Bkk Brian

Yes I know all that, but what is relevant is that current polls are reflecting continuing majority support for Israel with no waning

Nope, not seeing that at all, 2 of your polls are from before the conflict and when you add the polls I also linked to the picture is by far the majority of Americans support Israel and I've not seen any waning.

What?

I am going to leave it at that. I suggest you do, claiming Israel has no justification to ask for its hostages back is shameful. There's no turning back now. You're outed

OMG here we go again, forget Germany, IRA etc. Hamas deliberately murdered innocents civilians, 1,400 of them what are you talking about!! Of course asking for the release of hostages is justified. Honestly you should take a long re think on what your posting. Its shameful.

What's nonsense, a solution that works, you've lost the plot completely. Its a solution from IDF anyway

Well that was my solution 3 posts ago and you ignored it. It stops the war and negotiations for long term peace commence. So your rantings that the Hamas massacres and adductions were irrelevant are all proven nonsense

Back on topic, a solution is right here, direct from the IDF A ground operation in the Gaza Strip will be cancelled if Hamas releases all hostages and surrenders implicitly, Jonathan Conricus, Israel Defence Forces (IDF) International Spokesperson, has said. Once that is carried out then long term peace plans can be arranged, Israel has laready said they want nothing to do with Gaza when this is over.

You need a shower then, your comparison with the IRA is pure deflection.

I am not conjoining a terrorist organisation (Hamas) with innocent Palestinian people, Hamas is the one doing that, they are the ones who imbedded themselves in residential areas and buildings. They are the ones who put their rocket launchers next to schools, hospitals, UN Buildings, churches and mosques, once you start to realize that then you may actually start to realize what choices the IDF have. Besides which I have already given a solution to stop the war which you ignored.

You keep mentioning Hamas and what they have done. Yes no idea why I mention them eh.......................

No I'm missing no point, you are. Hamas took over 200 hostages, there's a simple way they could end this without the need for so much destruction. Really easy, release them. Then once they are released those who committed the massacres need to surrender to Israel. The war stops and negotiations start on dismantling the rocket launchers etc Please let me know if you have any better solutions?

Really, that's strange, it does not reflect the current polls. More than 80 percent of Americans are siding with Israel amid an ongoing war against Hamas in a new Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll shared with The Hill. https://thehill.com/policy/international/4268117-americans-overwhelmingly-support-israel-in-war-with-hamas-poll/ Americans strongly support Israel, but there are generational and racial divides https://www.npr.org/2023/10/13/1205627092/american-support-israel-biden-middle-east-hamas-poll

It makes all the difference what they've done, this war would not have happened had it not been for the massacres carried out by Hamas, it was nothing to do with the rockets, that's why they need to be eliminated so they can not carry this out again, what's the matter with you....jeez

Human shield? Can't see any other reason for putting rocket launch sites next to schools, UN Buildings and Mosques

and another one outed

"In my initial post, The fact I didn’t comment on Hamas cannot be taken as any kind of tacit approval" Perhaps not but does lead to my original remark stating your, "head is in the sand" as it remains so where you stated my latest comments "are irrelevant"

Yes I know everybody else see's his posts...............lol

You need a re read of my post

thaibeachlovers has pages of people on ignore then expects debates with posters.....555

Some karma dished out

Good luck with this you mean? "Israel is ensuring this never happens again." Yep I certainly hope that's the case for them

I disagree, your head is firmly in the sand, in your initial post you certainly did NOT condemn Hamas but you did talk about the possible war crimes by Israel. Now wind back and see exactly why Israel is responding like this. Its not because of the rockets as you claimed. Its because over 1,400 innocent lives of civilians were slaughtered by ISIS style Terrorists. Many tortured, raped and even beheaded. A direct targeting of defenseless civilians and the abduction of over 200 more still in captivity. Those are the war crimes that started this. Israel is ensuring this never happens again.

Hamas has continually been firing rockets at Israel for years, that's not the catalyst that started this war on 7th Oct. Now take your head out of the sand.