Oddbean new post about login | logout “The only way to minimize the misery of the Palestinians in Gaza is to call for Hamas to surrender and disarm, on every opportunity” This is delusional Yes of course that would be awesome. Palestine will not be free until it has democratic leadership But the MAIN urgent way right not to minimize the misery of the Palestinians is to stop bombing them to smithereens. Obviously
They are still supporting Hamas and letting them hide among them. Still able to shoot rockets to Israel. Their viking-like education system prepared them for this kind of suicidal warfare where they sacrifice children only to hit Israel while getting the world’s support. This is war not a surgical operation or police work, and the statistics show that the ratio of civilians-to-combatants casualties is in the low compared to other conflicts. Palestinians should march in the streets chanting “Down with Hamas” if they want the bombing to stop.
Palestinians have protested inside Gaza against Hamas, consistently ever since they seized power nearly 20 years ago Enclosed you will find some Israeli media coverage of this from last year Note that they risk their lives by doing this "the ratio of civilians to combatants casualities is low compared" -- total nonsense, entire towns and communities and cities have been completely annihilated to kill a handful of people. This would NEVER happen in Tel Aviv or in NYC. If a terrorist kidnapped 20 people inside a hospital or school, bombing the entire school would never be an option. And it should never ever be an option. https://www.timesofisrael.com/protests-against-hamas-reemerge-in-the-streets-of-gaza-but-will-they-persist/
The support for Hamas in percentages still has 2 digits. Smuggling and shooting thousands of rockets requires more than a handful of people, and so does organizing hundreds of terrorists hyped on Captagon to storm the border. Israel is not the police or governor of Gaza. They are an enemy, and so a lot of their property was damaged or destroyed - a fair play in a war to restore the deterrence. If there are enough combatants in a #Farfur school then yes it’s a legitimate target, and cancelling this option is basically telling terrorists (who don’t care about your laws) to use schools as much as possible. By the way, one of Sinwar’s bodyguards had an ID claiming that he was an “UNRWA teacher”. Possibly fake ID, but it will not be the first time combatants were found to receive salaries from UNRWA. https://www.timesofisrael.com/poll-support-for-hamas-on-the-rise-among-palestinians-now-double-fatahs/amp/
How could you possibly trust any public polling data from inside a dictatorship?
The same way you trust an aid organization inside a dictatorship. By the way, the statistics are even more worrying in the West Bank where they have more freedom to speak their mind. Good luck trying to establish the first liberal-muslim democracy in the region…
Apparently bombing this house to smithereens did a good job and killed the leader of Hamas. Just heard on the news it was in Rafah, where Biden and the liberal MSM demanded that the IDF won’t enter. Will the Gazans learn the lesson and stop with their Jihadi fantasies? Will they surrender, disarm, and release the hostages? Maybe they could have their leader’s corpse in exchange. https://i.nostr.build/AFjZdZY4SfBsMVrt.jpg
