Yes ttbn, get your act together. Don't you realise that Foxy demands the right to make utterly ignorant statements (eg "the exact cause of the [hospital] blast is still contested") and then not have anyone point out they are utterly ignorant statements. The right to be wrong and have everyone pretend otherwise

It looks like AI did not help Israel.

AI located the kind of targets it was programmed to locate: Gazan Hamas operatives - AI cannot by itself choose the desired targets.

What Netanyahu did not understand, is that these dummy targets were already sacrificed on day 1 of the war in a brilliant gambit, along with the rest of Gaza and its people. Hamas didn't care to keep its Gazan troops alive, but strategically planned in advance to have them killed alongside as many Gazan citizens as possible: Israel fell directly into that trap.

Israel concentrated most of its troops in Gaza, and wasted there more ammunition than was used in World-War-II by both sides together. As a result it was unable to deter Hezbollah and had to vacate some 100,000 of its citizens from its northern border, who haven't seen their homes and businesses for 6 months. As another result, both Israel and Jews worldwide became hated by the rest of the world for killing the Gazan people (even while many Gazans were actually killed by Hamas, to boost their numbers). As another result, Israel has become the cause of blocking the trade in one of the most busy naval routes - the Suez canal. As a result, Israel's economy is faltering and Israel finds it harder to obtain new arms and ammunition, badly needed for its other fronts.

Israel seems to have lost this war because it had no strategy while its enemies had. It is now withdrawing its troops.

The underlying reason is that its prime-minister cares first and foremost for himself, his family and his own seat, not for his country, not for the Israeli hostages who are perishing in hell, only to save his corrupt self from prison.

Dear Maverick,

«The Middle East is overwhelmingly ruled by Dictators and Absolute Monarchs (with the exception of democratic Israel)»

Netanyahu only won narrowly by an electoral glitch.
Since elected, he formed a coalition with Israel's Nazi party and together they were working tirelessly to dismantle Israel's pillars of democracy - its High Court and its free media.

mhaze

She's the only female here now. I wonder how well she would go in a group of other females. Not too well, is my guess, and she probably knows it. Women take at lot lot less rubbish from shrews than men do. She gets away with murder here.

Hi AC,

"The cause of the conflict is not that Arab nations wouldn't take the Palestinians in, but that the Israelis wanted the Palestinians out."

This Israeli gives a good discussion of war and displacement (Nakba), centering around the first Arab-Israeli war.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5wVaNknEkY

Hi Yuyutsu, at Monday, 8 April 2024 7:27:53 PM

True that Netanyahu, since his democratic elections, has become more corrupt, rule-breaking and indeed authoritarian. Power for too long has leaders believing their own Propaganda with Bibi believing he embodies Israel.

What are the parametres of your claim:

"Israel concentrated most of its troops in Gaza, and wasted there more ammunition than was used in World-War-II by both sides together."

Are you saying in 6 months Israel has expended trillions of bullets and millions of tonnes of artillery rounds?

OR

Israel has expended more rounds PER MAN than any side in WWII?

The US fired the most rounds per man in WWII, because they could afford to - and this minimised US losses - while maximising enemy losses.

Cheers Mavs

Yuyutsu

Sadly you again expose yourself as an Biden/Obama parrot.

You and yours, have become increasingly unpopular with Israelis rank and file: But not at all with the judiciary you and the overwhelmingly outnumbered elites, misguidedly defend against the long overdue Judicial reforms spearheaded by Netanyahu.

Why do you choose this moment to pillory Israels most popular, capable and overwhelmingly trusted leader in a decade?

To my mind, you are the prime example of the most treacherous and treasonous kind of Israeli willing to weaken its position from within, to advance the interests of a foreign , and increasingly alienating power, the US.