Little Rishi

[Squid]

It's a win if there is not another terrorist attack on that scale ever again. People are already forgetting that almost 2000 people were murdered, beheaded, raped and kidnapped. 2000 in a population of 9 million. This is the attempt to create the conditions to wipe Israel off the face of the map. The actions of Israel in Gaza must be laid at the door of HAMAS and folk would be wise to use thst fact to molify their anxiety.

Hamas cannot be defeated militarily.

1)Their leadership and funding exist outside of Gaza and the reach of Israel.

2)They have an endless supply of willing footsoldiers. If Bloody Sunday had people queuing up to join the PIRA, what do you think wiping out people's entire families will do? Anti-state action which begets state overreaction, will only lead to further anti-state action. Always has and always will.

3) Hamas cannot wipe Israel off the map. So what Israel are doing doesn't look like "protection", it looks to the vast majority of the outside world like revenge. And again, many other countries are noticing the double standards between the West condemning Putin for cutting off water and saying it's fine for Israel to do the same. The damage in the standing of the West has been colossal and China and Russia will benefit from that.

Finally, I do think Jews count. All Israelis have the right to live in peace, as does everyone else in that region. I do not see anything in the current actions of the Israeli government which will generate that peace.

I strongly recommend you listen to these words from a survivor of the Hamas attack: https://twitter.com/orlybarlev/status/17...2042093890