Protesters Across Israel Rage Against Netanyahu After Hostage Deaths
By: Mediaite
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Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Tel Aviv and blocked highways and roads Sunday, a day after one American and five other hostages were murdered by Hamas as members of the Israeli Defense Forces closed in to rescue them.
According to CNN, many of the demonstrators expressed anger with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his refusal to broker a hostage deal with Hamas.
Network international diplomatic editor Nic Robertson - who was on the ground with protestors - said during the network's Sunday coverage of the mass protests:
People here believe that the prime minister is looking out for his own political career and future because if the war ends - if there's a deal and the war ends - he could find himself out of job as prime minister. If there was an election, he probably, or his coalition probably, wouldn't be reelected. And if he was no longer prime minister, then it would face a number of criminal charges that are stacked up against him and pending. He can't - those cases can't go while he's prime minister. So people believe that he is holding on not just as he says, because he thinks this is the best way to defeat Hamas. But because it's his own political career that sustained. Those are the charges that many people believe and level against the prime minister.
As CBS News reported, six hostages were killed by Hamas Saturday as the IDF approached to rescue them from Rafah in Gaza. An American citizen named Hersh Goldberg-Polin was among the dead. Other victims were identified as Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Alexander Lobanov, Almog Sarusi, and Ori Danino.
The massacre sparked outrage across Israel leading to mass civil disobedience, The Jerusalem Postnoted:
Hundreds of thousands gather in Tel Aviv in mass protest, demanding an immediate hostage deal before more hostages are killed by Hamas. Protesters blocked the entrance to Jerusalem Sunday evening as others marched through the streets of Tel Aviv carrying coffins, protesting the abandonment of the hostages after the IDF confirmed that the bodies of six hostages had been retrieved from Gaza. The protesting mass has since shifted from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv, with police managing to clear the entrance to Jerusalem after more than two hours of blockages.
As of Sunday evening, the mass protests in Tel Aviv and elsewhere had remained peaceful, CNN reported.
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This would be the equivalent of 7-10 million Americans on the street for a protest.
I will always support Israel but their leader is a terrorist.
I will never support Hamas and their leader is always a terrorist.
Cool, you may have a cookie.
“I will always support Israel but their leader is a terrorist.”
The ‘tooth for a tooth’ and an ‘eye for an eye’ mentality only leads to leaving all parties gnashing teeth and blind to the reality…a tragic continuation of the death of innocents on both sides.
Let them be, as a millennium of conflict confirms this is an impossible situation to resolve from the outside looking in.
Let us focus on doing our best to provide humanitarian aid as that is the best we can do…and tragically, even that comes with a cost.
“As of Sunday evening, the mass protests in Tel Aviv and elsewhere had remained peaceful, CNN reported.”
That’s not equivalent of America.
The rare violence at American protests is greatly exaggerated and when there is violence the offenders are arrested. The difference is that People In Israel Are Safer Than Americans In Malls And At Music Festivals. American children are regularly gunned down in American schools. When it happened in Israel they went to war!
Exactly, when American protesters get violent it is b cause they are afraid to go to Malls and Music Festivals.
Besides, the damn media exaggerates the violence and greedy property owners lie about the damages.
The rare violence also is usually by right wing plants. Any criminal acts by non protesters are arrested, you're correct.
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Are you STILL believing that???
True.
In fact, in the U.S. school shootings happen very rarely!
Its not like they happen every hour-- heck, there's hasn't been one in a long time!
(Like...maybe.. . 6 hours ago!!)
And I suppose the American protesters will keep marching in support of the terrorists who killed their hostages (INCLUDING an American) rather than allow them to be rescued by those "fucking JOOZ".
The cease fire and hostage release has been nixed by Hamas because Israel insists on maintaining a presence on the Philadelphi Corridor, the border between Egypt and Gaza, the only place where Hamas can still smuggle its weapons into Gaza through their tunnels while the Egyptians who are SUPPOSED to prevent (wink, wink) that from happening. Therefore. Netanyahu is faced with the BALANCE BETWEEN maintaining control of the Philadelphi Corridor to prevent the smugglers from rearming the Hamas militants to continue the war with their refreshed supply of weapons and ammunition which would also allow them to continue firing rockets into Israel and murder Israelis and repeat their Oct 7 massacres over and over again AND getting back the rest of the hostages, but then still having to continue the war against the Hamas militants with their newly smuggled weapons allowing the terrorists to carry out the horrors I indicated above until in a year or two when the last militant has been eliminated. I wouldn't want to have to make such a choice, would you?
But, as I'm sure you remember, there was a time when Eypyt struck back at Arab terrorists from Gaza. [Note: This article mentions "The Sinai"-- its a desert part of Egypt that directly borders Gaza]:
Floods and bombs: This is how Egypt handled Hamas' smuggling tunnels
Just ten years ago, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, who now warns against an influx of Gazan refugees arriving in Sinai, faced a similar challenge to what Israel is currently going through.
