For what it’s worth, I tend to agree with you. It’s definitely about the propaganda value and the perceived “moral high ground”, but the real question is how much are those things actually worth in the current state of the conflict. At least in my view, sadly very little.
over 40,000 palestinians are killed in revenge for october 7th
1 israeli hostage is killed by their guard in revenge for the murder of his children
We will have to agree to disagree, I think.
You seem to be under the false assumption that the Israeli government actually cares about bringing any of the hostages home safely, when it’s pretty obvious they don’t. Their actions have shown this very clearly. The hostages can’t be useful leverage if Israel doesn’t give a shit about them in the first place.
Given that Israel’s current governmental coalition is predicated on the continuation of the war, along with Bibi’s own impending legal peril once he is forced out of his position, why would you think they would ever agree to any kind of deal? It’s pretty obvious to anyone paying attention that all these elusive “ceasefire negotiations” Israel has “participated” in, have been in bad faith the entire time. They literally assassinated Hamas’ own lead negotiator! It’s merely a carrot they can wave around to convince the western audience to keep supporting them, “See? A ceasefire deal is just around the corner so keep those weapons and money flowing!”
This so called “division and turmoil” caused by the demonstrations sounds great and all, but it’s ultimately inconsequential and amounts to less than nothing unless they plan on putting an end to the current regime.
Were there no hostages Israel would never agree to a ceasefire. They would claim they need to eradicate Hamas no matter the cost.
So… you mean like how things are already? That’s the exact point I’m making, lmao.
The massive demonstrations for a ceasefire inside of Israel are to get the hostages out. Not because they care for Palestinians.
No shit. But what good is a “ceasefire” if it doesn’t actually end the war? Hamas has no incentive to agree to hand over hostages if Israel is just going to resume bombing the shit out of Gaza as soon as they’ve been released, which is what most of the demonstrators actually want.
I’ll be honest, at this point it’s no longer clear what purpose the hostages are serving anyway. The Israeli government is not negotiating for their return in good faith, and they haven’t deterred the wholesale glassing of the Gaza strip. There is seemingly no legitimate interest in getting the hostages back alive. Even if you consider the token Israeli “protests” being organized, most of those people aren’t actually demanding an end to the war. It’s fairly obvious the hostages are no longer serving as useful bargaining chips (if they ever were). I can’t say I really blame this guy.
In fact, one may even argue this was an act of mercy compared to the alternative of being indefinitely held prisoner in presumably pretty poor conditions, just waiting to be murdered by the IDF.
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So are you saying you think western sanctions have been working as intended, then? You haven’t actually stated anything that refutes what others in this thread have said. I only ask because Russia seems to be doing fine economically, all things considered. Germany and the rest of Europe that were/are dependent on Russian exports, though, not so much…
Care to elaborate?
I’m curious what you think Navalny stood for, which you claim to totally support? Spoilers, he was an ultra far-right nationalist piece of human garbage.
huh? at least on windows, firefox just uses its background maintenance service to take care of updates. no admin needed. I don’t even notice when it happens, except for the occasional “what’s new” page that opens along with firefox.
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I’m in this article and I don’t like it
or for people who don’t have a week to dedicate to learning utterly deranged nonsense, just use sublime merge and never look back.
I almost always use PowerShell (Core) for automation/scripting things that don’t warrant an entire “application”. It’s as powerful as you need it to be, but I wouldn’t recommend it if you aren’t already familiar with .NET and its ecosystem.