| To: kidl who wrote (1255) | 6/16/2024 6:03:40 PM | | From: S. maltophilia | | | | But nobody's happy:
Palestinian Support for Hamas Oct. 7 Attack Shows What They Share With Israelis: DespairA new poll of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank shows that eight months of bloodshed and destruction have done little to undercut support for Hamas and its October 7 attacks. For Israelis, Palestinians and the international community, its results signal why a new solution to the conflict is so critically urgent
..... The numbers are only cause for despair among Israelis. They justify continuing the war against Hamas and heighten their desire for revenge. Those calling for "a total victory" and for "eliminating Hamas" can point to the survey's results and say, "we told you, there's no other way but to strike Gaza and its inhabitants hard."
But the Israelis aren't the only ones despaired. The figures point to the depth of Palestinian hopelessness in regard to a future diplomatic settlement with Israel, to the PLO and the Palestinian Authority (PA).
The October 7 massacre and the war that followed didn't cause trust in them to decline. The hopelessness is the result of two decades of declining belief that a solution can be reached and in the PA's abilities. During these two decades, the Palestinians saw their dream of self-determination and establishing a state fading away, along with the international community's unwillingness to intervene in the conflict.
Dr. Khalil Shikaki, the center's director, stresses that many of those who express support for the October 7 attacks are not Hamas supporters. One reason for their approval, Shikaki says, is their belief that Hamas' atrocities succeeded in refocusing the world's attention to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.......
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| To: S. maltophilia who wrote (1256) | 6/16/2024 6:54:03 PM | | From: kidl | | | | | One of thousands of articles all describing the same thing: There is little to no chance for a two country solution no matter how much pressure the international community applies until Palestine unites under one (coalition) government and Israel gets rid of its (old farts) extremist government. A change can only be brought about internally in both cases. |
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| From: S. maltophilia | 6/17/2024 11:38:12 AM | | | | | | Not yet up on Haaretz:
Netanyahu disbands his war cabinet after two of its members quit.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has disbanded the small war cabinet that made key decisions about the war in Gaza.Credit...Pool photo by Jack Guez
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has dissolved his war cabinet, an Israeli official said Monday, after the departures of two key members prompted demands from far-right politicians for representation in the influential group.
The two members, Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot, quit Mr. Netanyahu’s small war cabinet last week amid disagreements over the direction of the war in Gaza. The men, both former military chiefs, had been seen as voices of moderation in the body, which was formed in October after the Hamas-led assault on Israel and made many decisions about the conflict.
The Israeli official suggested that Mr. Netanyahu’s decision to disband the body — which was communicated to ministers at a wider cabinet meeting on Sunday — was largely symbolic given that Mr. Gantz and Mr. Eisenkot had already resigned.
Since their departures, discussions about the war have been driven by Mr. Netanyahu in conjunction with his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, and close advisers, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the matter.
Dissolving the war cabinet formalizes that process. It may also defuse calls from Mr. Netanyahu’s far-right coalition partners who might have hoped to fill the places of Mr. Gantz and Mr. Eisenkot.
According to Mr. Eisenkot, the influence of one of those far-right leaders, Itamar Ben-Gvir, the minister of national security, had long loomed over the war cabinet’s discussions. After Mr. Gantz resigned, Mr. Ben-Gvir immediately demanded to join the group, writing on X that it was “about time to take brave decisions, achieve true deterrence, and bring true safety to the residents of the south, north, and all of Israel.”
Israeli news outlets reported on Monday that Mr. Netanyahu’s move to disband the war cabinet was a direct response to that demand.
For now, major decisions about the war in Gaza — like whether to agree to a cease-fire with Hamas — will still be put to a separate and broader security cabinet. That group includes Mr. Ben-Gvir and another far-right member, Bezalel Smotrich, the finance minister. Both have argued strongly that Israel’s military offensive in Gaza must continue until Hamas is destroyed.
The smaller war cabinet was charged with overseeing the fighting in Gaza. Having members like Mr. Gantz and Mr. Eisenkot, former military chiefs of staff from the centrist opposition to Mr. Netanyahu’s government, lent an aura of consensus and legitimacy internationally as Israel grew increasingly isolated over its handling of the war.
“Netanyahu was hearing from very serious perspectives,” said Mitchell Barak, an Israeli pollster and analyst who worked as an aide to Mr. Netanyahu in the 1990s, citing the military careers of Mr. Gantz and Mr. Eisenkot. “Now he’s lost it. What he has now is more of an echo chamber.”
Israeli news outlets reported that Mr. Netanyahu is now expected to rely on advisers like Ron Dermer, a seasoned confidant of the prime minister and former ambassador to the United States who served as a nonvoting member of the war cabinet.
But it’s important to remember that Mr. Netanyahu was nevertheless always in the driver’s seat, Mr. Barak added.
Dissolving the war cabinet “centralizes his power and solidifies it and makes it much more difficult for any mutiny,” he said.
— Patrick Kingsley and Cassandra Vinograd
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| From: S. maltophilia | 6/17/2024 12:24:01 PM | | | | | | Opinion | Smotrich Is Responsible for October 7, Possibly Even More Than Israel's Defense Establishment
.....It's clear that at least two people didn't forget his remarks – Smotrich himself and Hamas' leader in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar. Just as Smotrich planned back then, the current government said in its coalition guidelines that the Jewish people have an exclusive and unassailable right to the entire Land of Israel.
Sinwar was aware of that, too, and it clearly created enough pressure for a resistance operation. This pressure was accelerated by the backing that the government, led by Smotrich, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, gave to Jewish terror against Palestinians in the occupied territories, as well as by ........
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| From: S. maltophilia | 6/17/2024 7:23:38 PM | | | | | | Making friends and influencing people:
......raids as a fresh "foundation" for further violence in Yemen. "When the Americans launched drone strikes on al-Qaida operatives in Yemen in the past, almost all Yemenis showed no sympathy to the terrorist individuals," he said. "But the ongoing American strikes on Yemen are hard to justify for Yemenis."
He added, "The only justification is that the U.S. does not want the Houthis to bother Israel that massacres, displaces and starves people in Gaza. I, like millions of Yemenis, cannot swallow such a justification."
When the airstrikes began in January, Ali thought that they would not last for long. The U.S. would declare its goals achieved in a few days or weeks, at most, he thought. "Today, the strikes are not only destroying military sites, they have also killed people, including civilians, which has further distorted the image of the U.S. in Yemen," he said.
While the Houthis have lost some of its weapons and members in the airstrikes, the militant group has earned more popular support among Yemenis and recruited.....
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| From: S. maltophilia | 6/18/2024 4:17:16 PM | | | | | | Because it pales in comparison to others, or because it's too common to single out? "Itai" in the comments section gets it.
Israeli Police Recommend Closing Case Against Yeshiva Head Who Said All Gazans Should Be Killed
The prosecutor's office has the final say in the case against Rabbi Eliyahu Mali of Jaffa, who said that children and the elderly in Gaza also shouldn't be spared
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| From: S. maltophilia | 6/18/2024 6:25:30 PM | | | | | | ISIS Created Fake CNN and Al Jazeera Broadcasts
One video focused on giving ISIS credit for a terror attack that Russian disinformation blamed on Ukraine. “It was essentially fake news to debunk fake news,” says an expert.
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