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Originally posted by AD:
Given that Hamas-Palestinian Authority spent months preparing and training a 30,000 strong Palestinian terror army for the 7th October massacre of Israeli civilians and the inevitable aftermath war, it is is apparent (and quite reasonably so in my opinion) that Israelis think there are no innocent Palestinians and there is currently no chance of peace.

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Originally posted by AD:
Daniel, do explain the difference between Hamas and whoever else (you may believe) rules Gaza.

And so explain why, as 133 civilians are still being held by Palestinian terror groups who are obviously all war criminals, we should not be aiding Israel in their rescue.

You seem rather naive regarding war and the outcome for civilians.
With Iran spending billions indoctrinating, arming and training various proxy armies in countries neighbouring Israel and all with the stated purpose of removing the state of Israel and its people from the map, what is Israel to do other than fight back against these openly genocidal murdering terrorists? It is the prime government thing to do, defend and protect citizens.

Understand this is a religious war.
Nobody is born wanting to kill.

You are of course wrong about me. Nobody sane wants war, let alone see civilians hurt.
Were I in charge of the IDF after the horrendous massacre of 1400 civilians during 7th October incursion, and logistics allowed...
after the initial air raids of the first week to provide access areas into Gaza, I would have used tanks followed by ground troops and pushed house to house without stopping from East to West rather than North to South. This would have resulted I think in less civilian casualties and a faster outcome of finding the abducted civilians and defeating the Palestinian-hamas terrorist army. But involved more IDF troops and consequent casualties. Hindsight from thousands of miles away is wonderful.


Meanwhile the Arab states do nothing. Egypt will not open it's Rafah crossing, not even for orphaned children who are a stones throw away. Tell us why the Palestinians are not wanted, Daniel, yet Arabs are happy to give them guns and food.
They are being cruelly used.

AlJazeera made me laugh the other day repeatedly saying how great Iran is showing its military might (though they hit nothing with 300+ missiles), whereas the other channels were saying how tough sanctions were going to be imposed.

It seems we have a divided world; with Iran, Russia, N.Korea, China on one side and the US, Europe, Saudi/UAE on the other.


That's enough of my ramblings on things especially distant as we drive to a local book fair and then call in at a monthly food fair for sourdough bread.