I certainly hope they don’t (and it looks like they may hold back) but

I don’t see how you can ignore that razing Gaza City to the ground and basically turning the people who lived there into corpses or refugees in Egypt or elsewhere is currently “on the table.” My sense is some in Israel think that’s the solution.

Cynically, it worked for Putin in Grozny.

What can’t work is keeping 2.5 million people in a walled in prison slum when the birth rate projects 4-5 million people in the next decade. Something is going to have to give, and I don’t think Israeli citizenship or more land is on the table either.

That’s kinda, IMHO, how we got here.

But Hamas wants a war, and the Israeli far right seems to want one too. Surprisingly, Netanyahu has exercised some level of restraint so far .
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Posted: 10/25/2023 at 11:40AM

Prager: The Hamas slaughter confirmed everything that I believe (link) -- JMHoo 10/25/2023 06:54AM

Prager seems as simple and dopey as you then. -- WahooRQ 10/25/2023 08:46AM

I disagree with parts of this. Not that Prager is being absurdly -- hoolstoptheheels 10/25/2023 09:58AM

I certainly hope they don’t (and it looks like they may hold back) but -- WahooRQ 10/25/2023 11:40AM

Netanyahu’s restraint is not at all surprising. It’s existential to him. -- hoolstoptheheels 10/25/2023 12:10PM

Prager lol ** -- hooshouse 10/25/2023 08:42AM

Its easy to live in a black and white world, where all the people on one -- Plano Hoo 10/25/2023 08:16AM

Speaking of living in a black and white world, -- Hoodafan 10/25/2023 08:24AM

I’ll let Prager explain that….. -- Plano Hoo 10/25/2023 08:49AM

And one side still doesn't mean All Palestinians, nor that they don't -- Hoodafan 10/25/2023 09:04AM

He says "Muslims". That is effectively equivalent to Palestians ** -- Plano Hoo 10/25/2023 09:59AM

I disagree. Prager’s the one looking at history through a distorted lens. -- hoolstoptheheels 10/25/2023 09:44AM

I mostly agree, but Israel would continue to -- BocaHoo91 10/25/2023 08:04AM

I certainly hope they don’t (and it looks like they may hold back) but

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