For two weeks, Egypt has been stepping up its rhetoric with Israel, warning against an influx of Gazan refugees arriving in the Sinai Peninsula.
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Note:
1. "Rafah" is a city that straddles the Egypt-Gaza border (part is in Egypt, part is in Gaza)
2. The tunnels mentioned here are not entirely within Gaza-- they were between Egypt and Gaza, used to weapons and other things between Egypt & Gaza.
On Saturday, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi lamented what he said was a lack of response on behalf of the international community "to the crisis in the Gaza Strip." At the same time, he called for an immediate ceasefire.
Interestingly, just about a decade ago, Egypt faced a similar challenge to what Israel is going through now.
ISIS terrorists, who had infiltrated from Gaza, carried out deadly terror attacks in Sinai. They used the smuggling tunnels leading from the strip to Egypt, the economic anchor of Hamas.
Estimates say that between 10-15% of the terror organization's budget came from taxes on goods that pass through the tunnels in Rafah as well as from issuing licenses, for an annual income of about one billion dollars.
As such, el-Sissi dealt a great blow to Hamas. Since his rise to power, approximately 1,900 tunnels have been destroyed.
Egypt did not hold back: the tunnels were shelled from the air, destroyed with controlled explosions on the ground, and flooded with sewage water or water pumped directly from the Mediterranean Sea. Some reports said even chemical substances were used, which, if true, turned the tunnels into death traps.
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October 2014 saw another turn in the war on the tunnels. Thirty-three Egyptian soldiers were killed in an ISIS terror attack, and as far as the country's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces was concerned, the die was cast.
Over the next three years, Egypt destroyed 3,000 residential buildings in Rafah near the border. Satellite footage showed entire neighborhoods turned to rubble.
A mere year later its goal was achieved. According to Arab sources, the Egyptian military managed to destroy 97% of the smuggling tunnels. After that, Cairo turned its focus to the terror groups in Sinai.
The IDF has sensors to detect tunnels so they are fairly successful in preventing smuggling through tunnels at Israel's borders, but how do you explain all the weapons and ammunition that Hamas and Islamic Jihad have been using? Were they dropped from the sky by Allah, or washed up on the shores of the Mediterranean? I do not think Egypt is as careful about stuff and people smuggled OUT of Egypt as they might be about smuggling in the other direction. The fact that they are angry about Israel demanding that IDF troops retain control of the Philidelphi Corridor and Rafah crossing when they should be thankful for the help makes me suspicious.
It is an emotionally driven protest. It is common sense that people who want to get their loved ones back, will demand that the government do anything to get them back. Let us face facts. Under such circumstances, they don't care about anything else. Give Hamas anything it wants to get them back is their mantra. I hate to say it, but the families of the hostages are only acting in a natural way, but a way which benefits the terrorists.
The title of the article says: "Protesters Across Israel Rage Against Netanyahu After Hostage Deaths."
It would have been more accurate to say hostage murders.
The one thing missing this past weekend was the story that simply dealt with those murders.
Yes, of course, why would the media bother to indicate that the hostages were savagely murdered by the Hamas monsters? That might hurt the feelings of the protesters who demonstrate and support those terrorists.
It is hard to believe. Hamas shot 6 hostages in the back of the head, (including an American,) and Joe Biden condemns Netanyahu and then there are those who think that Hamas should get anything it wants in exchange for however many hostages may still be alive.
No surprise, cause political points are more important these days approaching the election, and Biden can't alienate The Squad and their progressive Hamas supporters. It's important for the world to consider the needs of the terrorists before being concerned with those fucking JOOZ. I also read that upon hearing the news about Hamas's execution of the hostages, the EU and other nations are considering putting MORE pressure on Israel, economic pressure. For sure the UN and the ICJ won't put any pressure on their proxies, the terrorists. Am I bitter? You're fucking right I am. I believe in JUSTICE but I'm no bleeding heart like some members of this site.
More specifically I just saw on the news that Great Britain is now holding back sending very much needed arms and ammunition to Israel on the basis of "Humanitarian Grounds". Humanitarian Grounds? So Hamas and Islamic Jihad raping and mutilating women, decapitating men, roasting live babies, taking and murdering hostages, hiding among their civilians and using them as human shields, using hospitals, mosques and schools as their control centres and hiding places for weapons and themselves, and locating their missile launchers in school grounds ARE compliance with "Humanitarian Grounds" according not only to the Brits but the UN, the ICJ, and a lot of the rest of the world? Seems the Brits haven't really changed since they fucked the Jews at the time of partition.
