Israel - Palestine discussion thread

[Joey D]

aLl US sOlDiErS aRe wAr cRiMiNaLs

Meanwhile, they support Benjamin Naziyahu committing war crimes freely.

Netanyahu mulls plan to empty northern Gaza of civilians and cut off aid to those left inside

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is examining a plan to seal off humanitarian aid to northern Gaza in an attempt to starve out Hamas militants.

apnews.com

 

[HenrySwanson]

From The Times' letters to editor:

Sir, Max Hastings (Oct 12) is right to highlight the absurd claims of those who, ignoring the geopolitical reality, champion either the destruction of Israel or a two-state solution. However, his apocalyptic vision of an apartheid one-state Greater Israel is not the only alternative. The Balfour declaration of 1917, and the subsequent mandate, proposed the creation of a homeland for the Jewish people but one that would protect the rights of all inhabitants of Palestine regardless of faith or background. This did not come to pass; the result has been a hundred years of hostility. Yet, if all its citizens were declared equal before the law and treated with the same degree of tolerance, overseen by a power-sharing executive, the nation could become a beacon of civilisation in a dark world.

(I swear it wasn't me)

 

[Carbonox]

and capturing other countries for dinner.

The irony of course being that for all the overseas fighting the US have done lately, none has resulted in annexation of territory.

 

[inCloud]

none has resulted in annexation of territory

Iraq, Afghanistan were under occupation for how long?

 

[Sprite]

Iraq, Afghanistan were under occupation for how long?

Occupation: “the action, state, or period of occupying or being occupied by military force.”

Annexation: “annexation, a formal act whereby a state proclaims its sovereignty over territory hitherto outside its domain. Unlike cession, whereby territory is given or sold through treaty, annexation is a unilateral act made effective by actual possession and legitimized by general recognition.”

So… not the same thing.

 

[inCloud]

So… not the same thing.

Original quote was

capturing other countries

So, occupied is fine, IMO.

Last US annexed territory was Hawaii, AFAIK.

 

[McLaren]

Last US annexed territory was Hawaii, AFAIK.

Which was trying to re-strengthen its monarchy status after years of power struggle between Kingdom & the foreign business men. Note that the US also actually acknowledged its wrong doings.

 

[Blood Eagle]

I received this letter when I was a young war criminal. It was pretty clear that our mission was to rape and pillage.

 

[Touring Mars]

US gives Israel 30 days to boost Gaza aid or risk cuts to military support

The letter, sent on Sunday, amounts to the strongest known written warning from the US to its ally.

www.bbc.co.uk

Long overdue, but a timely and very strong message to Israel to rein in their despicable treatment of the people of Gaza.

I guess the Harris Biden administration have finally had enough of Netanyahu ignoring them, and a reminder of who underwrites security of the State of Israel is in order.

That said, the US and other allies of Israel tread a fine line between reining in Israeli aggression and not wavering in the face of increasingly hostile and multilateral threats against Israel and Western interests in the Middle East - it's a dichotomy that the US, Israel and their allies are now facing - the axis of Iran, China, North Korea and Russia would like nothing more than the US to limit support for Israel, while at the same time not caring a jot about what atrocities Israel carries out in order to defend its interests against the axis that opposes them.