Hamas strike on Israel - Threadbans in op - mod warning in OP updated 19/10/23

Should be easy for you to give examples then. Being awarded honorary doctorates in Canada, seems like he backs up what he says. Otherwise, asserted without evidence...

"Attack the source because you can't refute what he's said."

The fùcking irony :pac:

If hostilities die down Israelis will demand elections.

I see. You want him to agree with your dictates, but he doesn't so off to the bin with him. Glad you cleared that up.

Overthrow the Govt.

"It's hard to accept the claims by Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant that the series of [operational] achievements will bring about Hamas' defeat, perhaps quite soon" - Amos Harel

Haaretz:

• PM Netanyahu responded to what he called "recent talk about forcing a Palestinian state on Israel," adding that "Israel rejects out of hand international diktats about a final-status solution with the Palestinians."
• Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz told the Munich Security Conference that Israel has no plans to deport Palestinians from Gaza. Katz said that Israel will coordinate with Egypt on Palestinian refugees and will find a way to not harm Egypt's interests.
• Israeli President Isaac Herzog met Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, where they discussed the release of hostages held by Hamas.
• Defense chief Yoav Gallant said Israel possesses intel indicating over 30 UNRWA employees actively participated in Hamas' October 7 attack. He disclosed the identities of 12 such workers, including those involved in abductions of civilians and soldiers.
• Hundreds of protesters rallied in front of the houses of Israeli coalition members, calling for the overthrow of the government.

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Sick fascistic thugs.

Obviously there's a long list of things wrong with RTE, so not surprising to see this one.

I don't understand why they don't have the same thirst for "impartiality" when sealing with the Ukraine and Russia war.

ICJ rejects SA request, protests against Netanyahu, UNWRA employee identified.

Haaretz:

Joe Biden said he doesn't anticipate Israel executing a "massive land invasion" in the southern Gazan city of Rafah, and added that a temporary cease-fire is necessary to secure the release of the hostages held by Hamas.

A senior Hamas official told Al Jazeera that the organization will freeze negotiations on a hostage release/cease-fire deal with Israel until humanitarian aid enters northern Gaza.

Hamas head Ismail Haniyeh blamed Israel for lack of progress in securing a cease-fire agreement, and reasserted that Hamas will not accept anything less than a complete cease-fire, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, "and the lifting of the unjust siege."

The recognition of a Palestinian state is no longer a taboo for France, President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday, suggesting Paris could make the decision to officially recognize Palestine if efforts for a two-state solution stalled because of Israeli opposition.

In a joint statement, released hostages Louis Norberto Har and Fernando Marman, who were freed by the IDF earlier this week, said that not all hostages "can be rescued in heroic operations," and urged PM Netanyahu to send a delegation to Cairo to discuss a hostage deal with Hamas as soon as possible.

The International Court of Justice at The Hague rejected a South African request to impose additional urgent measures to safeguard Rafah in southern Gaza ahead a possible Israeli ground offensive, but also stressed that Israel must respect earlier measures imposed late last month at a preliminary stage in a landmark genocide case.

A UN relief worker, Faisal Ali Musalam Naami, was seen "on video on [October 7] removing the limp body of an Israeli man who had been shot in Kibbutz Be'eri and driving off with it," according to The Washington Post. Naami was one of a dozen UNRWA employees accused by Israel of participating in Hamas' October 7attack.

The chairman of Israel's largest labor union, Arnon Bar-David, said Israel needs to set a date for general elections in December and PM Netanyahu "should take responsibility for what happened, and then make his decisions for himself. I would quit if I were him."

Protests against the Netanyahu governmentand in favor of early elections are taking place across the country. At the same time, the weekly rally for the release of the hostages will be held in Tel Aviv.

There is an "extraordinary opportunity" in the months ahead for Israel to be integrated into the Middle East as Arab countries are willing to normalize ties with the country, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said at the Munich Security Conference. German Chancellor Scholz said Germany was asking Israel to abide by international law in Gaza and not to open a second front on its northern border with Lebanon, while adding it should be made impossible for Iran to exploit the conflict to expand its influence.

So is the Rafah operation going ahead then or just not what is being categorised as a massive land invasion?

Yesterday Biden said an offensive was not expected