News today that the Israeli Defense force has rescued an Israeli Hostage seems particularly hollow once you compare the number of lives destroyed by this same military force. Tens of thousands of Palestinian Civilians have perished due to Israeli bombing, sniper action, hunger, disease and forced homelessness. What Hamas was allowed to do over a year ago was horrifying, unjustifiable and the focal point that started this genocidal action by Israel.
Israeli Forces allowed Hamas Fighters into a region where civilians were festively celebrating life, knowing this action would result in mass killings. Israelis have lived with victimhood for centuries and believed they understood what Hamas would do. Hamas took hostages and ran into Gaza seeking sanctuary from a civilian population. Israel’s Cabinet and leader Netanyahu knew of the consequences of this action. A decision was made by the Cabinet led by Netanyahu, allowing Hamas Fighters to enter Gaza, thereby enlarging the conflict and giving Israel options for how to respond.
1. Encircle Hamas and over time eliminate them as a fighting force domestically.
2. Seek an immediate end to the conflict and deal with the terrorists later.
3. Invade Gaza, driving the Palestinian Population away from their homes and out of the territory. Deal with Hamas militarily.
4. Eliminate Hamas and Hezbollah Forces as one. No time like the present to end their threats.
5. Deal with all nation-states that support these terrorists…Syria, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Various nations in North Africa. Possibly end the sanctuary Lebanon gives to its various warring factions all being anti-Israel.
Jews look upon non-Jews in a particular manner that could seem socio-politically unacceptable to non-Jews. Politically incorrect. Jewish culture, theology and Religious Teachings center upon “the Jew” as someone special, a chosen people, and all others do not get the stamp of approval from this culture or state. Victimhood has allowed for a reinforcing of this attitude. The holocaust has been seen as an attempt by non-Jews to eliminate the entirety of Jewdom. throughout the world Jews have been prosecuted. This historic event transformed Jewish belief and allowed it to evolve into something aggressively defensive. Israel’s leader Netanyahu views Palestinians and non Jews in a particular fashion. Palestinians are viewed as pests and other non-Jews as useful idiots.
Israeli leaders understand the power victimhood has given them. The world still feels a collective guilt because of the holocaust, particularly Western Nations like Britain and the USA. Why else would these nations be prepared to enter a global military conflagration willingly? Guilt, greed and pride. The West does not know how the deal with Israel appears to be much like a tyranny, wants and needs a colony in the Middle East friendly to the West, and after giving over a trillion dollars to Israel cannot formulate a way to say they may have made a mistake choosing Israel to be their proxy guard dog in the Middle Kingdoms.
Israel cannot allow an unsatisfactory peace agreement to be instituted unless it can achieve its goals of territorial expansion, expulsion of an unwanted population protection for its leadership, a international immunity for all things done by Netanyahu these last few years. See the goals and understand why this conflict happened.
Steven Kaszab
Bradford, Ontario
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I believe Israeli Forces allowed Hamas into their territory willingly at their leadership’s request. Whether this plan backfired or ran as planned is to be considered. Just before this conflict, Netanyahu faced the possibility of being charged and convicted of crimes of corruption, fraud and influence peddling. War became a way for him to escape prosecution.
Biblical and Rabbinic attitudes can be researched showing that Jews can be as racist and isolationist as any other people. Read the Old Testament and be amazed. Remember these are the attitudes of ancient people, not associated with present-day attitudes of social justice, equality and fairness.
