Put a face to Hamas and we might be witnessing Israel’s making the second coming of Che. The youth of the world seems to think so and are wearing symbols of Palestine.
On 7 October Israel vowed to destroy Hamas. To eradicate it as an organization. To neuter it as a military force, political movement, and governing entity. More recently Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, in true mob boss style, stated that he had given Israel’s foreign intelligence agency, Mossad, orders to assassinate all Hamas leaders residing in exile.
Fifty days into this war, how close is Israel to achieving its objectives? The short answer is that it requires zero knowledge of military affairs to conclude that 1) Israel’s proclaimed objectives are unattainable, and 2) Israel has additionally failed to significantly degrade either Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ).
According to Peter Jennings head of ASPI (Australian Strategic Policy Institute) “Israel is simply defending itself carefully and within international and humanitarian rules”. One needs only look at what Israel’s leaders say to know Jennings is talking BS and doesn’t deserve to be a government advisor of any sort. He is rather pure and simply a lobbyist for the arms industry and a warmonger.
Israel’s allies have claimed that it “is not deliberately trying to kill civilians” (US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby) and is “taking every precaution to avoid harming civilians” (UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak).
Such claims are hard to square with the massive devastation Israel has inflicted. As of 10 November, over 11,000 people in Gaza were reported killed, including more than 4,500 children, and at least 45 percent of housing units were reported damaged or destroyed.
Finally, claims that Israel is striving to protect civilians in Gaza are most hard to square with how Israeli officials have presented the current onslaught:
Source: Fighting Amalek in Gaza: What Israelis Say and Western Media Ignore
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