Benjamin Netanyahu's appeal came as Israel expanded its ground invasion against Hezbollah.

cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/post/590118

During a video address directed at the people of Lebanon, Netanyahu said: "You have an opportunity to save Lebanon before it falls into the abyss of a long war that will lead to destruction and suffering like we see in Gaza.

  • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I don’t know how you think these things work but bombing half the Levant isn’t going to make Israel any safer. It just means Hamas and Hezbollah (or whatever group replaces them) will be even more extreme and capable of recruiting militants. You can’t bomb your way to peace.

    • nonailsleft@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Lots of countries that bombed/killed their way to peace would disagree

      Allowing them to rebuild their forces to get a mere 100 hostages back will just lead to more death in the future

      • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 month ago

        Israel isn’t fighting a country. It’s, at least ostensibly, fighting terrorism and every civilian killed radicalizes someone. Israel will be less secure in the future because of how Netanyahu has conducted the war in Gaza, not to mention how he’s given settlers — who are terrorists themselves — free rein to steal land and attack West Bank Palestinians. (I say “ostensibly” because Gaza looks a lot more like a genocide than any sort of limited mission to crush Hamas and rescue hostages.)

        Unfortunately, I don’t see Netanyahu’s strategy making Israel more secure in the long term.

        • nonailsleft@lemm.eeEnglish
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          1 month ago

          They’re fighting Arab-islamic nationalists who won’t ever give up their fight over Palestine.

          Morocco crushed the resistance in Western Sahara and took their territory. Now there’s peace.

          Azerbaijan crushed the resistance in Nagorno-Kharabach and took their territory. Now there’s peace.

          It’s not pretty, but sometimes it’s ‘better’ overall than letting an armed conflict drag on for eternity.

          edit: Also:

          An opinion poll published in mid-September by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR), a think tank based in Ramallah and funded by Western donors, showed for the first time the majority of Gazans opposed the decision to attack. The poll, conducted in early September, found that 57% of people surveyed in the Gaza Strip said the decision to launch the offensive was incorrect, while just 39% said it was correct – down sharply from the previous poll in June.

          • jonne@infosec.pubEnglish
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            1 month ago

            So in addition to advocating for genocide in Gaza, you’re going to advocate for ethnic cleansing of Armenians and the people of Western Sahara?

            • nonailsleft@lemm.eeEnglish
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              1 month ago

              I’m not advocating for any of those, but I understand you want to make it appear as such

              I’m saying that the most peaceful solution is for Hezbollah (and Hamas) to accept their loss and stop trying to ethnically cleanse the jews out of Palestine. Their sporadic cross-border attacks can only be stopped effectively with a crushing military response and all the death and destruction that comes with it