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The two-state solution in 2000 was rejected by Arafat because it would have left too many settlements in place in the interior of the West Bank, so called "Swiss cheese". In the last two years, and especially after October 7th, the wanton behaviour of settlers with connaivance of IDF shows that Arafat was correct to refuse that offer. It shows that the Greater Israel settlers cannot remain in the West Bank for a workable two-state solution. The one thing that will defuse Hamas resistance is this workable two-state solution, where the Palestinians will have a bonafide sovereign state.

Not true. These Thai and other foreign hostages were returned without corresponding release of Palestinian prisoners.

About ICC, a part of the Rome Statute provides exemption from an ICC action if the country will take action itself. This was intended to make the treaty more palatable to the US. Until now, and since the Palestinians gained the UN status to be a party to the Rome Statute, Israeli persons have not so far been indicted, but I think that now it's only a matter of time.

I think that he was responding to the indiscriminate bombing - no advanced warning - with a tonnage and intensity unknown in this millenium, anyway. Note the high rate of children killed.

WHile I agree with all you say, Russia and China are beginning to rival the US in using the veto. It's definitely time to curb abuse of the SC veto.

I am for a workable two-state solution.

Maybe you just don't know about it. "Since 2016, Israeli authorities have held Abed’s corpse in postmortem detention after Abed orchestrated a bus bombing in Jerusalem. He is one of at least 370 dead Palestinians whose bodies Israel’s military are keeping frozen in morgues or buried at undisclosed locations." https://www.thenation.com/article/world/israel-postmortem-detention/

Two more Thais were released. Islamic Jihad just said that they have some of the hostages.

He was Israel's UN ambassador. He's been interviewed on BBC HardTalk, and got an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal. His agenda is shared by others in the Israeli cabinet, but Nakba 2 is not something that the Israeli government wants to publicize. The operation to make northern Gaza unlivable could be a prelude to seizing that part of Gaza despite Biden's objections. That would also make a connection longer between the two parts of a future Palestinian state. The Greater Israel faction (including Netanyahu) does not want to see such a state anywhere between the River and the Sea.

Some were in prison quite a while. By the way, if one dies in prison, body is not returned until sentence is finished. I'm not sure what happens to those with multiple life sentences.

And the settlers will not stop with their "from the river to the sea" unless the world stops them. For that, some major countries of the EU would have to rethink their policy.

There could be some reason, such as they are dead from an air strike, and the bodies are buried in rubble. Or they are held in a different area or by Islamic Jihad.

How could you be unaware of what is happening in the West Bank: Drone attacks, nightly raids, bulldozers tearing up streets in the refugee camps to destroy utilities, all courtesy of IDF.

This reminds me of the Dany Danon op-ed in the Wall Street Journal where he proposed that the world take in the Gazans. Then Gaza would be free for all settler colonial Orthodox to enter!!

While Israel would like every potential opponent to be disabled, with Iran the US would not want to go beyond the sanctions route.

Maybe that keyboard general is alluding to using the nuclear arsenal. Seems like the only way to carry out his strategy.

Are you aware of the situation on the West Bank? The settlers with help from IDF are very active in sthnic cleansing by chasing Palestinians from small villages. The Zionist religious fanatics a/k/a settlers are an obstacle to a two-state solution.

It's sad that you think that Palestinians are the enemy. They can't express sympathy for carpet-bombed people? Hamas is another matter.

Iran helped to mitigate the unintended consequences of the agricultural workers caught up in the Hamas attack. These workers seem to have been overlooked in the main negotiations, so it's good that Iran was able to help.

They released two Americans a while ago. They have stated that soldiers' release will require release of all Palestinan prisoners. There are many thousands when counting all those arrested without charge, which can mean detention for 20 years without court review. Some are pretty young children. People are being arrested on West Bank for posting on social media in support of Gazans under siege. What happened to free speech?

They are really tasty with that pandanus (bai toey) flavored gloop, especially when still warm.

Someone noted that it was approved in June/July. In CM Mediclinic got it first, but Ram, etc, soon after apparently.

An example is home demolitions, either as collective punishment or for building without that unobtainable permit.

Where have you been? It happened 100 years ago.

The 'River to the Sea' process that is really going on is the active realization of ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in the West Bank and now Gaza. This is a long-standing project of the ultra Orthodox who now keep Netanyahu in power.