Merged Gaza just launched an unprovoked attack on Israel

[TV and credit cards]

So now the Israeli parliament is talking about moving on to annexing the West Bank.
Didn't see that one coming.
Don't think it will get any traction?
Oh you just watch.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Allegations of collective punishment: Note the lack of proof--because there isn't any.

Segregating Palestinians into Gaza is collective punishment.

Amigo, I was kinda confused by this comment. Gaza is the home for the Gazians. Are you saying that they should be allowed to move somewhere else?

Why shouldn't they? You have that right. I have that right. Gazans do not.

They are poor, radicalized, under-educated, under-skilled. Netanyahu tried to sneak them into Egypt early on, Egypt was like "No thanks" and closed the border. No one wants the Gazans. This is part of the problem. They are orphans no one cares about.

Gaza js just an open air prison where all the guards are on the outside keeping the prisoners inside and the prison gangs now run the place.

This is a problem. Hamas will take advantage of any weakness Israel provides. Their goal is disruption, nothing else. What Israel has done with Gaza hasn't helped its own security. They are effectively creating a powder keg. It went off once on October 7th. But freeing things up comes with its own security risks. I'd hate to be in charge of Israeli security. The more you open things up, the more threats on the average Israeli. The more you tighten it up, the more threats of brief but big acts of terror.

This is why the solution isn't in Gaza. Whatever Israel does there just changes the risks. Diplomacy with Iran is the only option, as difficult an option as it is.

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

So now the Israeli parliament is talking about moving on to annexing the West Bank.
Didn't see that one coming.
Don't think it will get any traction?
Oh you just watch.

Let's put a news article in the thread for this.

Israeli lawmakers advance West Bank annexation bills despite Trump's past objection as Vance visits

President Trump said in September he would not back an Israeli annexation of the West Bank.

www.cbsnews.com

The whole annexation of the West Bank only has 25-24 support. Another lesser annexation vote of Maale Adumim, an illegal settlement, passed by 32-9.

I don't think that there is enough support for the whole annexation, but this will push the Overton window a bit. When the Israeli govt next says, "okay, we'll just annex these 1, 2, or 3 settlements where Israelis already live," there will be a general "phew, that was a close one" as a reaction. But the goal for the right-most side will still in sight and that much closer as the expansion continues.