• Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    Hamas is known to have redundancies in place for cases like this. What is the goal of this? It seems like this is just going to create a Martyr, and won't materially benefit Israel, just sour peace talks (unless that's their aim).

      • sparkle@lemm.ee
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        4 months ago

        That sounds like a terrible decision to make considering 50% of Israelis live in the 30 most populated cities, cities which are all clustered together and very bombable... then again, I don't think jets from the late 70s would fare well against Israel's very modern air defenses. An ancient F-14 or a MiG-29 would probably spontaneously collapse at the sight of a Patriot SAM operated by Israel.

      • Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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        4 months ago

        Depends on what's considered "rational." They've been successful as a genocidal settler-colonial ethnostate, but I think they are getting increasingly desparate as the international community notices their cracking mask.

        • FuckyWucky [none/use name]
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          4 months ago

          i think 'rational' is sticking to the two-state solution. 'Liberal' Zionism is fading away.

          • Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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            4 months ago

            If we are actually trying to solve the root cause of the conflict, then the only answer is a dissolution of the Israeli state, replacing it with a single, all-encompasing secular state with minority protections, and equal citizenship rights for Palestinians and Israelis. This won't stop the new state from being a dog of US Imperial interests, of course, but would cease the genocide.

            • FuckyWucky [none/use name]
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              4 months ago

              yea ik, I was talking from the Israeli Zionist perspective. Of course, a one state solution is the best solution.

              • Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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                4 months ago

                Ah, gotcha. Well, for Zionists, acknowledging Palestinian Statehood ends their settler-colonial aspirations, so they won't do it. They need to get the US fully involved in a broader Middle East war.