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Israel will never get any peace unless they, well, accept what they must do. For them, there is no peace as long Hamas exists. Ed Morrissey has more
“This machine cannot be stopped,” declared Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant earlier today. At the very least, Israel will not stop the IDF, now fully unleashed in Gaza, short of total victory. Instead, Gallant offered Hamas a different deal, which sounds remarkably like Hamas’ true ‘offer’ to the Israelis.
In other words, the Israelis have finally and fully internalized the existential threat Hamas represents to their country and to Jews everywhere. So does Benjamin Netanyahu, who sent a similar message to world leaders and foreign media this afternoon as well. Calls for a “cease fire” constitutes a surrender, and Israel will no longer play along with Hamas annihilationists:
“Israel will not agree to a cessation of hostilities after the horrific attacks of October 7,” says Netanyahu in comments in English to the foreign media. “Calls for a ceasefire are a call for Israel to surrender to Hamas, to surrender to terror, to surrender to barbarism. That will not happen.”
Netanyahu says nobody would have called on the US to agree to a ceasefire following the Pearl Harbor attack during World War II.
The prime minister says there must be a “moral distinction between the deliberate murder of the innocent, and the unintentional kind of casualties that accompany every legitimate war,” in comments on the death toll of Palestinians in Gaza.
Israel truly has no option do they? Lots more at the link
Iran, backed by Russia and China a will NEVER allow Israel to do what needs done. They WANT constant internecine warfare in general region. It serves their needs.
Israel helped create and fund Hamas to counter the PLO.