Israel to "conquer" Gaza

The comparisons are stated on almost every thread , as is
genocide which is intent to destroy ethnic,racial or religious
groups , no mention of defence against terrorists

Wyllow3

Just issuing an ultimatum will not bring peace. Surely an "if you give up the hostages then".....is necessary for any negotiations.

It’s not about returning hostages now it’s about occupying Gaza and destroying Hamas.

I think the people of Gaza deserve to know what the outcomes are supposed to be. Presenting an option of occupation and no other, just when some Palestinians are speaking up against Hamas, is pushing them back into the control of Hamas.

a lot can happen in the week before Trump comes: I hope that we'll hear more from people in Israel itself as opposed to the likes of Smotrich but my fears are genuinely that Netanyahu (backed by Trump) really intends occupation.

So confusing, Netanyahu or Smotrich ?

Occupation means Israeli control of Gaza security and no role for any monitoring or intermediate force.

If it actually happens

It appears Netanyahu cant control his own War Cabinet.
Or is deliberately letting 2 narratives come out. Which makes things worse.

Things which appear may not be so

Hamas could comply with Israeli requests but their actions do not entitle Israel to starve a nation’s entire population, that is inhumane. This is a war crime.

It seems that many of the people of Israel are very unhappy at the inhumanity of their government. I listened to an interesting programme about Cyprus yesterday tellling of .the large number of Israelis leaving their homes and buying properties on the island. I wonder how many Israelis have emigrated in the last year.

lixy

This is still about Hamas refusing to return the hostages they hold.
Nothing humane or legal on either side.

Hamas are holding the whole of the Gaza population to ransom, and the Israeli government is using that to ‘justify’ taking the actions they have long wanted to make.

Meanwhile Palestinians are turning against Hamas and Israelies are demonstrating against their government. Jamesandjon this has little to do with the people of either place, just the extremists.

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Do any of us (and Netanyahu) actually believe that there are any hostages left, surely those not returned are now already dead, either at the hands of Hamas, or some surely must have perished under Israeli fire?

Return of hostages or their bodies , Hamas returns dead bodies

The Holocaust was genocide. Starving the Palestinians to death and refusing the supply of medical aid is genocide. So in this respect, they are the same.

Hamas and Netanyahu are equally evil.

Have any of you watched that documentary 'Settlers'? You said you might have a look Anniebach.

I think it quite possible that in all the forced moves, and all the bombing, some hostages have been killed. Possibly without trace, in the chaos. More may have been alive if the Israelis had not resumed bombing when the cease fire broke down.

I criticise both Hamas and the Israeli regime for letting that happen, and that is reflected in the demonstrations for the hostages in Israel and the rise of speaking up against Hamas. There are also limits on how many times families are happy with their sons and daughter being called up for military service.

Some Gazan's are still trying to locate family, or find out if they are alive.

Forcing all Gazans to an enclave into the south is a ghetto, it cuts off any possibility of farming or earning a living and they are apparently to exist off food distributed by US owned and operated (mercenaries) security companies. That's an occupation.

We've known all along that Trump wants to "clear Gaza" and he holds the purse strings for a huge % of funding Israel's military.

Yes, its extremists: except that Trump now has claimed a stake in it and its not as a peacemaker balancing the different interests.

Yes I;watched and gave my opinion, so biased , but it was BBC,
recently they gave the documentary which was quickly withdrawn.

On the other hand Anniebach, those Settlers were speaking as they believed, and were showing the world exactly what they were. They were not reading from 'scripts'. The BBC did not put words into their mouths. That is who those people are, and that is what they think, and plan to do.

Both cases I believe were/ are genocide. Perhaps it has always been the extremists, but we all stand by and watch .

What The Settlers showed was clear intention of some Israelis to occupy the West Bank - government approved. There is no denying this - its a fact

Although it is a different area to Gaza the "thinking" behind it surely shows intent - which is that it is valid to occupy and indeed take over all Palestinian Lands?

So when we see threats of turning the south of Gaza into a Ghetto is it any wonder clarification is needed for Gazans about their future?

Tens of thousands of children have died in Gaza yet it still doesn't seem to be enough blood shed. The reaction or rather inaction of a lot of the world's leaders is shameful. Yet it carries on.

It was agreed by both sides that hostages would be released weeks ago but Israel then changed its mind, refused to follow through and started bombing Gaza again as well as stopping all aid to the palistinian men women and children trapped there.
This did not need to happen if Israel had not broken the agreement.

Quote Maremia Tue 06-May-25 13:43:09
On the other hand Anniebach, those Settlers were speaking as they believed, and were showing the world exactly what they were. They were not reading from 'scripts'. The BBC did not put words into their mouths. That is who those people are, and that is what they think, and plan to do.

I the previous documentary I thought the same , then it was said the witnesses were from Hamas families, this was true, BBC apologised and withdrew the documentary

Quote JamesandJon33 Tue 06-May-25 13:54:34
Both cases I believe were/ are genocide. Perhaps it has always been the extremists, but we all stand by and watch .

So genocide , because they are Muslims, Arabs , that Israel
want them all dead ? Not true

Israel has long been protected from any criticism by Europe and the rest of the world, whatever it has done, because of what happened in WW2.
I think that may change in future.

No, Israel does not want them all dead.

I think there are confusions about what genocide means, ie it includes erasing a people's identity and means by which to live, which is happening.

What Cadenza and Silverlining said is whats important. People lives not disagreements on definitions. How can the people of Gaza be able to live their lives.