Israel renews military attacks on Gaza
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But they've already moved beyond the Golan heights. And they've occupied large parts of Lebanon in the past and then were subsequently kicked out.
You phrase that like they did it voluntarily and weren't forced to do so.
So calling it 'batshit crazy hyperbole' is a bit... hyperbolic don't you think?
Quoted from my OP: "Syria (Mt Hermon / Druze areas), and maybe even Lebanon"
Yes, the Egypt–Israel peace treaty of 1979.
No, saying that Israel wants to annex everything from the Nile to the Euphrates is stupider than batshit crazy. Anyone who thinks that Israel wants to control Cairo, Aleppo, Damascus, Amman, Najaf, and Karbala and the 10s of millions of Arab Muslims in those regions is willfully ignorant.
Israel doesn't even want to control Palestinians. They want to get rid of them. It's called ethnic cleansing and they've been doing it since 1948. Though to be fair they haven't managed to repeat their success of 1948 so far.
Greater Israel isn't a random conspiracy theory that someone pulled out of their ass. When you look at the fact that Israel has been constantly trying to expand since 1948 it doesn't sound any crazier than a bunch of Jews settling in Arab land only to violently displace the natives and using unconditional US support to wage constant war on their neighbors.
Read what I've said, consistently, since my first post.
Israel nationalists having expansionistic goals (specifically, southern Syria, Trans-Jordan, Sinai, etc.) is not a conspiracy theory.
I've also out that these are minority viewpoints and a very large chunk of Israeli society would even withdraw entirely from the West Bank.
"Greater Israel" meaning the Nile to the Euphrates, willfully ignorant and foolish conspiracy theory.
Then why is Israel still occupying the West Bank and Gaza? Why is Netanyahu still in power? It's irrelevant what 'society' would do if they don't do it. The only thing that matters is what is actually being done. Reality trumps wishful thinking.