The war in Gaza is about a terror network that openly and unexpectedly attacked innocent and peaceful people of Israel. This is not about Palestine. Secretary Blinken demonstrated that when he met with the legitimate Palestinian Authority.
The concern is getting people out of Gaza who want to leave a war zone. The war is with Hamas who continues to hold Israeli hostages. Israel is attempting to end the siege of Gaza by Hamas. Gaza will no longer be a haven for terrorists, including Hamas. Gaza is a rat’s nest of terrorists. There is no moral basis for protecting Gaza as occupied by Hamas.
Nasrallah is correct in stating there will be no larger conflict and he will not participate in any escalation.
Previous to the attacks by Hamas on unarmed and peaceful Israelis, groups like Hamas were being extended a hand of peace and allowed to enter the political realm to facilitate a civilized and inclusive society. There was great hope and patience in that, but, it was unknowingly ill fated.
The war declared by Israel is against a violent regime of terrorists and not against Palestine. Those stating Israel is wrong have an immoral dialogue facilitated by the very terrorists that kill. The dialogue, that on college campuses has turned physically violent, is defending terrorists and not Palestine. It was an ill fated dialogue from the beginning that was used to turn power against Israel. The dialogue is a remnant of terrorist propaganda.
You will excuse me, but, the so called open air prison of Gaza was a method to contain the violence that finally spilled over into mass murder because Israelis wanted to pray. They wanted to pray. Not kill. Not maim. Not destroy, but, to pray. That need to pray was met with death to unarmed people who held no malice against anyone.
Gaza is not Palestine. In actuality it never was, so much as it housed violent terrorists. It was never supposed to be that. Israel, under Ariel Sharon, left Gaza carrying sacred scrolls to allow Palestine to exist and flourish. What occurred instead was the success of terrorist networks to build a different kind of homeland while using Palestinians as human shields to their plans. It is those Palestinians that are also victim to Hamas as Israel carries out its war to end the siege of terrorists of Gaza.
The faux dialogue to carry out further anti-semitism is in support of terrorists, not Palestine.
The most pressing issue today is how to save Palestinian lives as the war proceeds. It is proving to be nearly impossible with occasional episodes of hope. How, with such danger from Hamas, does anyone tell Israel they are wrong? Israel has a right to defend itself. The failure belongs to the peacemakers all these many decades that never were successful in destroying terrorist networks to protect Palestinians of Gaza.
As any soldier in the IDF would say, “It is the Middle East.”
There is always this two edged sword whereby peace is desired, but, battling terrorists facilitated by Iran’s wayward priorities is an never ending struggle. Israel can no longer afford the struggle to allow more of it’s people to die. The war in Gaza is the abject failure of the pursuit of peace. That theme has global implications if larger powers use Israel’s war as their own excuse for unleashing hate. That temptation is far too real and Nasrallah knows it.
The war in Gaza needs to be contained and Palestinian lives need to saved.
