MicroWaveOct 7, 2023

Hamas blindsides Israel with most serious attack in a generation

https://lemmy.world/post/6456158

Hamas blindsides Israel with most serious attack in a generation - Lemmy.world

Israel was taken by surprise by the most ambitious operation Hamas has ever launched from Gaza. The scale of what’s been happening is unprecedented. Hamas breached the wire that separates Gaza from Israel in multiple places in the most serious cross-border attack Israel has faced in more than a generation. It came a day after the 50th anniversary of the surprise attack by Egypt and Syria in 1973 that started a major Middle East war. The significance of the date will not have been lost on the Hamas leadership. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country is at war and will exact a heavy price from its enemies. Videos and photos of dead Israelis, civilians as well as soldiers, are all over social media.

Show threadbestnerdOct 7, 2023
I mean, Israel kind of threw the first stone and built the first wall
Show threadMTKOct 7, 2023
They came for the civilians, they shot families in their homes, literal children and babies. No stone provoked this.
Show threadrockyTronOct 7, 2023
The Israeli settlers did this first in the forties when they invaded and colonized Palestine, indiscriminate violence was their M.O., so yes the first stone was thrown two generations ago. Not excusing the violence today, but it is not unexpected nor unprecedented by either side of this conflict.
Show threadsamokosikOct 7, 2023

how many times has palestine been offered land for peace? Many - In 1948, 1967 and even later there were offers which mentioned connecting palestine and gaza. all the times, palestinians refused it.

Hence why I am under the impression that they are more responsible for this conflict.

Show threadargues_semanticsOct 8, 2023
This is like somebody moving into your home and then you accept a couple of the bedrooms and one of the bathrooms, believing it to be an appropriate compromise.
Show threadsamokosikOct 8, 2023
Not really. It’s definitely a bit tough to judge who did the dessert belong to. But historically, there was a point in time when jews were living in that area.
Show threadDkarmaOct 8, 2023
But that time you’re talking about all this land was recognized as Palestine. Prior to 1948 no government or country in the planet recognized any Israeli claim to this land.
Show threadsamokosik
It has been recognized as palestine for a logn long time (since rome), though state was never present. Palestine as a state never existed and thoughts about creating a palestinian state began after Ww2
Oct 10, 2023 at 10:47amWeb