Defiant Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu doubled down on opposition to Palestinian statehood, deepening the divide with Israel’s closest international allies, as cracks in his wartime “unity” government became increasingly evident.

Anger with Netanyahu is also increasingly visible on the streets, even though there is broad public support for the war. On Saturday, protesters gathered in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Caesarea and Kfar Saba, some calling for bolder action to secure the release of hostages, and others demanding the prime minister step down.

One in Jerusalem held a placard that read: “Mothers’ cry: we will not sacrifice our children in the war to save the rightwing.”

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  • machinin@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    It seems like the state of Israel is threatening the security of the whole region. Better to get rid of Israel for the security of her region.

    • speaker_hat@lemmy.one
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      10 months ago

      I don’t agree. Especially when your comment isn’t article post based nor sources based.

      And Israel is an established independent country, you can’t just “rid of” a country.

      • machinin@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        But it would be doing the right thing by placing the security of the Palestinians and neighboring countries above all else.

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          10 months ago

          Neighboring Jordan and Egypt are secured, so your comment is false. Why they are secured you asked? Because they want peace and accept it, in contrast to the ones who don’t want it.

          Even though your comment is false, let give it a try.

          In Israel there are 21% Arabs with Palestinian origin, do you want to get rid of them as well? If not let me know your sophisticated “getting rid of” partition (hint: antisemitism will be reported).

          All of the Palestinian economy and Arabs living in Israel are based on the Israeli economy and currency (New Israeli Shekel), getting rid of Israel meaning destroying these people economy (which will only lead to more crime and terror, see Syria as an example).

          The United States and Israel have signed multiple bilateral defense cooperation agreements, to include: a Mutual Defense Assistance Agreement (1952); a General Security of Information Agreement (1982); a Mutual Logistics Support Agreement (1991); and a Status of Forces Agreement (1994).

          So “getting rid of Israel” will be required to win also the US army. Source: https://www.state.gov/u-s-security-cooperation-with-israel/

          Oh, and Israel has a nuke, so the ones that will try to “get rid of it” will be nuked immediately as a last resort solution, which is a loose-loose situation.

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            10 months ago

            You seem to be missing their entire point so I’ll state it in plane language to you.

            You are advocating demolishing Palestine being justifiable because it places the security of Israel above all. The above poster is flipping your logic on you and saying demolishing Israel is justifiable as it places the security of Palestine above all.

            • speaker_hat@lemmy.one
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              10 months ago

              Thanks for the explanation.

              Let me rephrase my comment:

              Netanyahu is doing the right move by putting his country’s security above all by delaying the establishment of Palestinian state or sovereignty.

              I didn’t advocate for Palestinian demolish.

              This is why I didn’t agree with the above post sophisticated “flipped logic” comment.

              I’ll state again: Palestinians don’t look for peace nor a state. They look to undo the what so called “Nakba”, a thing that will happen as long as Israel exists.