What they won’t acknowledge is that holding those hostages is basically the last bargaining chip keeping Israel from just bombing all of Gaza into rubble. What’s left of it after all the bombing until now, that is.
It’s true that far right Israeli settlers need to stop killing families to take their land. But Hamas has little presence in the West Bank and the issues are not fundamentally linked. Progress needs to be made to stop the settlement of the West Bank (pressure on bibi and sanctions on settlers) and on the need to stop attacks from Hamas on Israeli civilians + the release of hostages. But progress on one of these fronts does not need to be linked to the other.
what is your plan for hamas ending it at any time?
Release the hostages.
What they won’t acknowledge is that holding those hostages is basically the last bargaining chip keeping Israel from just bombing all of Gaza into rubble. What’s left of it after all the bombing until now, that is.
so in other words, it wouldn’t end it any time, because israel would continue to bomb gaza into rubble?
Well, assuming by “it” they mean the war, yes it would end it because Israel would completely eliminate Gaza. No Gaza, no war! Easy!
the solution was staring us in the face the whole time
Release all hostages, stop further terror attacks, and stop launching rockets.
oh you mean like the cease fire they offered months ago that was refused?
Yup just let Israel erase them. That would certainly end it. Why didn’t the Jews in Germany and Poland try that?
And stop displacing people on the west bank! Oh wait thats not hamas, carry on then
It’s true that far right Israeli settlers need to stop killing families to take their land. But Hamas has little presence in the West Bank and the issues are not fundamentally linked. Progress needs to be made to stop the settlement of the West Bank (pressure on bibi and sanctions on settlers) and on the need to stop attacks from Hamas on Israeli civilians + the release of hostages. But progress on one of these fronts does not need to be linked to the other.