This is what is being hailed by Israeli leadership as their armyโs greatest success of the war
The death toll is now over 200, with 400+ wounded, all for 4 hostages who could have been released through negotiations
Israel knew this would be the result https://t.co/GJ5BAYiyk0
The British philosopher Bertrand Russell's warning from 1970 on Israel's strategy in the Middle East rings more prophetic than ever in 2024:
'For over 20 years Israel has expanded by force of arms. After every stage in this expansion Israel has appealed to โreasonโ and has suggested โnegotiationsโ.
'This is the traditional role of the imperial power, because it wishes to consolidate with the least difficulty what it has already taken by violence. Every new conquest becomes the new basis of the proposed negotiation from strength, which ignores the injustice of the previous aggression.
'The aggression committed by Israel must be condemned, not only because no state has the right to annex foreign territory, but because every expansion is an experiment to discover how much more aggression the world will tolerate.'
"I honestly believe we can reduce the Tories to 70 MPs with tactical voting. Their lowest in history. It's what they deserve."
Today's @guardian@ObsNewReview article. Thank you @TimLewi5
Lots of puzzle chat too
BTW Proportional Rep is the goal ๐๐ผโค๏ธ
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@Jonathan_K_Cook It should be the other way around: Israel should be demilitarised!
In its 75 year existence it has been involved in 16 wars - that is one every 4.6 years, most of which it has started itself
800,000 Palestinians were ethnically cleansed in 1948 because they were not armed!