NYT -Netanyahu Warns of 'Intensive' Escalation in Gaza
New York Times:
“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel declared on Monday that his country is “on the eve of a forceful entry to Gaza” after his security cabinet approved a new plan for tens of thousands of additional soldiers to seize and hold territory in the embattled enclave and relocate Palestinians to the south.
In video posted to social media as military reservists across Israel began receiving notices of their call-up, Mr. Netanyahu said that the country’s top military officials had recommended what he called an “intensive” escalation of the 18-month war.
“It’s time to launch the concluding moves,” Mr. Netanyahu said the military officials told him, adding that the new campaign would help bring home the hostages still being held in Gaza. The prime minister said he believes “we are not done. We are before the finish line.”
The escalation followed more than two months in which Israel continued to blockade and bombard the Gaza Strip as cease-fire talks to free the remaining hostages ground to a near standstill. Israel has barred any humanitarian aid to Gaza in an effort to press Hamas to surrender, leading aid groups to denounce mounting deprivation among Palestinians there.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/world/europe/israel-buildup-soldiers-hamas-gaza.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
= new reply since forum marked as read
You make a claim and then refuse to back it up with any proof yet you want others to do your work for you?
you can't provide the links?
You made the claim, it's up to you to prove it with the links.
It's the luck of the draw. I wouldn't want to take the risk, myself, plus in my case, I don't bookmark posts like that.
What's far more common in my experience is to avoid making any criticism of the Israeli govt by blaming things like US voters and Hamas.
I've found that making absolutist comments like 'no-one has ever...' is a bit silly and unrealistic. I've seen all sorts of things in my many years in the I/P forum, and it's not just on one 'side' as some would like you to believe.
Don't ask me for any links, coz I'm too lazy to go looking and I'm not bullshitting about any of this 
SINCE RETURNING TO OFFICE, Donald Trump has said he wants to “clean out” the Gaza Strip, send Palestinians to Egypt or Jordan, and construct a Mar-a-Gaza on the Mediterranean. He’s lifted Biden-era restraints on Israel, including a hold on the supply of 2,000-pound bombs. And while he has secured the releases of hostages, he has not brought an end to the war, despite promising to do so.
In fact, the humanitarian situation in Gaza has grown only more dire on his watch. Israel has expanded its attacks and aid to Palestinian civilians has been blocked for nearly two months. Food that was stockpiled during the ceasefire at the start of the year is running out, with international health officials warning of worsening malnutrition among children.
The record, in the aggregate, has been one of more conflict and suffering. And it raises the obvious question of whether pro-Palestine voters and groups who called for opposing or abstained from supporting Joe Biden and Kamala Harris over their handling of the war feel even a tinge of regret.
For the most part, the answer is a clear “no.”
“It was worth it because we got to continue centering what was happening in Gaza,” said Layla Elabed, the cofounder of Uncommitted, which declined to endorse Harris and encouraged people to vote their conscience. Asked if she feels any guilt about Trump’s win, Elabed said that what frustrates her is that their months of activism ultimately “wasn’t enough to save lives.”
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/pro-palestinian-activists-gave-trump-boost-no-2024-regrets-biden-harris-gaza-israel
Looks like owning the Democrats was more important to them than helping elect Trump.
to ZorroWhat about the ones who keep defending the assholes in the article above?
