The biggest mistake observers make about October 7 is believing it to be an expression of Palestinian despair. It was an expression of Palestinian hope, the climax of three or four years of burgeoning optimism in local intellectual discourse with a massive global tailwind.
@MaxNordau Except that even the 1978 Camp David has everything to do with the Palestinian issue. It was two sets of agreements, one on Israel-Egypt and one "framework" for Israeli-Palestinian peace.
@ilangoldenberg I think it's important to pause delivery on support for Ilan Goldenberg's policy proposals until it is confirmed that he has stopped beating his wife.
Finally, I argued that the legislation the "change bloc" seeks to push in parliament without a government isn't just vital on its own merits, but can set the terms of current and future coalition negotiations to its advantage.
Then why I explained the reasons why taking control of the parliamentary agenda was coming before coalition formation this time, rather than after as is normally the case.
@JeremyKonyndyk Mostly motivated by the same denunciation FOMO that led you to make bold pronouncements on your own area of expertise that were in stark contradiction to numerical data, established practice, and basic integrity.
If you want an indicator of how much the world changed on October 7, 2023, just remember that before that day's events, whenever there was some rain and flooding in Gaza, activists and "humanitarians" would blame Israel for opening a non-existent dam.
@JacobALinker@ProfDBernstein Oh wait. My mistake. It wasn't Gaza, it was Germany. The order was the Directive to Commander-in-Chief of United States Forces of Occupation Regarding the Military Government of Germany; April 1945.
Sorry for the confusion.
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@JacobALinker@ProfDBernstein The army's own orders said "Gaza will not be occupied for the purpose of liberation but as a defeated enemy nation."
Which is really damning about what their real intentions were and just how dehumanizing the language senior officers were using among their soldiers.
@EylonALevy That would require saying "Hamas," which he weirdly doesn't do in this video.
Didn't the UK recognize a sovereign state there ("so-called" in Miliband's formulation)? Why not make demands of its government?
@anewpolicyorg There has never been a siege in warfare ever.
And in all wars, one belligerent provides food, energy, and supplies to the other side, even right after that side invaded and massacred its civilians and while its holds hundreds of them hostage.
Those Israelis break all the rules.