Five to NewsEnglish • 16 hours agoIsraeli strikes kill 492 in heaviest daily toll in Lebanon since 1975-90 civil warwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1201arrow-down17cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1194arrow-down1external-linkIsraeli strikes kill 492 in heaviest daily toll in Lebanon since 1975-90 civil warwww.theguardian.comFive to NewsEnglish • 16 hours agomessage-square42fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@Ensign_CrablinkEnglish19•13 hours agoThey know they have unlimited support from the US no matter what they do.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-8•11 hours agoThere’s no way they’re just going to accept incoming rockets as a part of normal life. As long as Hezbollah keeps attacking them, they are going to retaliate
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusinesslinkfedilink16•10 hours agoChange rockets to airstrikes and ethnic cleansing and Hezbollah to Israel and you’ll understand how everyone in the region feels about Israel.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-8•10 hours agoDo you think the current situation is going to turn out better than if Hezbollah hadn’t attacked?
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusinesslinkfedilink3•10 hours agoIn Lebanon? Probably not, by definition. In Palestine? Almost definitely yes. Edited because I misread/misinterpreted better as worse.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•9 hours agoCan you explain how this is going to turn out ‘better’ for Lebanon? Innocent Lebanese (unless your point is there aren’t any?) are dying every day
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusinesslinkfedilink2•7 hours agoOh shit I meant worse, not better. Worse for Lebanon, better for Palestine.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•4 hours agoCan you explain how this is going to turn out ‘better’ for Palestine? I’d say that it just further discredits the call for a two-state solution
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusinesslinkfedilink1•3 hours agoFirst, it takes heat off Gaza and the West Bank, especially if the conflict escalates further. Second, I’d say that it just further discredits the call for a two-state solution how so? Discredits the call for a two state solution according to who and for what reason?
They really want a full on war, don’t they?
They want land. They will murder to get it.
They know they have unlimited support from the US no matter what they do.
There’s no way they’re just going to accept incoming rockets as a part of normal life. As long as Hezbollah keeps attacking them, they are going to retaliate
Change rockets to airstrikes and ethnic cleansing and Hezbollah to Israel and you’ll understand how everyone in the region feels about Israel.
Do you think the current situation is going to turn out better than if Hezbollah hadn’t attacked?
In Lebanon? Probably not, by definition. In Palestine? Almost definitely yes.
Edited because I misread/misinterpreted better as worse.
Can you explain how this is going to turn out ‘better’ for Lebanon? Innocent Lebanese (unless your point is there aren’t any?) are dying every day
Oh shit I meant worse, not better. Worse for Lebanon, better for Palestine.
Can you explain how this is going to turn out ‘better’ for Palestine? I’d say that it just further discredits the call for a two-state solution
First, it takes heat off Gaza and the West Bank, especially if the conflict escalates further. Second,
how so? Discredits the call for a two state solution according to who and for what reason?