Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel would “crush and destroy” Hamas in response to its attack. Netanyahu said every Hamas member was a “dead man.”

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel would “crush and destroy” Hamas in response to its attack.

Netanyahu said every Hamas member was a “dead man.”

Netanyahu made the remarks in a late-night televised address as Israeli planes pounded Gaza in response to the unprecedented attack.

  • fubo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    859·
    1 year ago

    Netanyahu failed to protect his people from rape, mutilation, and murder. His administration helped Hamas secure power in Gaza. He is a failure for the nation, as all fascists ultimately are for their nations.

    • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
      523·
      1 year ago

      Yeah but now he gets to externalize his failures which is a fascist’s dream

      • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        Consider that prior shows of strength are exactly why things are where they are. Which then raises the question- is this really making up for any thing? Is dead enemies really enough to make up for dead friends, dead parents or dead children?

        Or is it really just a perpetuation and escalation of the problem? A continuation of a pattern where they kill your friends, parents, brothers and sisters, and children, so you kill their parents, brothers and sisters and children, leading to more and ever increasing retaliation?

        Yes, Hamas are objectively terrible, and are commuting atrocities and are terrorists. But, the Israeli government aren’t the saints here.

  • erranto@lemmy.worldEnglish
    323·
    1 year ago

    They can destroy the organization. but they won’t be able to quash the resistance movement. they will only make the current generation even more determined to avenge their ancestors. and the cycle keeps going

      • erranto@lemmy.worldEnglish
        97·
        1 year ago

        They lived more peaceful times before the colonizers showed up. even under Ottoman rule the three religions coexisted in relative peace in Palestine.

        • Ookami38@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          103·
          1 year ago

          I mean, sure. If you count genocides of several races at the hands of the ottomans peace. I guess it’s technically not war.

  • kingthrillgore@lemmy.mlEnglish
    95·
    1 year ago

    You know, shooting and bombing innocents is not the right way to respond to them attacking you.

    • Tangent5280@lemmy.worldEnglish
      93·
      1 year ago

      Innocents aren’t the ones attacking you. The ones attacking you are using innocents as a ubiquitous human shield.