A forgettable president at best, except for the fact he greenlit and backed Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza

Why miss a golden casus belli to effect River to Sea for Jews? (That’s the official position of Likud, who’s ruled Israel for the most part for the past 40 years)

Yes, especially as the clock is ticking, both diplomatically and domestically. Hostages are a second thought compared to the loss of prestige in not winning. Note Macron’s comment casting doubt on IDF’s abilities and domestic pressure from families of the hostages here: apple.news/Abe48tXljQNW...

Also possible. Tactically I doubt the Hmas armed wing leadership expected Oct 7th to go down like that. No group invites destruction on that scale on themselves. There was likely confusion between different armed groups w/ different definitions of ‘civilian’, along with friendly fire from Israel

Part of modern justice is punitive to discourage others and part of it is rehabilitation. I think the judge thought there was hope in rehabilitation if the perpetrator was made to understand the other side—especially for a crime that’s not extremely egregious

Hmm, maybe they wanted to keep some for tactical reasons. But what you say may be a possibility

Israel: “It’s okay to bomb the Gaza Strip because hostages are safe in underground tunnels” Also Israel: “We’re going to flood the underground tunnels with seawater”

Israel: “Khamas is in underground tunnels and impervious to our bombing!” Also Israel: “Let’s bomb the entire above-ground civilian infrastructure to get rid of Khamas!”

I believe part of the Jan 6th mob were clueless as to the ramifications since government offices get occupied in protests The key difference is that their action was at the wrong time, and collectively was a threat to transfer of power Hope this tracking won’t be used for legitimate protestors

However, when it comes to Israel, the US not only turns a blind eye, but actively prevents justice from being sought