This may be a bit off-topic, but since the Squad was mentioned, there have been three fairly recent developments: two members of the Squad, both from fairly liberal districts, lost their primaries and more moderate Democrats will be the Democratic candidates in those districts in the upcoming elections.
And I was a bit surprised at first, but it seems AOC is moderating her views-- there are definite signs she's becoming "more moderate".
I hope everyone took note of where these hostages were kept - in Rafah, the place where Biden told Netanyahu not to go.
That's good news, IMO. Two I wish more than any would lose their seats are Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar.
The Israeli military powers that be are not going to listen to what Biden, a person who never served in the military, tells them how to fight this war.
Speaking of the IDF, I have a bit of good news. Do you remember the Hamas commander who murdered a man in front of his children and then took a bottle of Coke out of the family refrigerator and drank it in front of those kids?
Well, the IDF caught up with him and he'll never murder anyone again.
What usually happens in situations like this is the country that is denied certain weapons merely decides to get the from another country.
Like with drugs, demand is satisfied.
Actually, I must have missed that story - IMO not a great ad for Coke. I prefer Pepsi anyway.
All the antisemitic Brits are doing by holding back arms from Israel is hurting their own military industrial complex. That's no surprise to me, and their antisemitism is nothing new - they did their best to screw the Jewish refugees escaping to Israel after WW2, (think of the movie The Exodus), and they abstained in the UN resolution creating the State of Israel and did whatever they could to benefit the Arabs at that time. It reminds me of a story that may or may not be true about the time when Benjamin D'Israeli was Prime Minister and William Gladstone led the opposition. Gladstone made an antisemitic remark about D'Israeli's ancestry in Parliament and D'Israeli replied: "While your ancestors were painting themselves blue and hiding in caves mine were priests in the Temple of David."
Trump asked Bibi to stall negotiations and he did, now 6 more people are dead...More blood on trump's hands.
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Negotiations go no where because each sides goals are incompatible:
Total bullshit.
Hamas has repeatedly refused to agree to a ceasefire. That's a provable fact.
It's sad to see supposedly intelligent people support the terrorists and blame the victims
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I thought that Biden, before he got shoved offstage, wanted Netanyahu to agree to a quick and toothless ceasefire so that he, Biden could be considered to be a great peacemaker and diplomat.
No blood on Trump's hands, blame the damn terrorists!
I did.
I see nothing in your post to support your silly claim.
I did mention trump. Guess you missed it.
Calling Trump a terrorist seems like an incredibly weak argument what with all the truths about him you could have used.
Some people would also say its more blood on Netanyahu's hands . .
It’s almost like the two of them pulled the trigger.
The never ending horror.
Many Israelis believe Netanyahu is captured by the far right of his coalition , and they want a "messianic" type of victory in Gaza. They dont want a negotiated cease fire. So yes, it is never ending.
Do you honestly believe, after all this time, that Hamas/Palestinians want a ceasefire and a two-state solution.
I thought Hamas' real objective is still to kill every last Jew and eradicate the state of Israel.
Israel has already created the next generation of terrorists. Do you think a young boy , or girl in Gaza today who has maybe seen members of their family killed by Israeli bombs is going to grow up with a good feeling about Israel ?
Israel had every right, and duty, to go after the people responsible for Oct 7th. I dont believe they had a right to kill 40,000 people in the process.
Exactly.
Israel could have turned the other cheek.
Hamas is creating all those future terrorists on a daily basis, and is directly responsible for all those supposed deaths by starting this conflict in the first place. So, say Bibi is replaced today, what should the new person say or do to end this pointless war.
Grant citizenship to any Palestinian with a clean record in the West Bank.
Stop suppressing Palestinian men out of habit...
There will always be bad actors, Mafias, Hamas etc but they can slowly be eliminated by economic inclusion in the Israeli middle class. One thing Israel has is time. They haven't solved this in 76 years yet, why not try something radically different?
That make Israel a binational state in which Jews would become the minority.
Until Palestinians themselves rid themselves of Hamas once and for all, nothing significant will happen.
They must learn to stand up to their oppressors--Hamas.
And? Israelis by religion are 73% Jewish.
670,000 already live in the West Bank.
600,000 Israelis are also Americans.
They can maintain a 73 - 75% majority by slowly assimilating the West Bank if they try.
Perhaps its also true that the far right of his coalition is captured by Netanyahu?
There are also many who are not interested in more "victories" in Gaza-- as they feel this was has resulted in the deaths of too many Israelis. (And that Netanyahu's goal of "completely destroying Hamas" can never happen).
Their reasoning is that pro;onging the war will only result in more deaths (and for Israelis that means civilians as well as solidiers),
Hamas has already been greatly weakended---but I don't think they can ever be "totally eliminated".
I wouldn’t put a lot of stock in the notion that Hamas would ever be interested in good faith negotiations.