'Many victims' bodies found mutilated and bound, some discovered deliberately booby-trapped' (graphic)

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42. It's really not your business.

No, it's not much of a stretch. And, you're not thinking straight. You just want to jump in to defend what the IDF is doing.

No one is more protective than I am. I learned Hebrew 40 years ago, studied Judaism, and did comparative religions back when I gave a damn. None of that matters now. I am a little more circumspect, pay a little more attention to the fuller picture. My previous comments on the situation were completely sympathetic to Israel.

But now, they seem to have lost direction. It isn't a matter that there is collateral damage. It is because their stated plans for Gaza after the war is over indicate that they are going to take over Palestinian territories with the intent of repopulation with Israelis. This will only lead to even more violence. It makes no sense, and most of the civilized world is of the opinion that the two state solution is the pathway to take.

No one is telling Israel to shake hands with the Palestinians. They can hate each others guts, just so long as there is no war going on. If they want my tax dollar, they need to express an intent consistent with a desire to end the war without occupation. Period.

I don't give a fuck what you think. If you think I was not horrified by what Hamas did, you are wrong. I have been consistent with my opinion that Hamas has got to go, the same as those stupid Houthis have got to quit what they are doing.

Jews suffered greatly during WW2, not by fighting, but through being vilified and murdered for just their nationality, much like they are now doing to the Palestinians. Sorry if you don't understand that. It's one thing to fight because they were attacked, which they had an absolute right to do, but it's another to plan to remove, annihilate, and reduce whole populations who have no place to go. Look how important it was to Jews to have their own home. How quickly they have forgotten.

I fully support the extermination of Hamas in Gaza and the WB. But, that's not what I am hearing from Netanyahu's cabinet. You don't build 3300 new houses for Israelis in territory reserved for Palestinians. That's not a reasonable response. That's territory grabbing. That's theft.

I'm outta this thread, so the floor is yours.