Benjamin Netanyahu's appeal came as Israel expanded its ground invasion against Hezbollah.

cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/post/590118

During a video address directed at the people of Lebanon, Netanyahu said: "You have an opportunity to save Lebanon before it falls into the abyss of a long war that will lead to destruction and suffering like we see in Gaza.

  • @ShittyBeatlesFCPresEnglish
    1•2 hours ago

    Israel isn’t fighting a country. It’s, at least ostensibly, fighting terrorism and every civilian killed radicalizes someone. Israel will be less secure in the future because of how Netanyahu has conducted the war in Gaza, not to mention how he’s given settlers — who are terrorists themselves — free rein to steal land and attack West Bank Palestinians. (I say “ostensibly” because Gaza looks a lot more like a genocide than any sort of limited mission to crush Hamas and rescue hostages.)

    Unfortunately, I don’t see Netanyahu’s strategy making Israel more secure in the long term.

    • @[email protected]English
      0•48 minutes ago

      They’re fighting Arab-islamic nationalists who won’t ever give up their fight over Palestine.

      Morocco crushed the resistance in Western Sahara and took their territory. Now there’s peace.

      Azerbaijan crushed the resistance in Nagorno-Kharabach and took their territory. Now there’s peace.

      It’s not pretty, but sometimes it’s ‘better’ overall than letting an armed conflict drag on for eternity.

      edit: Also:

      An opinion poll published in mid-September by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR), a think tank based in Ramallah and funded by Western donors, showed for the first time the majority of Gazans opposed the decision to attack. The poll, conducted in early September, found that 57% of people surveyed in the Gaza Strip said the decision to launch the offensive was incorrect, while just 39% said it was correct – down sharply from the previous poll in June.