Israel renews military attacks on Gaza
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Nothing will stop this war till one side is off the map.
Israel wants all the land between the Nile and Euphrates rivers, annexing Gaza is only the beginning.
Batshit crazy hyperbole doesn't help you make your point.
Are there segments of the Israeli government and citizenry that would like to annex some additional lands in Egypt (Sinai), Jordan, Syria (Mt Hermon / Druze areas), and maybe even Lebanon? Yes.
Beyond the Sinai? Beyond the Golan? Beyond the immediate trans-Jordan? No.
Even the most rabid and insane Jewish nationalist knows that occupying vast swathes of territory where Jews would be outnumbered 1000:1 is a fools errand.
Israeli public opinion polling has shown, for years, that somewhere around 40-50%+ of the population supports pulling out of the West Bank even.
Israeli already gave up the Sinai once and it worked--they've had peace with Egypt for more than 40 years.
In the 2 or so months after October 7th, >300 were murdered in the West Bank, which I've been told is not Gaza and not Hamas.
Please also explain to the class why Israel was so elated for Syria's regime change. It had nothing to do with Greater Israel, right?
Go ahead and pretend that Greater Israel isn't an explicit goal of these people.
The Assad regime was part of the Iranian influence sphere. Iran and its proxies are outspokenly hostile towards Israel. In part, in order to legitimize their own oppressive regimes. Same with Hezbollah and Hamas.
That's why Israel took out Hamas and then crippled Hezbollah, which was propping up the Assad regime. When Assad fell, the Iranian influence sphere was dealt a crippling blow.