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Frankfooter

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I have no idea if they should.
My instinct is yes, because I generally think less killing is better than more and usually ceasefires - even temporary - are where negotiations can move towards extending them.

That said, ceasefires are tactical things.
If a ceasefire is found to not be helping, people shouldn't agree to it.

I don't know nearly enough to make that call for either side.
Agreed.

What I do know is that people who loudly insisted that a ceasefire must happen NOW were mostly lying because the moment one was offered they said it wasn't good enough.
Did you not just argue that maybe this one isn't good enough?


I do know that people who said "Hamas can end the war instantly by returning the hostages" were lying because the Israeli government made it very clear that they weren't going to stop just because hostages were returned.
Agreed.
 

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I do know that people who said "Hamas can end the war instantly by returning the hostages" were lying because the Israeli government made it very clear that they weren't going to stop just because hostages were returned.
The stated goals of Israel were the return of the hostages AND the elimination of Hamas.

IMO, if Hamas returned all of the hostages and fully surrendered, then yes Israel would cease their current aggression.

If only 1 of those 2 goals is achieved, it is not enough. I'm pretty sure that Israel/Net has been clear and consistent on that since Day1, Oct.7.
 
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Frankfooter

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The stated goals of Israel were the return of the hostages AND the elimination of Hamas.

IMO, if Hamas returned all of the hostages and fully surrendered, then yes Israel would cease their current aggression.

If only 1 of those 2 goals is achieved, it is not enough. I'm pretty sure that Israel/Net has been clear and consistent on that since Day1, Oct.7.
By killing all of Hamas, how far does that go?
Just the leaders?
The militants?
The police?
The hospitals you say are Hamas?
The families?
The kids?

Or is it just Netanyahu's Srebrenica plan, let all the women out of Rafah and kill all males of fighting age?
 

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Truth and Reconciliation.
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While Canada is still actively stealing Indigenous land, refusing to provide basic human rights to First nations (as the UN recently condemned) and continue widescale systemic discrimination.

But you need to believe that a land acknowledgement before a hockey game solved everything because otherwise you would have to face how insanely hypocritical your views are.
 

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I have no idea if they should.
My instinct is yes, because I generally think less killing is better than more and usually ceasefires - even temporary - are where negotiations can move towards extending them.
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Unfortunately people with maximalist opinion are happy to keep those uncompromising views as they sit safely in Canada while not worrying about whether the people they claim to support actually get helped.
 
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Frankfooter

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Another case where you think Arabs can't speak for themselves so instead you tell them what they say isn't what they want.
Correcting your lies, buddy.
While Canada is still actively stealing Indigenous land, refusing to provide basic human rights to First nations (as the UN recently condemned) and continue widescale systemic discrimination.

But you need to believe that a land acknowledgement before a hockey game solved everything because otherwise you would have to face how insanely hypocritical your views are.
Wow, you're right, the lack of clean water and slowness of the Truth and Reconciliation is just as bad as killing 40,000 people to take their land.
I can see why you post endlessly about Indigenous rights here.

I love the Franky world view, claiming it's wrong to destroy what Canada sees as a terrorist organization while promoting the complete elimination of Israel.
Israel has Kahanists elected to their government, recognized by Canada as terrorists.
So you think this means Canada should go and kill all of Israel's government now too?

Ben Gvir is a convicted terrorist supporter, do you think Canada should kill him and everyone in his city too?
Or is this another of your reasoning that is only based on your racial supremacy?
 

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No one trusts Hamas, for good reason. Hamas must step down in favor of a freely elected successor, and agree not to seek engagement in politics again. All that is needed from Hamas is a full surrender, return of the hostages, and submission to trial for war crimes.
 
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Frankfooter

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No one trusts Hamas, for good reason. Hamas must step down in favor of a freely elected successor, and agree not to seek engagement in politics again. All that is needed from Hamas is a full surrender, return of the hostages, and submission to trial for war crimes.
Nobody trusts Netanyahu.
He and hist government should step down, give voting rights to all Palestinians and submit to war crime trials.

 

Valcazar

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The stated goals of Israel were the return of the hostages AND the elimination of Hamas.

IMO, if Hamas returned all of the hostages and fully surrendered, then yes Israel would cease their current aggression.

If only 1 of those 2 goals is achieved, it is not enough. I'm pretty sure that Israel/Net has been clear and consistent on that since Day1, Oct.7.
The goal is destroying Hamas.
The hostages have been entirely beside the point to the government.

And there were absolutely people saying "All Hamas has to do is return the hostages" as if it wasn't a ludicrous statement.
 
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shack

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And there were absolutely people saying "All Hamas has to do is return the hostages" as if it wasn't a ludicrous statement.
I remember watching Net's speech on Oct. 8 and I recall that he specifically said "destroy Hamas and return the hostages" as dual goals and I also believe that he has been consistent in that.

I can't be told to accept what others speculate as Israeli policy and whether their statements seem ludicrous or not to them.
 

Frankfooter

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I remember watching Net's speech on Oct. 8 and I recall that he specifically said "destroy Hamas and return the hostages" as dual goals and I also believe that he has been consistent in that.

I can't be told to accept what others speculate as Israeli policy and whether their statements seem ludicrous or not to them.
He's been pretty clear.
A ceasefire would only be a pause before he 'finishes the job'.

 

Valcazar

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I remember watching Net's speech on Oct. 8 and I recall that he specifically said "destroy Hamas and return the hostages" as dual goals and I also believe that he has been consistent in that.

I can't be told to accept what others speculate as Israeli policy and whether their statements seem ludicrous or not to them.
I never said you should accept anyone saying "All Hamas has to do is release the hostages" as being correct.
I am saying they were idiots or lying.
If you never said that, why do you think I am talking about you?
 

shack

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He's been pretty clear.
A ceasefire would only be a pause before he 'finishes the job'.
So we agree that when Net said on Oct.8 that finishing the job meant returning the hostages and destroying Hamas and that is still the goals of this campaign.
A ceasefire is contingent on those parameters. Pretty simple, no?

Hamas needs to release the hostages and surrender.
 

shack

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I never said you should accept anyone saying "All Hamas has to do is release the hostages" as being correct.
I am saying they were idiots or lying.
If you never said that, why do you think I am talking about you?
No problem. If you didn't mean that, I'll take your word for it.
 

mandrill

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The goal is destroying Hamas.
The hostages have been entirely beside the point to the government.

And there were absolutely people saying "All Hamas has to do is return the hostages" as if it wasn't a ludicrous statement.
It's more nuanced than that.

Why isn't Hamas returning the hostages?..... because doing that would entail giving in to Israel and not doing jihad and that would destroy Hamas' reputation among the other wacko extremist Islamic terror groups.

There's more than 1 way to destroy an enemy.

For instance, if Israel controls all the border crossings, blows in the tunnels and traps Hamas indefinitely in Rafah, what do you think happens to Hamas in the long run?
 
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