up the spoils, the job isn't finished.

As the article states:

". “While this does not mean that Hamas will have been completely destroyed, its control of Gaza already has.”

[LiberalArkie]

6. West Bank used to in Jordan. I believe it used to be called Judea

[JohnSJ]

5. If this situation finally stabilizes, maybe even before, if they have another election, according to the

Israeli polls, not only will Netanyahu be gone, but so will Likud

[T_A]

7. Hence The Chant

from the RightWing, "Erase Gaza".