Israelis are NOT standing up in force against this -- and the Jewish lobby in the United States is not, either. It will surprise me very much if the State of Israel lasts another 20 years in its current form.
I think there is going to be a shift - one that is ethical but also self-defensive in the Jewish lobby here.
It once horrified me to read that some American Jews during WW2 were made aware of Nazi concentration camps and rather than make it public knowledge chose to circle the wagons fearing the antisemitism rampant in our country. Self preservation is a widespread human characteristic not solely the purview of one ethnicity. Never has been.
We’re in a period where we can see the global dealings of many bad actors. If you think Israel is in danger, also look at other middle eastern kingdoms. It’s a chess game with drones.
Israel can survive but only after rationality is insisted upon.
How many of the tourists who will stay at this new luxury resort will have nightmares about the people trapped under the rubble of their homes after the explosions, their screams for help unanswered because anyone who tried to dig them out would be shot by Israeli soldiers? There are a great many bones lying underneath all those mountains of destroyed buildings.
This is actually not so far-fetched a point to consider. There was a time, believe it or not, before all of the wars in this region over the past 50 years and before, that this was an area that rivaled the Riviera. Pristine blue water beaches next to top tier resort hotels. It was a destination for those with means. Keep this in mind as one follows these goings-on.
This behavior and the apathy surrounding it are the worst of humanity. I hope both Netanyahu and Trump are arrested by the ICC and Justice is served . I don’t expect it; it does not take away the grief response for these atrocities but acknowledgement is one small step toward truth.
Netanyahu and Trump are war criminals who must be prosecuted for crimes against humanity.
What a tragedy for Israel and Palestine.
Israelis are NOT standing up in force against this -- and the Jewish lobby in the United States is not, either. It will surprise me very much if the State of Israel lasts another 20 years in its current form.
I think there is going to be a shift - one that is ethical but also self-defensive in the Jewish lobby here.
It once horrified me to read that some American Jews during WW2 were made aware of Nazi concentration camps and rather than make it public knowledge chose to circle the wagons fearing the antisemitism rampant in our country. Self preservation is a widespread human characteristic not solely the purview of one ethnicity. Never has been.
We’re in a period where we can see the global dealings of many bad actors. If you think Israel is in danger, also look at other middle eastern kingdoms. It’s a chess game with drones.
Israel can survive but only after rationality is insisted upon.
Right now it’s busy losing its mind.
I agree.
The inhumanity is overwhelming. Israel will never have peace.
Insanity on a world scale. The wanton elimination of a race. This coming from a people who almost met the same fate.
Or one of his sons?
How many of the tourists who will stay at this new luxury resort will have nightmares about the people trapped under the rubble of their homes after the explosions, their screams for help unanswered because anyone who tried to dig them out would be shot by Israeli soldiers? There are a great many bones lying underneath all those mountains of destroyed buildings.
This is actually not so far-fetched a point to consider. There was a time, believe it or not, before all of the wars in this region over the past 50 years and before, that this was an area that rivaled the Riviera. Pristine blue water beaches next to top tier resort hotels. It was a destination for those with means. Keep this in mind as one follows these goings-on.
Hope the ICC issues an arrest warrant for the orange toad, asap
This behavior and the apathy surrounding it are the worst of humanity. I hope both Netanyahu and Trump are arrested by the ICC and Justice is served . I don’t expect it; it does not take away the grief response for these atrocities but acknowledgement is one small step toward truth.