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| No, we're not all hostages; there are only 115 of them |
| 2024-07-27 |
| [YNet] Protest sign 'We are all hostages' is a selfish expression of political motives, exploiting personal and national trauma, implying everyone is a victim of something—anything the protester opposes, in this case, the government. Our monkeys always imitate your. At least, the scum vermin, don't dare protest the fate of poor abused Gazooks, yet. No, we are not all hostages. There are 115 men, women, children and elderly who were brutally kidnapped from their homes on October 7, and they are the true hostages. Neither the sign-holder nor any other Israeli citizen can understand what it is like to be in Gaza’s tunnels, in a Gazan family's home, fearing rape by a terrorist or living with the existential fear that today might be their last day on Earth Most of them are dead. Hamas' SOP is to store bodies for later exchange. The argument so far has been that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the hostage deal is driven by political motives—a legitimate claim, with some logic, given that every public official has a political motive, and the question is whether it aligns with the national interest. That is for the public to decide. Regarding the current deal, it does not serve the national interest optimally. First, the hostages: Israel does not know which hostages will be released. Will we get all the female soldiers? The elderly? What about the soldiers? Do you think we’re in a reality show like Big Brother versus The Amazing Race? Wait for Sinwar's reality show—who gets left behind. And if we give up so much in Phase A, what will we give in Phases B and C? Here, too, the script is predictable: we will get hostages in Phase A, but logic and experience tell us we will not reach Phases B and C. Sinwar will drag out the time and the nerves as only he can. From a security perspective, during the cease-fire, the terror organizations in the north and south will use the time to arm themselves and rebuild their forces. Hamas will regain strength in areas where it has lost it and return to regions from which Israel expelled the terrorists. This will make it harder to reach the remaining hostages—thus, the deal, as currently presented, does not meet the national interest in terms of hostage return or security. The only way to maximize the number of hostages we get back and the state's security interests is through increased military pressure and deterrence. If Netanyahu were driven by political interests, as supporters of the deal claim, and not by national and security interests, he would accept the deal. After all, this is what the protesters, the street burners and the road blockers are demanding—now, now, now. No matter the outcome or which hostages remain behind. If Netanyahu wants peace from the streets, from Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and from the opposition, he should accept the deal and ignore security considerations and the hostages. But Netanyahu also knows that the protests are not really about the deal or the hostages. This is just the same long-standing protest—first, the protests calling to indict Netanyahu, then to oust him, then the anti-judicial reform protests and are now the hostage protests. Very well funded protests and ads. |
| Posted by:Grom the Reflective |
| #4 "And I made all that bread for those men," Clucked Joy Reid to a terrorist friend, As outside in the street All the peacock elite Said, "No ransom for brittle Red Hen!" |
| Posted by: Pancho Poodle 8452 2024-07-27 22:55 |
| #3 QUESTION:What if a Terrorist group, say, seized the CNN, MS-NBC buildings, or say just The View? The View and Joy Reid would be quickly thrown in the ocean. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2024-07-27 19:10 |
| #2 NN2N1, Gaza is not innocent, you are correct. Neither is the consolidated efforts of Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthi's, and the ring leader Iran. In my opinion, Netanyahu's responses were responsibly executed and continue to be measured. I do feel for the people that are suffering, but Hamas is a Cancer that they, the suffering, voted into power. They are getting what they voted for. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2024-07-27 10:24 |
| #1 Amazing how The Main Stream Media, now more like National Socialist-Democrat anti-Semitic mouthpieces. Have flipped the Hamas Terrorist genocidal attack, of murder, torture, rape and hostage taking. Into Israel being the bad person. Because, Israel had decided no more constant "tit-for-tat" attack efforts. But to eliminate a genocidal a well funded and supported terrorist group like Hamas and recover the civilian hostages, or at least their bodies. QUESTION:What if a Terrorist group, say, seized the CNN, MS-NBC buildings, or say just The View? Would the other Liberal Media outlets or the Democrat Party vilify CNN, MS-NBC or The View's Owners for rescuing their people and seeking out and eliminating the terrorists to free their people? We must remember Gaza is not innocent. * A 100+ miles of tunnels did not get dug overnight and go unreported for years. * 1000's of Genocidal Terrorists did not get fed, armed, transported and housed out of the clear blue sky. * 100's of Rocket launch locations were housed in public locations and private homes. * Plus, HAMAS' well documented history of hiding in Public Hospitals, Refugee camps, attacking food & medical supplies convoys and other civilian locations. All of which also were seen by likely 1000's of Gazans. But never reported due to their support of the Terrorists. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2024-07-27 05:50 |