Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich reiterates call for ‘hundreds of thousands’ of Palestinians to be forcibly displaced from Gaza
why stop there?
I think Israel will not stop the war until its forced to do so.
They intend to expand a lot and be as globally independent as possible so they cant be punished for their crimes with trade sanctions.
Few countries have sanctions against Israel.
Most of Europe and India are on good terms.
Probably provoke every neighbor until it’s a big active conflict in the entire region and then say they’re the only one capable of “maintaining peace” aka kill everybody so better start sending weapons.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Solution
I believe their comment was in reference to this.
So basically, yes. Kill everyone they can.
Israel already won against their neighbors and Iran in this war.
The main impediment to Israeli military operations are morale and manpower of the soldiers. Reservists aren’t showing up as they used to. They are tired, some opposed to the war.
The reservists serving had their lives on hold and their businesses fail. It’s not sustainable. It’s impacting the economy as well.
The IDF is overextended or will be soon. It’s a people‘s army with everyone serving. Refusal to serve has forced political change before.
Netanyahu isn’t secure in his power either. If the Shin Bet and army don’t agree with his policies, a government crisis is possible. Elections are expected over the next year as well.
What’s their beef with Syria still?
Their beef is that Syria is actually Israel, just like Palestine, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, etc.
Cant wait to see the response of the “its just against the terrorists” crowd
Israeliz are the terrorists with nukes in the area, it’s uncanny how they keep flinging accusations and throwing American weaponry at everyone that doesn’t like their land grabs
Just openly saying you want genocide. As you do.
yep. Its been the same war for the last ~80 years.
“We should prepare to go over to the offensive. Our aim is to smash Lebanon, Trans-Jordan, and Syria. The weak point is Lebanon, for the Moslem regime is artificial and easy for us to undermine. We shall establish a Christian state there, and then we will smash the Arab Legion, eliminate Trans-Jordan; Syria will fall to us. We then bomb and move on and take Port Said, Alexandria and Sinai.” David Ben-Gurion May 1948, to the General Staff. From Ben-Gurion, a Biography, by Michael Ben-Zohar, Delacorte, New York 1978.
“It’s not a matter of maintaining the status quo. We have to create a dynamic state, oriented towards expansion.” –Ben Gurion
Partition: “after the formation of a large army in the wake of the establishment of the state, we will abolish partition and expand to the whole of Palestine “ — Ben Gurion, p.22 “The Birth of Israel, 1987” Simha Flapan.
On the 6th of February 1948, during a Mapai Party Council, Ben-Gurion responded to a remark from a member of the audience that “we have no land there” [in the hills and mountains west of Jerusalem] by saying: “The war will give us the land. The concepts of “ours” and “not ours” are peace concepts, only, and in war they lose their whole meaning” (Ben-Gurion, War Diary, Vol. 1, entry dated 6 February 1948. p.211)
