Rooting out Hamas fixes nothing

[whatchamacallit]

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Exactly.

[Fred Sanders]

2. Rooting out propaganda, that can fix everything, keep it up against the massive propaganda

effort underway to convince you one Palestinian life is near worthless, at least a thousand to one more valuable is an Israeli life.

A soldiers life, his "kidnapping"', LOL, causes hand wringing concern, even as 100 people are wasted at the same time, but they were civilian, and Palestinians , so that barely counts.

How evil is that?

Here is a truth or two......there can only be a political solution, short of genocide and extermination, and the election of Hamas in Gaza two years ago made peace FAR too likely for the likes of the war hawks and religious zealots of Israel.

Take me to the jury, I demand it!

[MohRokTah]

6. The kidnapping occurred during a ceasefire

That puts the blame squarely on Hamas for everything happening now.

You don't get to demand unilateral cease fires.

[Fred Sanders]

7. "Kidnapping"...... You made me laugh. I blame all the guys doing the killing, not the killed.

[MohRokTah]

9. That's what it was.

During a ceasefire, you cannot capture an enemy combatant, you can only kidnap them.

[Fred Sanders]

10. You keep saying that, some will believe you. Care to comment on the topic of the OP?

Thought not.

[MohRokTah]

11. I commented on your post, now you deflect the issue

Under international law, taking an enemy combatant prisoner during a ceasefire is an illegal kidnapping and a war crime. So don't let your precious Hamas off the hook for a blatant war crime, there are war crimes being committed by both sides.

[Fred Sanders]

12. I appreciate that you believe Israel is also committing war crimes. Peace.

[MohRokTah]

13. The whole damned mess is one war crime after another by both sides. Eom

[Fred Sanders]

14. I think we can pray together for peace, and rest for the innocent lives lost. Yes, we can.

[MohRokTah]

15. Absolutely

Likud and Hamas are violent evil war criminals, the Israeli and Palestinian people are their victims.

[treestar]

3. Hamas is just the latest

It was the PLO, and haven't there been others? It does seem hopeless that the Palestinians will ever give up fighting back.

[whatchamacallit]

4. Yep, same as it ever was n/t

[JaydenD]

5. Root out the illegal settlements and there will be occassion for genuine peace talks

As it is now, Israel stealing more and more of Palestinians property makes for an impossible bargaining situation.

[Bettie]

8. And yet, there are those who will declare that the answer is for the oppressed

never to speak up, never to fight back, but rather to take whatever the party in power gives them and say 'thank you' for it.

Of course, were they to do that, the boot on their throat would simply push harder.

[whatchamacallit]

17. Seems the way... :/ n/t