The release of hostages. This could be bodies of dead hostages. If they give the names recent videos and pictures then it’s believable that they are live hostages, not stiffs. There are at least 35 dead and these ones could be what Hamas are offering. If Israel said ok and this happened what do you think Israel should do ?
Personally if I were Israel I would stand tight, wait for the hostage release and depending if they were alive then pull out. If dead what exactly is the cease fire for?

Edited by cryrst (08 May 2024 5.58pm)

Fully armed 'settlers' are already in parts of Gaza selecting their land.

I disengage, I turn the page.

This is not going to end well. If Israel are successful in obliterating Gaza and effectively eradicating the Hamas threat, the fight just moves to other parts of the world where Jews are currently living. Israel forces will not be able to protect them.
Perhaps the plan is to ‘invite’ overseas Israelis back to the newly conquered homeland and the remaining Palestinian population is concentrated into the West Bank.

hats off to palace, they were always gonna be louder, and hate to say it but they were impressive ALL bouncing and singing.

Is there reliable any source for this? I am totally opposed to Israel getting away with expanding settlements into pre October massacre Gaza.

There might be a case for a permanent military presence to stop or immediately react to rockets attacks and the like.

A UN force would do except as the Balkans tragically proved peace keeping forces are useless if they don't have the authority or will to shoot and kill

Edited by HKOwen (13 May 2024 11.23am)

Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.

I didn’t suggest we were but we still kept lots of friends because we were fighting a common enemy. Israel is supported in fighting Hamas but not in attempting ethnic cleansing and land grabs. They will end up isolated, friendless and surrounded by hostility. That won’t sit well with the many reasonable and decent people who live there, so how long can the Netanyahu style survive? US politics will play a big role I suspect.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

It's horrible and we shouldn't be involved in any of it.

It's a regional war where one set of people is being funded by the US and the other is being ethnically cleansed out of their native homeland. But as you rightly say, they would do the same if they could.....then again all this was imposed on them since 48.

We all know Israel understands that unless they expand they will be outbred and taken over....they know that once the boomers die off in America their support over there starts to decline quickly.....social liberals/left would see Israel as a nation for the Jews end....So this is Zionism fighting back while they hold the ascendency.

I would be happier if we had no involvement in what goes on there at all....it's a war where the majority killed are civilians and a lot of children......Why can't we be like so many other countries and stay out of wars?

Edited by Stirlingsays (13 May 2024 1.39pm)

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