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.
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.