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In reply to the discussion: Fighting Misinformation: There has not been an election in Gaza for 17 years [View all]ripcord
(5,553 posts)39. I think it is going to be a sickening atrocity
But I don't have a solution either and don't see how it can be stopped at this point. Hamas crossed a line that can't be recrossed with the the size and brutality of this terror attack and Israel isn't going to put their people at risk again by listening to world opinion. World opinion is just wind and other nations offer no help to Israel or the Gaza residents who don't support Hamas, world opinion just makes Hamas' life easier.
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Fighting Misinformation: There has not been an election in Gaza for 17 years [View all]
TomDaisy
Oct 2023
OP
+1, ... and "they'd win anyway" isn't even a mid level dictator excuse for not holding elections.
uponit7771
Oct 2023
#25
So your solution is that Israel will just have to live with the terrorists attacks
ripcord
Oct 2023
#7
those who have committed crimes against Palestinians submit themselves to the ICC
TomDaisy
Oct 2023
#26
going out on a limb here, but killing civilians is not going to be the solution
TomDaisy
Oct 2023
#27
there will continue to be a cycle of violence until those Israelis who committed
TomDaisy
Oct 2023
#41
Gaza needs a new mayor and Israel is an amazing country with a very large blindspot
lostnfound
Oct 2023
#44
Whatever Palestinians do when they see something that is forbidden in the eyes of God.
RunnoDeMille
Oct 2023
#17
My comment was aimed at the Hamas terrorists who perpretrated this atrocity,
MarineCombatEngineer
Oct 2023
#29
And people wonder why I'm ultra paranoid about far right consolidation of power here.
Initech
Oct 2023
#46
Literally no way to "get them" without harming/killing innocent Palestinians.
maxsolomon
Oct 2023
#53