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Rhiannon12866

(206,676 posts) Thu Oct 12, 2023, 01:45 AM Oct 2023

On the brink of Gaza invasion, Israel considers strategy to 'crush and destroy' Hamas - Alex Wagner

While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's vow to "crush and destroy" Hamas seems clear and understandable enough, the question of how to literally fulfill that goal is not so clearly answered.

Ayman Mohyeldin, who has reported extensively on Gaza, talks with Alex Wagner about the resilience of Hamas and the lessons Israel has learned from years of fighting. - Aired on 10/11/2023.

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On the brink of Gaza invasion, Israel considers strategy to 'crush and destroy' Hamas - Alex Wagner (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Oct 2023 OP

Former PM Ehud Barak T_A Oct 2023 #1

Interesting, I wish I'd caught that. I remember him, he was PM when Clinton was working for peace Rhiannon12866 Oct 2023 #2

BTW T_A Oct 2023 #3

T_A

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1. Former PM Ehud Barak

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Thu Oct 12, 2023, 03:41 AM

Oct 2023

did an interview with the BBC this morning. He said the Israeli extremist RightWing's calls to "dismantle and eliminate" Hamas is a huge mistake.

A) Because it's not going to happen. They won't get all of Hamas.

B) The dangerous part is they are falsely raising the expectations within the country's RightWing that Hamas will be wiped out.

Rhiannon12866

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2. Interesting, I wish I'd caught that. I remember him, he was PM when Clinton was working for peace

Reply to T_A (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 12, 2023, 03:47 AM

Oct 2023

And he made a very good point.

T_A

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3. BTW

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 12, 2023, 08:52 AM

Oct 2023

I checked the BBC website, hoping they would have the interview, even if it was just the audio, but no luck. There is this 'HardTalk' interview from the same day:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001rdpv

And yes, they were working together on the Camp David Accords.

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