“Self-defence means not only attacking terrorists but destroying them. When Hamas terrorists hide behind people, behind schools … civilian places lose their protected status because terrorists abuse it,” said Germany's then foreign minister during a parliamentary session marking the anniversary of the 7 October 2023 Hamas-led attack on southern Israel.
by Pauline Ertel: https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/how-germany-former-foreign-minister-failed-gaza-then-got-top-un-job
On the neocons all over again – Amir Tibon in Haaretz:
The experiment would ‘go something like this: American companies will begin operating in southern Gaza, under the supervision of the Israeli military, in a "humanitarian compound" surrounded by barbed wire. Two million Gazan citizens will be concentrated in this compound to get food and aid, while Israel will take over the rest of Gaza and use the pressure put on Gaza's population in order to topple the Hamas regime.’
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‘If all this sounds familiar to you, that means you've probably lived through the Iraq War and the "happy" days of American contractors operating under military guidance in an attempt to "separate the local population from the terrorists" and replace the regime, but it's unclear with what exactly.’
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‘Two decades later, they are promoting their Gaza plan in similar fashion – and so far, despite all the rage about the "neocons disrupting his agenda," the president seems to buy it.’
Israel Is Using Suicide Drones to Target Displaced Palestinian Families Sheltering in Tents
a story by Sharif Abdel Kouddous, Mohnad Qeshta & Hamza Salha: https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-gaza-skystriker-suicide-drone-elbit
"The mass murder in Gaza outlines a pattern, a set of tools and measures of extermination, subjugation, and expulsion".
"What is it about genocide that Global-North governments find so valuable and attractive that they protect its screamingly criminal substance and application, even at the cost of completely ruining their standing with everyone else on the planet?"
It sets a precedent "to subdue the cities of the Global South (and the poor in general").
"Why?
"The general reason is obvious, and while there would be much to say about it, let’s just summarize it here: The West is in decline in a severely crisis-ridden world (it has produced most or even all of these crises, but let’s pass over that irony for now). Its “elites” have decided not to adjust constructively – which would be entirely possible by compromise, cooperation, and sharing – but instead […] they will fight for what they hubristically see as their “garden”."
Tarik Cyril Amar (2024) https://www.tarikcyrilamar.com/p/the-gaza-method
"When an abject lack of compassion has the redeeming feature of being accompanied by a blunt lack of sophistication": https://www.tarikcyrilamar.com/p/germanys-annalena-baerbock-the-debility-0b5 
#israel was backed into a corner because Hamas was forcing Netanyahu to honor the ceasefire deal he had signed. Confronted with his own internal political challenges, Netanyahu's chose to return to war.
#Mondoweiss: https://mondoweiss.net/2025/03/why-netanyahu-chose-to-blow-up-the-ceasefire-and-return-to-war/
