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Nov 14, 2024
ceasefire betrayal?
According to a report in the Washington Post Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has already basically agreed to a ceasefire but is only going to put it into effect in January as a gift to incoming US President Donald Trump. Netanyahu does not want to give President Biden a "win" but does want to curry favor with Trump who wants the wars to end (while telling Israel finish the wars but get it done, do what you have to do) so will wait on the arrangements until January when Trump takes office.
If this is true, it would be criminal of Netanyahu and a betrayal of the people of Israel. Our sons and daughters, husbands, fathers, sisters, brothers need to continue dying and being injured in Lebanon (and Gaza, which might not have the same arrangement), having their lives destroyed, their families torn apart, soldiers undergoing mental traumas, people's lives upended for an extra couple of months all so Netanyahu can curry favor with Trump, rather than the need for battle? If true, this would be disgraceful. There will be plenty of other wins to give Trump later.
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Decisions of when to fight and not fight being determined by personal political calculationshe is one of the reasons why all the "milchemes mitzva" talk is such abject nonsense.
ReplyDeleteAlso, FYI, you have Jews for Jesus ads.
Should read "political calculations"
DeleteOn the contrary, once the ceasefire starts, the war is effectively over. Hezbollah and Hamas will continue to fire on Israel, the hostages will be returned but Tzahal will be forbidden from responding because "there's a ceasefire and you dare not violate it!"
DeleteSo this actually gives Israel 6-8 weeks to continue their operations without being harassed.
it doesnt mean that now any more or less than it will mean that in a few weeks or in two months. and in general it is unlikely that violations of a ceasefire would pass quietly at this point, unlike in the past
Deleteand no, I am not advocating for a ceasefire and saying we should go to one now. I am saying that if one is ready and the only thing holding it up is that Netanyahu wants to wait for Trump, that's not a good reason
DeleteI agree but the bottom line is that a real ceasefire means the end of the war and an Israeli withdrawal while Hamas and Hezbollah get to continue provoking.
DeleteI think you have this backwards. Acc. to the WAPO article, Netanyahu is "rushing" the ceasefire to get it done in January. Meaning it will be done faster, not slower.
ReplyDeleteI agree that a ceasefire should be done as as soon as makes sense militarily. But not sooner or later.
As for Hezbollah firing back, with Trump I don't think you have to worry about restraining Israel. He is likely to say, they had a ceasefire, they broke it, go after them Bibi.