Again a thoughtful analysis by Alon Ben Meir. Blowy

To this author:

The Israeli ambit claim:

To the last Palestinian, they are driven by a self destructive madness to destroy the Jewish State, and every last Jew living.

This is the justification for the elimination of Palestinians entirely from Gaza, and for the extension of Israel to include Gaza, not as a seperate State, but an inclusion to the territory of Israel

It is difficult to comment on truthful and accurate statements.
I would have preferred more use of the word 'an' though.
Such as when the phrase 'now a historic' was used.
But overall, an illuminating article.

Netanyahu has no ideology - Messianic or otherwise.

He does not care about Israel or about any territories.
He and his family just enjoy the fine things of life, too much so it gets them in trouble.

Being also an habitual liar, after having deceived the leaders of all the other parties several times, nobody trusts him thus nobody is willing to join him in coalition, so the only "friends" he could still find are his bedfellows from Israel's Nazi party (they DO have an ideology, a very sinister one, of turning Israel into a Messianic theocracy) plus the Haredi parties who stay with him for cash only.

The Israeli hostages are tortured, raped and starved, most probably dead by now - but what does he care?
Close to 1,000 Israeli soldiers were killed, many more wounded - but why would he stop the war?
The whole north of Israel - the Galilee, is burning: Hezbollah rockets set on fire house after house, street after street - the residents all left these ghost towns and villages, most will never return to their homes, but why should he care?

All he cares is to get a ticket out of jail for his corruption and bribe charges, and to see that his family continues to enjoy a luxurious hedonist lifestyle - whether or not Israel can survive his onslaught is his last concern.

diver dan's post is an example of the kind of 'hate speech' that is now being considered by federal parliament. Why does Online Opinion publish this kind of ignorant and bigoted statement that so distorts readers' understanding of the complexity of the current tragic situation in the Middle East? Blowy

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