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Little Star

(17,055 posts)
Thu Jul 31, 2014, 09:20 AM Jul 2014

Netanyahu Wants Hamas to Stay

Israel's prime minister accuses them of being as bad as al Qaeda, but he isn’t trying to run the group out of Gaza. There’s a good reason why.

The problem for Israel is that it’s stuck. Many top U.S. officials now concede that as bad as Hamas is for both Palestinians and Israelis, it’s the least bad alternative. Gen. Michael Flynn, the outgoing director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, told an audience at the Aspen Security Forum on July 26 that Hamas rule of Gaza was something he believed should continue. “If Hamas were destroyed and gone, we would probably end up with something much worse. The region would end up with something much worse,” he said. “A worse threat that would come into the sort of ecosystem there…something like ISIS.”

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/07/31/bibi-wants-hamas-to-stay.html

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Netanyahu Wants Hamas to Stay (Original Post) Little Star Jul 2014 OP
Why doesn't he just come out and say that he prefers a constant Skidmore Jul 2014 #1
US agrees to provide Israel with new ammunition supplies... Little Star Jul 2014 #6
Israel needs Hamas as the eternal enemy to maintain the status quo of bloodshed. DetlefK Jul 2014 #2
Just as Hamas needs Israel. WinkyDink Jul 2014 #3
Because presumably Turbineguy Jul 2014 #4
Peace must become more advantageous for Israel than war. TIMETOCHANGE Jul 2014 #5
Of course! Roy Serohz Jul 2014 #7

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
1. Why doesn't he just come out and say that he prefers a constant
Thu Jul 31, 2014, 09:23 AM
Jul 2014

state of unrest and to wage war. At least Cheney doesn't hide his bloodlust.

Little Star

(17,055 posts)
6. US agrees to provide Israel with new ammunition supplies...
Thu Jul 31, 2014, 10:25 AM
Jul 2014

Gaza conflict: Israel calls up 16,000 more reservists as US supplies army with ammunition
Israeli call-up comes in face of intense international pressure to curtail operations in Gaza, where more than 100 Palestinians died on Wednesday – but US agrees to provide Israel with new ammunition supplies
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/11002096/Gaza-conflict-Israel-calls-up-16000-more-reservists-as-US-supplies-army-with-ammunition.html

The US seems to have no problem helping with the unrest.

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
2. Israel needs Hamas as the eternal enemy to maintain the status quo of bloodshed.
Thu Jul 31, 2014, 09:44 AM
Jul 2014

The one-state-solution is unacceptable to Israel because it would water down the premise of Israel as a jewish state. The two-state-solution is unacceptable to Israel because it would cede territory to the Palestinians that is destined for the Israelis by divine authority.

For Israel, any other choice is worse than their constant warfare and oppression of the Palestinians.

Turbineguy

(37,206 posts)
4. Because presumably
Thu Jul 31, 2014, 09:59 AM
Jul 2014

the Palestinians are so screwed up that they could not possibly choose something better than Hamas?

 

TIMETOCHANGE

(86 posts)
5. Peace must become more advantageous for Israel than war.
Thu Jul 31, 2014, 10:03 AM
Jul 2014

If Israel stays at war, it keeps U.S. support from politicians and the people of both Israel and the U.S.. It keeps its troops hardened, maintains an aggressive and prepared military stance, and keeps the warhawks in power.

What does peace give Israel, that I do not know. Things might be too far gone for peace to be a benefit to Israel. So war must become so disadvantageous that only peace is the solution. But like so many things in this world, peace is fleeting, and rarely true.

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