There it is. What we’ve been warning of all along.
Israeli Defense Officials: Gov't Pushing Aside Hostage Deal, Eyeing Gaza Annexation
It was never about the hostages, it was always about illegally annexing Gaza via genocide.
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-10-13/ty-article/.premium/israeli-defense-officials-govt-pushing-aside-hostage-deal-eyeing-gaza-annexation/00000192-8585-d988-a3ba-dde59a470000
@QasimRashid For a bunch of Israelis it was about the hostages, it's just that militarism is such a fundamental part of the culture that it's been easy for the extreme right wing to do whatever they wanted. Partially, opposition to the way the war was run was meaningless until reservists started refusing to serve in the IDF, and that is only happening now (_very_ minimally) because militarism. Partially because there's no conceptual alternative in political imagination to dropping bombs forever.
@QasimRashid https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#S241010 is an interesting interview, as is almost always the case with Doug Henwood, based on https://jacobin.com/2024/10/october-7-israel-netanyahu-authoritarianism-police
@QasimRashid is it really a warning if they were openly claiming it all along?
@QasimRashid What is all that depleted urganium bombs and white phosphorus going to do to the environment? It is like Chernobyl. How much of that is blowing back on Israel?
@QasimRashid And the majority of Israelis, including those who understandably wanted their loved ones back, don't give a damn about Palestinian lives.
@QasimRashid Paywalled. Here is an archived no-paywall link: https://archive.is/j0Rlm
And nothing can stop them while America stands over their shoulder.