This Israeli Government Is Not US Ally — Dear President Trump
Netanyahu is preparing to re-invade Gaza with a plan to herd the Palestinian population there into a tiny corner, with the Mediterranean Sea one side and the Egyptian border on the other — while also advancing de facto annexation at ever greater speed and breadth in the West Bank
In doing so it will be courting more war crimes charges against Israel (and particularly against its new army chief of staff, Eyal Zamir) that Bibi will expect your administration to protect him from
Hamas
I have zero sympathy for Hamas. I think it is a sick organization
Hamas has done enormous damage to the Palestinian cause Hamas is hugely responsible for the human tragedy that is Gaza today Hamas’s leadership should have released its hostages and left Gaza a long time ago, removing any excuse for Israel to resume the fighting
But Netanyahu’s plan to reinvade Gaza is not to stand up a moderate alternative to Hamas, led by the Palestinian Authority In fairness....
Originally Posted by Hollander
Palestinian President Abbas was in Moscow for Victory Day.
Not suprising a recent survey indicates that 82.3% of Palestinians believe the PA is corrupt. The Global Corruption Index ranks Palestine among the least transparent. Abbas is widely known as a corrupt leader, siphoning off hundreds of millions of dollars in international aid.
It is for a permanent Israeli military occupation, whose unstated goal will be to pressure all Palestinians to leave That is a prescription for a permanent insurgency — Vietnam on the Mediterranean
