Five@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoIsraeli strikes kill 492 in heaviest daily toll in Lebanon since 1975-90 civil warwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1321arrow-down111cross-posted to: worldnews@aussie.zoneworldnews@lemmit.online
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minus-squareNaich@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up43arrow-down2·2 days agoThey really want a full on war, don’t they?
minus-squarenaun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down2·1 day agoThey want land. They will murder to get it.
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down2·2 days agoThey know they have unlimited support from the US no matter what they do.
minus-squarenonailsleft@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down24·1 day 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-squareSulaymanF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 hours ago“As long as Israel keeps bombing their country, they are going to retaliate.” The cycle of violence continues.
minus-squarenonailsleft@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·4 hours agoYeah, if you convince yourself that it was Israel that restarted it on oct 8th, I’m sure you can get some solid sleep (while people actually living there don’t have that privilege)
minus-squareSulaymanF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 hours agoLikewise if you can pretend all history only started October 7 then you can make yourself sound like the victim. But we both know better, I assume?
minus-squarenonailsleft@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-249 minutes agoI’m making myself sound like the victim? It’s weird that you want to sound concerned about the cycle of violence continuing and then want to argue that last October doesn’t really matter
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down1·1 day agoChange rockets to airstrikes and ethnic cleansing and Hezbollah to Israel and you’ll understand how everyone in the region feels about Israel.
minus-squarenonailsleft@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down17·1 day agoDo you think the current situation is going to turn out better than if Hezbollah hadn’t attacked?
minus-squareDkarma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours agoDo you think hezbollah is attacking because of the ethnic cleansing already going on via “settlers” or nah?
minus-squarenonailsleft@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours agoI think Hezbollah was fantasizing about doing some ethnic cleansing from the moment they were formed
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 day agoIn Lebanon? Probably not, by definition. In Palestine? Almost definitely yes. Edited because I misread/misinterpreted better as worse.
minus-squarenonailsleft@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·1 day 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-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoOh shit I meant worse, not better. Worse for Lebanon, better for Palestine.
minus-squarenonailsleft@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day 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-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day 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
“As long as Israel keeps bombing their country, they are going to retaliate.”
The cycle of violence continues.
Yeah, if you convince yourself that it was Israel that restarted it on oct 8th, I’m sure you can get some solid sleep
(while people actually living there don’t have that privilege)
Likewise if you can pretend all history only started October 7 then you can make yourself sound like the victim. But we both know better, I assume?
I’m making myself sound like the victim?
It’s weird that you want to sound concerned about the cycle of violence continuing and then want to argue that last October doesn’t really matter
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?
Do you think hezbollah is attacking because of the ethnic cleansing already going on via “settlers” or nah?
I think Hezbollah was fantasizing about doing some ethnic cleansing from the moment they were formed
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?