An Israeli news report claims that the Netanyahu government has offered a raft of proposals to entice Egypt to open its doors to two million displaced Palestinians, despite Cairo's rejection

An Israeli news report claims that the Netanyahu government has offered a raft of proposals to entice Egypt to open its doors to two million displaced Palestinians, despite Cairo’s rejection

  • TheDankHold@kbin.social
    73·
    1 year ago

    They show restraint because they know good pr keeps the foreign investment flowing like a river. It’s so disingenuous to view this conflict in a vacuum with no larger geopolitical aspects to consider.

    Sure they could act like Russia is in Ukraine but that’s not how you get your genocide while the world shrugs their shoulders. Don’t be so painfully naive.

    Also it’s interesting that your recollection of events starts AFTER the Naqba where Israeli settlers drove Palestinians from their home. Everyone acting like there’s only one group driving hostilities always has an obnoxiously one sided understanding of the provocations that happened.

    And as a final note, Israel is held to a higher standard because it hasn’t been rendered destitute by a stronger power. It’s the imbalance of power that makes the position popular. Just like cops should be held to a higher standard than citizens, Supreme Court judges over political pundits, and soldiers over non combatants. The stronger force has the most responsibility to go for peace because their power grants them the most ability to do so.

    • merthyr1831@lemmy.worldEnglish
      83·
      1 year ago

      In what world does Israel show restraint, anyway? I don’t see the levelling of Gaza city as “restraint”.

      I don’t see the incarceration of 40% of Gaza’s male population as “restraint”.

      I don’t see Israel dropping more explosives on civilian population centers than the US did on Hiroshima as “restraint”.

      I don’t see the systematic apartheid system of the West bank as “restraint”.

      I don’t see the thousands of Israelis cheering as weapons declared illegal by the UN rain down on refugee camps as “restraint”.

      I don’t see the leaders of Israel declaring every last man, woman, child in Gaza animals as “restraint”.

      This is bullshit, through and through.

      • qwazpoi@lemmy.mlEnglish
        31·
        1 year ago

        It’s also very telling that they have marked 100% of the Gaza population as refugees. There are only about 2 million people in Gaza all together and that is the amount they are trying to send to Egypt. That means that this is just Israel pushing to completely erase Palestine.

        With white phosphorus and daily bombings on a city that has a population density greater than Chicago there doesn’t look like there’s any restraint only retribution.

        Israel telling civilians to follow evacuation orders to go to “safe areas” that they then bomb is just par for the course for what they plan on doing.