2023-2024 Israel–Hamas war #4

Lieberman still parking  

Because of fear of Egypt , Israeli Member of the Knesset, former Minister of War and head of the Yisrael Beytenu party, Avigdor Lieberman, attacked the Israeli government for “delaying the invasion of the Palestinian city of Rafah until now .

During his talk with Israeli Radio 103fm, Lieberman also launched a sharp attack on Egypt and claimed that it was the reason behind the smuggling of all the anti-tank missiles now in Hamas’ possession through Sinai, demanding the invasion of Rafah even if that led to the anger of the Egyptians.

Lieberman said: "Israel must control the Philadelphia axis despite Egypt's anger. The Egyptians allowed smuggling before and we must implement the operation immediately."
MK Lieberman claimed, "The Egyptians cannot escape responsibility. The Egyptians allowed all smuggling operations into the Gaza Strip."

The way we deal with Egypt is also intolerable. They are playing a game of divide and conquer... and therefore there must be one clear and strict address in Israel towards the Egyptians.

https://twitter.com/ashrafnsier/status/1757812766121885697

A massacre is happening now in Nasser Hospital after the occupation army bombed it.

From MoA, he puts it pretty well

They have successfully pushed 1.3 million away from the North of Gaza to the South while slaughtering starving what's left of the Palestinian population

How the hell is that not achieving their objectives?

Posted by: Kay | Feb 15 2024 2:58 utc | 100

Let's look objectively at this result:

- They have shifted 1.3 million people from one end of an existing prison camp to another. Big Deal?
- They have shifted 1.3 million people from one end of a gulag they already control the boundaries of to the other. Big Deal?
- They have pissed off the entire rational, feeling world, undermined the moral and rational credibility of the West. Every Western leader who goes on a begging tour to the RoTW will from now on have the shadow of Hitler hanging over him/her. They'll never be able to use a moral argument to browbeat smaller states into compliance. Soft Power is gone, it's all Hard Power from now on.
- They have demonstrated the weakness and impotence of the American, British Navies and given the Houthi an opportunity to demonstrate their indisputable control over the entire Red Sea - in perpetuity. This will have imnplications for the Western MIC and the parasites that infect it's Naval component.
- They have reinforced the truth about the nature of the Arab regimes to their people (they are satrapies), laying the groundwork for future reforms which will result in the reduction of Western colonial influence over the middle east.
- They have "salted the earth" of Gaza not only for the Palestinians but for themselves as well. The destruction of Gaza is in a sense a "scorched earth policy". Should Gaza be purged of it's Palestinian population, it will take billions to rehabilitate it. Billions of tainted money from tainted hands.
- They have put a lifetime bounty on their own heads for every legally minded organisation with the means to pursue the regime for decades into the future. These people will not be able to travel comfortably outside of the West for some time and at some point they will not be even be able to travel safely.
- They have shaken the thrones of the Tyrants running Egypt and Jordan. The militaries and the people of these nations will remember this - nobody likes to be governed by losers and cucks, most people have a deep seated need to feel part of a nation with dignity, pride and self-determination.
- They've made a joke of the U.N system, the ICJ, the ICC and thus sown the seeds of new institutions which will compete and supplant them. Thus, they remaining colonial power of the West will be destroyed.


Most incredibly, all they have achieved thus far is to bring Gaza back to the same *effective* point it was at prior to the pullout of IDF forces and settlers some decades ago!

All that to get just this?

Yes, they have killed around 50 000 innocents. Suspend your horror and sense of tragedy for a moment and understand that the death of 50K non-combatants has no military objective whatsoever.

Worse still, it has no positive political objective.
Worse still, it has no positive geopolitical objective.
Worse still, it has no positive economic objective.

So really, what did they achieve other than murder, mayhem and the seeds of their own future destruction?

- Did they destroy Hamas or set the charges for it's future destruction? No.
- Did they erase the entire Gazan population? Not even that. They couldn't even do genocide properly.
- Did the destroy or Degrade Hezbollah? No. Hezbollah has demonstrated more strength than before. They have raised Hezbollah as a force to be reckoned with in the eyes of the West.
- Did they destroy or degrade the Resistance in Iraq, Syria and Yemen? No. They have *newly* raised these forces as a force to be reckoned with in the eyes of the West.

In effect, due to the actions of the Zionists they entire picture of the Middle East has been Repainted. The New Painting is a horror-tapestry for the West and 'Israel' - it's not pretty. It does not present a picture of future victory. It is ugly. It is scary and people, voters, investors will act accordingly ...

What could they have done alternatively?

They could have undermined HAMAS totally in the Gaza strip by killing the Palestinian population with kindness. People ultimately follow their biological and immediate needs. Maslow's Hierarchy (another prominent Jew!) lays this out well.:

They could have simply allowed a flood of consumer goods and services into Gaza, made themselves the provider of choice of these services, undermined UNRWA totally, silently and over a decade until no UNRWA existed, only 'Israeli' state controlled refugee management institutions holding the lifeline to Gaza totally. They could have employed every single Palestinian family in Gaza with work and opportunities, completely neutralising the base of HAMAS' support.

And within a few decades they would have been left with a totally pacified Palestinian population begging for more 'Israeli' government assistance and support.

But, they did the other thing because it is not in their nature to use the tools of kindness, patience, creativity and subtlety. Violence is the only tool they have, and violence has it's limits.

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Feb 15 2024 4:25 utc | 105