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2024-06-24 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Why is Israel unable to defeat Hamas? - opinion

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Posted by Skidmark 2024-06-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ] Top
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#1 Because to destroy Hamas, one needs to eliminate their political branch - starting with Nony Guterres.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-06-24 02:00|| 2024-06-24 02:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Because the Muslim Brotherhood controls several large wealthy countries like Qatar, is active in many nations and owns al jazeera
In addition the Islamic dollar dictates policy at western universities through direct funding and media through purchasing expensive packages from wire services.

The MB has a well-organised lobby in all western countries which it uses to wage lawfare on media pushing reporters and media houses to be ultra sensitive about offending the Master Religion

And most importantly the blame falls on Israeli leadership

Why?

Because for decades they pretended that Islam is not the problem

When islam is the problem

So all that interfaith crap just enabled Islamist propaganda to grow sympathy and lobby networks in the west, in student movements where it appealed to the Left and to indigenous de-colonial movements

They spread fake history painting the arab muslims of gaza as “pakestinians” a displaced ethnic minority, britain stole their land and gave it to the jews

Nothing much was done to counter this
It is still going on now
Israel has been delegitimised by fake history spreaders

And secondly - Israel botched the Oct 7 response

Should have given up on the hostages for dead on October 8 and carpet bombed then driven all survivors into Egypt
Orphaned kids under 12 taken and raised as Jews in loving jewish families.

That had to be done within 7 days to prevent the propaganda industry getting into full swing. It would be over now, with gaza part of israel and the muslims never to return

Posted by Anon1 2024-06-24 03:25|| 2024-06-24 03:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Because Hamas = Muslim Brotherhood = literal Islam

Posted by Anon1 2024-06-24 03:27|| 2024-06-24 03:27|| Front Page Top

#4 This opinion writer still doesn’t get it. Thinks Israel is losing because of the tunnels

NO you stupid!

There are no civilians in Gaza. Every Muslim in Gaza (and worldwide) thinks Israel has no right to exist even on land the size of a postage stamp

If there are “civilians” in Gaza then there are Hamas in Gaza

The only option is to resettle ALLthe muslims of gaza into Egypt and remove their UN “refugee” status of palestinians resettled

Posted by Anon1 2024-06-24 03:35|| 2024-06-24 03:35|| Front Page Top

#5 Yemen is in full swing helping Hamas. Iran is in full swing helping Hamas. Its not Israel against Hamas, its Israel against the muslim world...

Posted by 49 Pan 2024-06-24 04:10|| 2024-06-24 04:10|| Front Page Top

#6 ^UN in full swing helping Hamas, EU in full swing helping Hamas.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-06-24 04:11|| 2024-06-24 04:11|| Front Page Top

#7 Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman: US likely unable to assist Israel in war with Hezbollah

Why am I glad?

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-06-24 07:38|| 2024-06-24 07:38|| Front Page Top

#8 muslims adhere to sharia. sharia says a female opinion is less valued than a male opinion. sharia / muslims are not civilized. obliterate gaza and west-bank. no sharia/muslims in any civilized country. problem defined --> problem solved.

Posted by irish rage boy 2024-06-24 07:59|| 2024-06-24 07:59|| Front Page Top

#9 Simple their is no money to be made in a complete victory for any side duh!

Posted by Jack+Creanter7508 2024-06-24 08:16|| 2024-06-24 08:16|| Front Page Top

#10 Agree with #4 above During the war in Viet Nam the US sent "tunnel rats" throughout a III Corps region that was long controlled by the Viet Cong and honeycombed with tunnels. I believe that the TR not only booby-trapped the tunnels, but when found engineers clouded tunnels with a kind of itching compound that made their continued use untenable. Finally, although the extent of tunnels surprised the Israelis they are mapping what they have found. To render the entire complex 'safe' will take time. But it can be done. It will succeed when it has forced Hamas above ground.

Posted by Huputle+Cherelet4131 2024-06-24 09:45|| 2024-06-24 09:45|| Front Page Top

#11 Well, why clear the tunnels?
Block the access and egress, venting.

Israel dropped hundreds of 2,000-pound bombs on Gaza

Use something bigger.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-06-24 11:04|| 2024-06-24 11:04|| Front Page Top

#12 The MOP needs field testing.

GBU-57A/B MOP

Posted by Skidmark 2024-06-24 11:11|| 2024-06-24 11:11|| Front Page Top

#13 ^That's what Lebanon is for.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-06-24 11:13|| 2024-06-24 11:13|| Front Page Top

#14 ^Lebanon holds tour of airport to prove there is no Hezbollah weapons stockpile, but denies entry to air cargo center

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-06-24 11:14|| 2024-06-24 11:14|| Front Page Top

#15 IDF just ain't what it used to be apparently. This should have been a month long enterprise.

Posted by Flags of Phil 2024-06-24 11:25|| 2024-06-24 11:25|| Front Page Top

#16 Cut off the head of the snake. Iran is the real issue. We should have attacked them long ago.
Even Iran is small potatoes compared to Russia. It all starts there. That's why we've invested so wisely in attritting Russian capability in Ukraine. So that when the big war comes, they'll be weak and all we have to do is collapse the whole rotten structure.

Posted by Pearl Hapsburg1419 2024-06-24 14:00|| 2024-06-24 14:00|| Front Page Top

#17 Occupy Bar Cheddar!

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-06-24 14:32|| 2024-06-24 14:32|| Front Page Top

#18 A cheese bar?

Posted by Skidmark 2024-06-24 14:53|| 2024-06-24 14:53|| Front Page Top

#19

Posted by Optioned Rice 2024-06-24 15:07|| 2024-06-24 15:07|| Front Page Top

#20 The IDF would have pretty much cleared 98% of Hamas by now if not for the Biden Admin which at first delayed the ground attack and since has been preventing larger offensives.

Of course still about 80% of Hamas has been destroyed.

Also, there will still need to be a day of reckoning for intel and ops failures leading up to Oct 7.

Posted by Lord Garth 2024-06-24 19:56|| 2024-06-24 19:56|| Front Page Top

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