Robert Ariail for May 19, 2021

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    Daeder  almost 3 years ago

    There should be one speech bubble that says “Stop the steal!”

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    The Love of Money is . . .  almost 3 years ago

    Wonder what Iron Dome Bibi thinks of the breaking news that Trump is now under “criminal” investigation in New York . . . .

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    lopaka  almost 3 years ago

    Yahoo needs to retire.

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    WittyWeasel  almost 3 years ago

    Guess Bob has no problem with 3,500 rockets fired at Israelis by Hamas terrorists.

    Just the Iron Dome system that protected them.

    Good going, there Bob ! You’re on a winning streak here !

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    onzerocs  almost 3 years ago

    After whatever slap on the wrist for corruption at home, the creep should be kidnapped and flown to The Hague* for Crimes Against Humanity, along with his colleague rump the fraud. *Isn’t amazing that USA and ISRAEL do not recognize the Court (hence the necessary kidnap), joining la creme de la creme democracies like China, Iraq, Lybia, etc…

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    Serial Pedant  almost 3 years ago

    Just looked a map of Israel circa 1947; my how it’s grown! Bibi has adopted the Anschluss tactics of you-know-who….and we’ve been paying for it.

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    Alberta Oil Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    Got to make America proud.. all that “help” is really paying off.

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    Radish the wordsmith  almost 3 years ago

    He is as dense and murderous as our Republicans.

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    Nantucket Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    Why does the supposedly “liberal” MSM only pay attention to actions from Hamas while they ignore the actions from the Israelis?

    “Israel criticized for silencing call to prayer from Al-Aqsa Mosque”

    https://religionnews.com/2021/04/16/israel-criticized-for-silencing-call-to-prayer-from-al-aqsa-mosque/

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    gcottay  almost 3 years ago

    Bibi likely welcomes the war as distraction.

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    Valiant1943 Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    Birds of a feather

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    wsedrel Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    R A actually understands that the settlements are inimical to the peace process?

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    JeanMeslier  almost 3 years ago

    I once worked with an Arab who grew up in Jerusalem. He said that the Arab nations didn’t want the Palestinian refugees after 1948. The Arab countries were encouraging the Arabs to leave Israel, then with world opinion on their side, they could then return to Israel and take over the Jewish lands. Raping the Jewish women was a big selling point. Then after the failure of the Arabs to exterminate Israel the Palestinian refugees were just ignored by the Arab nations. This guy told me that the Arab nations had hoped that the Jews would just eliminate the Palestinians. And problem solved. This guy had worked for the State Department in the Middle East as a translator.

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    briangj2  almost 3 years ago

    Israel and Hamas are currently embroiled in their fourth major war since Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip in 2007. Israel has not come close to destroying “Hamas’s war machine” in the previous three occasions, and it will not be any more successful now. Indeed, Hamas has already fired more than half as many rockets over the past week — more than 2,800 — than it did during the seven weeks of the 2014 conflict.

    Israel cannot possibly defeat Hamas from the air, but it has no desire to risk another ground incursion into the Gaza Strip like the one in 2014. That operation sent casualties soaring on both sides — 2,251 Palestinians were killed (1,462 of them civilians) along with 67 Israeli soldiers and six civilians — but did not achieve any lasting strategic gains. Israel has even less desire to reoccupy the Gaza Strip, which would involve fighting an even more costly and protracted counterinsurgency against Hamas.

    At most, Israel is trying to temporarily degrade Hamas and deter it from further hostilities for a few years. Israel may have no other choice when its cities are under rocket attack, but it is an entirely arbitrary judgment to decide how many Palestinians have to die and how many buildings have to be blown up to make Israel’s point: Don’t mess with us.

    Likewise, Hamas is not trying to defeat Israel. Its rocket salvos are designed to increase its political standing among West Bank Palestinians at the expense of the lives and livelihoods of Gaza Strip Palestinians. Hamas will agree to a cease-fire once it has made its point: Don’t mess with us either.

    As many commentators have pointed out, Hamas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu need one another. Both sides thrive when they have an enemy they can easily demonize. Hamas rationalizes its attacks on Israel by citing the struggle against Zionist “colonialism.” Israel rationalizes its attacks on the Gaza Strip by citing the struggle against Islamist “terrorists.”

    (To be continued)

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    briangj2  almost 3 years ago

    (Conclusion)

    Both sides are likely to emerge from the current war with enhanced prestige from having struck symbolic, if utterly ineffectual, blows against their hated enemies. Netanyahu may even achieve his true objective — to stay in office and avoid a corruption conviction — but he is not going to win any broader strategic victory for Israel. Nor, in all likelihood, does he really want to. From his perspective, having Hamas in control of the Gaza Strip is convenient. It frees him of any obligation to make any concessions to the Palestinians that would be anathema to his right-wing coalition partners. He can simply say he refuses to deal with terrorists, and he’s off the hook.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/18/israel-can-never-be-normal-country-long-palestinian-conflict-smolders/

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    grumpypophobart  almost 3 years ago

    Very good, Robert! Very good indeed.

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    bakana  almost 3 years ago

    Bibi has gone from “Never Forget the Holocaust” to “Hey, I’ve go a great idea for getting rid of the Palestinians”.

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    djtenltd  almost 3 years ago

    @The Love of Money is . . . He finally is?? About damn time!!

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    Kracklin Rosie - “Tolo Dan Nan Galad” Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    Hamas lobs over 3500 missiles into Israel, indiscriminately, specifically intending to kill civilians. And somehow, Robert thinks Netanyahu is the villain.

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    tee929  almost 3 years ago

    First he cannot come up a coalition government and now this…..the Dumpster of Israel?

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