Why Israel can't destroy Hamas (www.vox.com)
from jeffw@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 29 May 2024 21:58
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Moonrise2473@feddit.it on 30 May 2024 00:07 next collapse

That doesn’t seem to be the objective

gregorum@lemm.ee on 30 May 2024 01:09 collapse

they’re so busy genociding every Palestinian man, woman, and child, it almost seems like they forgot who Hamas even is, until it’s time for someone to deflect blame onto.

worldwidewave@lemmy.world on 30 May 2024 12:42 next collapse

Netanyahu specifically had a very clear policy of keeping Hamas in power and also of trying to contain Hamas, because Hamas is a very good excuse for Israel to continue on its path of settlement, expansion, occupation, and rejection of a Palestinian state.

As long as Hamas is there, Israel doesn’t have to get into any kind of peace process, any kind of serious political negotiation. It doesn’t have to take the Palestinian demands for a state, for liberation, for rights as seriously. Even if we assume that Netanyahu is committed to getting rid of Hamas, he has an interest in staying in power now, and the best way to stay in power is to keep the war going on and on.

BB and his whole batch of right wing cabinet members has got to go.

Justas@sh.itjust.works on 30 May 2024 13:22 collapse

You can’t really destroy an insurgency via military means. See: Iraq, Afghanistan.