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2024-03-08 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Ex-CIA chief Petraeus: 'To defeat Hamas, Israel must get Gaza running again'

Teaching your grandmother to suck eggs, dear boy.

[Jerusalem Post] Ex-CIA chief David Petraeus on Thursday said that for Israel to beat Hamas, it must not only take apart its remaining battalions in Rafah but also must get Gaza running again for Palestinian civilians.

Isn’t that the job of the Palestinian civilians?

Speaking at the INSS Conference in Tel Aviv, Petraeus said, "Only by getting Gaza running again for Palestinian civilians, whether in stable food distribution, with hospitals properly running, and eventually with a general return of civil society, will Israel truly be able to end Hamas’s source of support."

The former CIA chief stated Israel cannot "stop until Hamas has been destroyed and cannot be reconstituted."
Some bits of truth found hidden in the baloney.
In addition, he said Israel must get Gazans back to their homes, demonstrate to people that aid is being given in a stable way, "that hospitals are functioning, that construction will return," and that society goes back to functioning...Then you need to implement a plan that keeps them from being able to reconstitute."

Despite his support for completely destroying Hamas, he said that Israel must eventually come to terms with a two-state solution with the Palestinians.

Let them prove themselves with limited self rule before getting more ambitious.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-03-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top

#1 Drop dead, moron.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-03-08 02:08|| 2024-03-08 02:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Chutzpah. Yes, that's the word, chutzpah.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-03-08 04:18|| 2024-03-08 04:18|| Front Page Top

#3 Isn't Hamas running already?

Posted by European Conservative 2024-03-08 05:32|| 2024-03-08 05:32|| Front Page Top

#4 Does Petraeus want Israel to open up a tunnel business based in a hospital?

Posted by Airandee 2024-03-08 06:26|| 2024-03-08 06:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Israel cannot "stop until Hamas has been destroyed and cannot be reconstituted."

So COIN this time means $$?

Posted by Skidmark 2024-03-08 07:01|| 2024-03-08 07:01|| Front Page Top

#6 What he means is the "revolving door" for even the most violent criminals we have in blue cities in the US now.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-03-08 08:07|| 2024-03-08 08:07|| Front Page Top

#7 All of Gaza will be evacuated and its population voluntarily resettled in other countries. Europe and the US both have generous programs for refugees.

Posted by Fat Bob Untervehr8471 2024-03-08 08:21|| 2024-03-08 08:21|| Front Page Top

#8 Then you need to implement a plan that keeps them from being able to reconstitute.

Seems more like a first step rather than the last. Unless you are willing to do this all over again, which I suspect the Israelis are not.

Posted by SteveS 2024-03-08 09:17|| 2024-03-08 09:17|| Front Page Top

#9 bullshyte. peace for israel means no gaza, no west-bank

Posted by irish rage boy 2024-03-08 10:16|| 2024-03-08 10:16|| Front Page Top

#10 Wait... Gaza was running before? News to me.

Posted by DarthVader 2024-03-08 11:04|| 2024-03-08 11:04|| Front Page Top

#11 Petraeus said, "Only by getting Gaza running again for Palestinian civilians, and eventually with a general return of civil society, will Israel truly be able to end Hamas’s source of support."

Much of Hama's support comes through Iran. A chunk of that money came from the USA. How stupid is that? We should get our own house in order, namely illegal immigration, the economy, corruption, inflation, debt, and large government.

Posted by JohnQC 2024-03-08 23:08|| 2024-03-08 23:08|| Front Page Top

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