Many of the people that Hamas killed on 7 October were peaceniks; the ones who agreed with this author. They were killed anyway.
That's because, like Hitler, Hamas does not believe Jews should exist. The author would be lucky to survive if was ever under its control.

Only a cosseted academic could produce this drivel, while Israel is fighting for its survival.

Israel's ambassador to Australia was called in and told that if Israel went to war with Hezbollah terrorists it could not expect Australia's support.

Not yet called in is Iran’s ambassador, who called for the "Zionist Plague" (Israel) to be "wiped out".

Treasonous propaganda for Islamic genocidal maniacs!

This author should be shot!

This time I have to disagree with the author which I otherwise appreciate:

"The answer to these troubling generational questions is NETANYAHU"

No. Netanyahu is only a symptom, Netanyahu is only the middleman, the correct answer is MOSHE DAYAN and his 1967 unending "6 day" war.

Netanyahu is not the first Israeli to wage a war for personal gain.
While there are well-known and passable excuses for Israel's 1967 war,
the true motive in Dayan's heart had none to do with them:
all he really cared about was to control vast new history-rich areas so that he could loot their archaeological sites and add valuable "souvenirs" to his private backyard archaeological-artefact collection.
http://library.biblicalarchaeology.org/article/the-dayan-saga-the-man-and-his-archaeological-collection/

Nothing of ill-intention can lead into long-term pleasant results, and so the poison swallowed by Israel in June 1967 penetrated deeply and introduced violence into every walk of Israeli life, including even domestic and road violence. Israel was subsequently corroded from within and lost its way. The recent abscess called "Netanyahu" is only one symptom, Hamas is another.

The author concludes, "There will be no salvation until Netanyahu is driven out of power" - No, that won't do the trick:
there will be no salvation until Israel withdraws from all territories it took in 1967 and finally ends this so-far 57-year war, of criminal motives.

The author blames the Messianic extremist cult that took control over Israel, yet I cannot do the same: zealots will always behave as zealots do who truly believe that God is unconditionally on their side, sharks will bite as sharks do, the insane, hearing voices from above, will necessarily behave insanely - and that's OK, so long as they are not allowed to run the asylum!

"Does Netanyahu understand?..."

Of course he does, he is smart enough, but he wants what he wants and for that he needs the war to continue indefinitely, assuming he didn't even start it deliberately in full coordination with his friend Sinwar.

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Dear Ttbn,

«like Hitler, Hamas does not believe Jews should exist.»

Ditto for Netanyahu, unless these Jews happen to be his family and supporters.

To an outside observer it looks like the people are dragging Netanyahu down !

I have heard that some of the highest ranking Nazis were Jewish. Anyone actually know the facts ?

Hi Indy,
"I have heard that some of the highest ranking Nazis were Jewish. Anyone actually know the facts ?"

- Not sure about that, although there's the 'Hitler's niece' thing.
But many of the high ranking Bolsheviks certainly were.

Right now, Iran is going to have to launch an attack on Israel in response to the assassination of Ismael Haniyeh, (Hamas Chief negotiator) during President Pezeshkian's inaugruation.

Israel has gone too far, it's been assassinating anyone it chooses with total impunity, and now Iran has to respond in a way that makes Israel regret what it's done, without starting a regional war, which Netanyahu wants, so that the U.S. will be brought into the conflict against Iran. But the whole entire global economy is at risk, if oil stops flowing out of the M/E.

If Israel responds, Iran will have to continue to do so, until Israel has regret for what its been doing.

Dear Critic,

To claim that Netanyahu wants a regional war, gives him too much credit.

Despite having invited in Nazi lunatics into his coalition, who do want such a war (with the ultimate purpose of eliminating all non-Jews so that Jews cannot intermarry with them), Netanyahu himself is not a Nazi, nor does he stand for any ideal or cares about peace or war and the like: he is just a petty criminal, a spineless corrupt liar with particular rich tastes, akin to the archaeological kleptomaniac Dayan before him, who now only tries to save his own skin and his family's lifestyle and happened to figure out that a continual war with Israel's neighbours is the best means to achieve that.

By now, that coward managed to entangle himself with a string of far more significant crimes than his original petty ones for which he could probably be pardoned. By now he is sacrificing Israel and its people for his selfish plea, ah yes, some other middle-eastern people too, bah humbug.

Had he figured out instead that the best way to stay out of jail was to sell his grandma on the slave market, then he would do just that without batting an eyelid.

until Israel has regret for what its been doing.
Armchair Critic,
My guess is that Israel will cop similar to what happened to Germany, future hypocrit do-gooder Nations will gang up on it & make fortunes out of doing so ! Just like WW2