That's just awful. I can never support Israel government after they've doing this. No way.

If Hamas released the hostages you wouldn't have to

Babies have been starving to death in Yemen for ten years. Where's all the outrage at that? Israel's not involved, that's why.

I don't think that would end the war. It's gone way beyond that, I'm thinking.

Nope

You do agree Palestine must release hostages immediately?

I agree, for as long as Netanyahu remains PM with the extreme hard-line lot his survival in power relies on too.

I believe Netanyahu has his own agenda and it's NOT one of peace.

Netenyahu has turned down multiple offers for the hostages to be released, anybody that still parrots the ‘if they released the hostages’ line is so obviously lying to themselves and others, it’s not about the hostages, never has been

They put bouncy castles up for the kids and throw parties blocking the entrance to Gaza. They truck drivers get no protection from the police or IDF and so its getting more and more perilous to get aid in.
This is a war crime and fortunately, much of the world is watching.

I hope they do. But that won't end this war. I wish it would.

Something the Palestinians would never do. Right?

This thread is about Israel and Palestine. You could always start another thread.

Israeli government is starving the Gaza people on purpose. The definition of genocide.

I don't blame the Israeli people for this.
They have no say in what the government does.

Why don't you? You're the one posting the starving babies posts. I've drawn a comparison and asked why it's only bad when Israel is involved. I already know the answer, by the way.

It would be the most significant move to make

I wonder why hamas Palestine won't

Have you any idea?

I have friends in Israel and I'm in contact with them quite a bit in present times. I agree with you, this isn't about the people of Israel, its about the government and its about the U.S, Britain and Germany who fully support that government.

I have to wonder... who on here supported the apartheid in South Africa?

You do realise it was literally Israeli citizens who attacked the food trucks in the videos provided? Not the government?

Tbh I'm surprised it's as low as 71%, as Hamas aren't exactly known for their tolerance of dissenting voices. Who knows who the pollsters really are? Pretty brave of anyone to openly say anything negative about Hamas, let alone 29% lf those polled.

If the Palestinian older population had any love in their souls, the ones that can make decisions would do anything within their power to stop their children going through what they went through in childhood. Unfortunatly they just seem to ramp things up and order up what's being served to them atm, by ordering oct 7th, which is supported by what will be 80 percent of the population once you take the 5 percent off for the Christians and others. You reep what you sow I'm afraid.

"the starving babies posts"

Because they naively still believe that holding Israeli hostages might stop the IDF from carpet bombing them? (It won't, but maybe they're still holding onto that vague hope).

Releasing them wouldn't change anything either, as you well know.

Is your supposed known answer "cos they're Jewish" and as a follow up, if it is that, are you literally 12 years old?

It’s almost like they want to wipe out the Palestinians and take their land for themselves

You'd think they'd at least want to wait for the literal dust to settle.

I think ultimately worth remembering though: All wars are about land and/or resources. All of them, throughout all of history. Name a war and the supposed justification, and very little digging will show that it was about land or resources. The rest is just sauce for public consumption... governments are not moral and do not care about collateral damage in any meaningful way other than financial.

To use a somewhat-linked example, people like to get poetic about the heroic allies in WW2 valiantly stepping in to stop Nazi atrocities. And undoubtedly, stepping in and winning the war did stop many atrocities. And I'm 100% sure many of the people fighting that war were fully invested in fighting to that end. But the uncomfortable political reality? If Nazi Germany had not been expansionist in their ambitions, we wouldn't have done a thing. Not one thing. Britain did not enter WW2 because the Nazis were bad. We entered because they invaded Poland and Britain started to become concerned about sovereignty. Same reason other Middle Eastern nations are concerned about Israel. Same reason Ukraine should be worried about Russia, but in turn same reason Russia is concerned about NATO expansion. It's all the same ****.

You say Jewish. I say Israeli. And therein lies the problem.

And no, I'm not even figuratively 12 years old.