Gaza death toll rises as Israel hits a disability shelter

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[John Galt]

[Professor]

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The brilliance of the strategy is that it is impossible not to play into their hands. If they do nothing, Israel expands. If they throw a fit, Israel expands.

[eynon81]

[eynon81]

[exploited]

Not really. There has been plenty of ceasefires and decent intervals with no violence. During that time Israel expands. The entire point of the exercise is to ensure that the political process can't move forward.

Sure, the Palestinians could do nothing, maybe they could stand still and let the Israeli soldiers beat them, pull a Gandhi as you and Clancy say. But that won't stop Israel from simply expanding anyways. They'd simply disperse the protest and move on, and them somebody in the Palestinians will break rank and engage in violence.

Expecting anyone to do what Gandhi and cohorts did is ridiculous. Different world.

[eynon81]

[John Galt]

is it? it's not like the isrealis are gassing the palestinians or anything. and the end of british rule bringing about a partitian of muslims and some other religion has caused lingering issues to this day. how are they a different world?

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Surely I don't have to explain how it is unreasonable to expect the Palestinians to be able to control all 1.8 million people in Gaza, and prevent all of them from being violent.

This latest bout was sparked by the death of three Israelites and one Palestinian. It blows my mind to watch two adults act as if nonviolence makes sense when all it takes to escalate is the idiocy of two people.