• @Rapidcreek@lemmy.worldOP
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        25 months ago

        That’s a reasonable question calling for a reasonable discussion. However, I’ve given up trying to find one on this chat board.

        The first question I would have, though, is use of the word enabling. Do you honestly think Isreal could not pursue this war without the US?

        Clausewitz wrote that “war is politics by other means.”

          • @Rapidcreek@lemmy.worldOP
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            05 months ago

            They sure could and would. They make most of their own arms. The biggest thing the US is doing is holding off a larger war. They do not need the ammo we supply, it just makes it less challenging for them.

            • @goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org
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              45 months ago

              No the US is helping hold off the rest of the world from doing a peace keeping mission to stop Israel from the genocide it’s doing.

              It doesn’t matter if we stop weapons if we don’t also use soft power to stop the killings.

                • @goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org
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                  05 months ago

                  Who in the world are you imagining? I’ve seen no one step to the plate.

                  That’s a reasonable question calling for a reasonable discussion. However, I’ve given up trying to find one on this chat board.

                  Starting to see why this keeps happening to you if that’s your logic

        • @randon31415@lemmy.world
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          05 months ago

          Could Israel not pursue this war without the US?

          They could get weapons from other people or build them themselves, but the real question is could Bibi keep his coalition together with various international pressures applied. As soon as an election is called - if the hostages are not back … well everyone knows what happened to Jimmy Carter.

    • @golli@lemm.ee
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      65 months ago

      For me in some ways it is even more telling how there seems to be no attempt towards a constructive solution with the West Bank. If anything they are making things worse with the illegal settlements.

      That wouldn’t be an easy task either, but leagues easier compared to getting anything productive done in a hot conflict like what is currently happening in Gaza.

      • @Rapidcreek@lemmy.worldOP
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        55 months ago

        That’s why Bibi doesn’t want a two state solution. The far right, who put him in power and keep him there, “own” that land on the West Bank. With a wo state solution, they’re going to have to give some up.

  • AutoTL;DRB
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    15 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    But the Israeli leader becomes more heavily reliant on far-right allies who oppose the latest U.S.-backed cease-fire proposal and want to press ahead with the war.

    The popular former military chief joined Netanyahu’s government shortly after the Hamas attack in a show of unity.

    He scrapped a planned news conference Saturday night after four Israelihostages were dramatically rescued from Gaza earlier in the day in Israel’s largest such operation since the eight-month war began.

    Gantz called for Israel to hold elections in the fall, and encouraged the third member of the war Cabinet, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, to “do the right thing” and resign from the government as well.

    Gallant has previously said he would resign if Israel chose to reoccupy Gaza, and encouraged the government to make plans for a Palestinian administration.

    Gantz’s decision to leave is largely “a symbolic move” due to his frustration with Netanyahu, said Gideon Rahat, chairman of the political science department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.


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