Israel renews military attacks on Gaza
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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.
That kind of argument can go both ways.
If Israel is seeking to control from the Nile to the Euphrates, why did it pull out of the Sinai in 1979? Why did Israel pull out of Lebanon in 2000? Why did Israel pull out of Gaza in the 1950s, destroy settlements and pull out again the 1980s and in 2005, etc.?
There are obviously many factors, but the prime one is lack of popular support from Israeli citizens to continue occupations.
Given the weight of the historical evidence, Israel has, on multiple occasions, ceded land for peace. It worked with Egypt and has held for more than 45 years.
I have never been able to understand why, when Israel's abuses in the West Bank are so flagrant and when troops of settlers are allowed to run amok on the Temple Mount, why do nutter conspiracy theorists start frothing at the mouth about Israeli plans to annex Cairo and Iraq.
It's crazy. It distracts from the real issues. I'm half inclined to label the worst of the conspiracy theorists as Zionist shills distracting from everything that actually matters.
Because they were forced to. Israel is dependent on US support. If they lose their grip on the US they face an existential problem.
Yeah because the US has been paying Egypt off for that peace since then. Also Israel only gave up the Sinai, which they conquered in an unprovoked invasion, because they were forced to. Not because they wanted to. They were in an extremely unfavorable position.
Start frothing at the mouth? Really?
But I'll bite. Israel invading their neighbors is what will get the US dragged into another desert war. The oppression of West Bank and Gaza alone won't.
The only thing that actually matters is that Israel has de facto control over the US government and because of that is able to act the way it does. Once Israel loses unconditional western support the problem would solve itself.