On October 7 of last year, Hamas took more than two hundred hostages, rather than killing them, in the belief that holding live hostages would help it escape the full wrath of Israel.
The whole thing is madness. The madness of the Democratic party (because let's face it its all them) is a given at this point and it has made Israel's task immeasurablu more difficult. But the madness in Israel? It's madness that Gallant can openly defy and attack and drum opposition to the policy of a government in which he serves. It's madness that Netanyahu's political rivals are drumming up public opposition and even calling for civil disobedience. I don't know why it is happening. I question whether Israel can survive when at least 40 percent of the country believes that Israel should essentially surrender to Iran/Hamas.
The anger of these protestors being directed at Netanyahu rather than Hamas is bizarre. Hamas could not have asked for a better outcome to their barbarity. For all the reasons you've articulated, this no doubt will give Hamas an added incentive to hang on and periodically kill hostages whenever it suits them. The irrationality and self-destructiveness of the new woke Left, as opposed to the older and more traditional Left, has apparently seeped into Israeli society. So sad. Also, another possible reason for Hamas killing these hostages as the IDF closed in might be to keep the six from telling the world all that they had to endure under Hamas captivity--especially the two women.
The whole thing is madness. The madness of the Democratic party (because let's face it its all them) is a given at this point and it has made Israel's task immeasurablu more difficult. But the madness in Israel? It's madness that Gallant can openly defy and attack and drum opposition to the policy of a government in which he serves. It's madness that Netanyahu's political rivals are drumming up public opposition and even calling for civil disobedience. I don't know why it is happening. I question whether Israel can survive when at least 40 percent of the country believes that Israel should essentially surrender to Iran/Hamas.
The anger of these protestors being directed at Netanyahu rather than Hamas is bizarre. Hamas could not have asked for a better outcome to their barbarity. For all the reasons you've articulated, this no doubt will give Hamas an added incentive to hang on and periodically kill hostages whenever it suits them. The irrationality and self-destructiveness of the new woke Left, as opposed to the older and more traditional Left, has apparently seeped into Israeli society. So sad. Also, another possible reason for Hamas killing these hostages as the IDF closed in might be to keep the six from telling the world all that they had to endure under Hamas captivity--especially the two women.
No doubt. Biden to his last presidential days will keep expanding Bob Gates' bill of particulars of Biden's foreign policy failures. Jim Dueholm