Zion and the Art of Armageddon

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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the country is using armed gangs in Gaza to help fight Hamas, his admission coming after a new wave of military strikes on the besieged Gaza Strip that left at least 52 Palestinians dead. Netanyahu said the government had “activated” powerful local clans in the enclave on the advice of “security officials”, his video statement posted to X on Thursday coming hours after former Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman accused him of deploying the tactic.

The statement marked the government’s first public acknowledgement that it had backed the armed Palestinian groups based around powerful families, which stand accused by aid workers of carrying out criminal attacks and stealing aid from trucks as starvation stalks the entire territory due to a punishing Israeli blockade.

“The Israeli opposition claims that there was no consultation within the Israeli government or the Israeli cabinet,” said Al Jazeera’s Hamdah Salhut, reporting from Jordan’s capital Amman. “Netanyahu says that these armed gangs … could essentially help the Israelis defeat Hamas in Gaza.” “But it’s not going down well within Israel, where people are saying that these are armed criminal enterprises within the Gaza Strip. That they should not be armed and that these are Israeli weapons that are being put in their hands,” she said.

In the meantime, Hamas chief Khalil al-Hayya has said in a prerecorded speech that the group did not reject a proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza put forward by US special envoy Steve Witkoff, stating that it had instead requested some changes to ensure an end to the war. Al-Hayya added that Hamas is ready to engage in further talks and that communications with the mediators are ongoing. Israel broke off a previous truce in March to resume the war in Gaza.

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Could be interesting when this ship with Greta on board attempt to get into
Gaza :giggle:

30 mins to evacuate the ship and take to the life boats or go down with the ship ?? May be ??
 
transam said:
30 mins to evacuate the ship and take to the life boats or go down with the ship ?? May be ??
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The Israeli tank that machine-gunned schoolgirl Hind Rajab to pulp took longer than that.

Mind you, they had the extra effort of shelling the rescue ambulance and killing the paramedics, as well as slaughtering all of Hind's family in their wrecked car.
 
...Israel, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is adamant in its refusal of any agreement that does not include what it calls the “defeat of Hamas”, even if that means endangering the Israeli captives still held in Gaza.

“Hamas is already the weakest it’s ever been, and there’s nothing they can do that is remotely comparable to what Israel possesses,” writer and researcher on Israel-Palestine and founder of The Fire These Times podcast Elia Ayoub told Al Jazeera. “There’s ample evidence by now that the only reason this genocide is ongoing is because Netanyahu wants it to continue. It’s clearly just an excuse to keep the war going.”

But why would Netanyahu want Israel’s longest war since 1948 to continue?

Israel’s longest-serving prime minister has well-documented legal troubles; he is being tried for corruption. And, aside from that, should a permanent ceasefire be realised, some analysts believe Israeli society will hold Netanyahu accountable for security shortcomings that led to October 7.

“He’s afraid once it’s done, eyes will rightfully turn to him over corruption and the failures of October 7,” Diana Buttu, a legal scholar and former adviser to the Palestine Liberation Organization, said.

And so, Netanyahu has two main tasks. The first is to prolong the war, allowing him to continue using it as an excuse to avoid accountability. The second is to prevent the breakup of his government, while somehow setting himself up for another successful election, which must happen before October 2026.
 
JohnD said:
The Israeli tank that machine-gunned schoolgirl Hind Rajab to pulp took longer than that.

Mind you, they had the extra effort of shelling the rescue ambulance and killing the paramedics, as well as slaughtering all of Hind's family in their wrecked car.
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What has that got to do with Greta and her publicity stunt ?

It’s a rhetorical question

( answer ) Nowt
 
transam said:
30 mins to evacuate the ship and take to the life boats or go down with the ship ?? May be ??
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You suggested drowning the pesky protestors.

Just one more method.

It would make a change from machine-gunning them or burying them alive in the rubble of their homes.
 
JohnD said:
You suggested drowning the pesky protestors.

Just one more method.

It would make a change from machine-gunning them or burying them alive in the rubble of their homes.
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What you on about it’s a good policy 30 mins to evacuate the ship or go down with it their choice

I would adopt the same policy for any whaling ship as well although to be honest they may well only get 10 mins warning :cool:

Or may be none at all not made my mind up
 
aveatry said:
Yep the eco goblin is cleaver enough to realise that no one believes her climate grift any more so she has found a replacement income.
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You seem a bit stressed this evening. Have some warm milk.
 
Israel sent in 1200 trucks of aid for Gaza this last week. What is this silly boat of crisp boxes going to do against that. It’s a publicity stunt and nothing more
 
Highway Man said:
Israel sent in 1200 trucks of aid for Gaza this last week. What is this silly boat of crisp boxes going to do against that. It’s a publicity stunt and nothing more
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Well you are still talking about it. Well done Greta.
 
I'm sure a link can be found to verify the claim of 1200 Aid trucks in the last seven days.
 
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