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LOL. I didn't realise you had a point as you deflect so much. Are you not aware that netanyahu has declared that the israeli army will occupy Gaza indefinitely- so much for "return to normal". Do try and keep up.

? There was a Good Friday agreement that ended that. Pity they can't get similar between israel and the Palestinians.

Wrong. There are plenty and killing israeli soldiers to boot. Israelis are finding that it's not so easy killing Palestinians when they can shoot back. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-12-05/ty-article/five-israeli-soldiers-killed-monday-in-gaza-fighting/0000018c-3966-dc03-a9ec-3d7fe0ab0000 Five Israeli Soldiers Killed Monday in Gaza Fighting

All we need to know is that the Camp David and every other American initiative has failed to resolve the situation, and not just failed, but failed abysmally. Had they succeeded the October 7 attack would not have happened. Now it looks like even the push to by pass Palestinians and normalise relations between Arab states and israel are on hold or ended for good.

Excellent, well reasoned out response and completely on topic and not in contravention of any forum rules. Well done, and keep 'em coming as we all enjoy your brilliant posts.

LOL. "Hamas" may be eliminated, but another organization will take it's place- such is resistance to oppression. Doesn't have to be in Gaza- plenty of Palestinians live outside Palestine where the israelis can't bomb them to bits. The threats to israelis will go on for as long as the Palestinians in Palestine are oppressed. Hamas started something it can't finish, and at what costs? Do you think they thought they could "win"? LOL. Perhaps they thought it was better to go out with a bang, than to die the death of a thousand cuts under israeli collective punishment and blockade. Sure got your attention, didn't it? Before October 7 most of the western world ignored the israeli illegal occupation, illegal settlements, land theft, the blockade on Gaza, collective punishment, murdering teenagers during raids, settler violence, etc. It's not ignoring it any more, is it! Perhaps the israelis did exactly what Hamas expected them to do.

Oh the BS! A "victory" that didn't achieve anything- that sounds like Haig after the Battle of the Somme ended with nothing to show for thousands upon thousands of dead. The west has been "supporting" Ukraine for over a year and only stalemate to show for it. Time to end the bottomless pit for western taxes, admit they were wrong and leave Zelensky to try and salvage something from the disaster. IMO just another US mess leaving thousands of dead, massive destruction and weeping widows to add to the list since the rout from Vietnam.

No money, the war ends, countless lives saved, infrastructure not destroyed. All round good result, except for Zelensky and his cronies, oh and the 1% that won't be profiting from weapon sales any more. However, no doubt they'll be benefiting from western taxes to "rebuild" Ukraine, :-(

OMG, America is starting to actually do something about settler violence. As heard on Al Jazeera sanctions have been put on some of them. Now the Americans only have to do something about the <deleted>s bombing children to bits in their homes. https://www.axios.com/2023/12/05/us-israeli-settler-west-bank-visa-ban-plan

Correct. Israel is committing itself to endless conflict, endless fear of attack, endless brutalisation of it's young people made to oppress the legal owners of the land they are being forced off.

Organizations come and go. As long as the israelis oppress Palestinians there will be something to resist them, whatever it is called, whether inside or outside Palestine. Even the israelis can't kill every Palestinian on the planet, as many live outside Palestine where the israelis can't kill them, and as long as a single Palestinian lives there will be a threat to israelis. Welcome to endless fear, endless war. To use an historical reference, the English couldn't suppress the Irish resistance for 600 years, so is that what the israelis want, 600 years of conflict?

There are various theories put forward about how it happened. One is that the blockade was too automated, another that the israelis were too complacent and arrogantly disregarded any info as being irrelevant. If it was known about long ago, it could be that they had the response plan in place and were just waiting for the excuse to put it into action, as we see now. I don't believe that they didn't have a plan, as some claim. It all seems too organised.

to be clear I am not accusing all israelis of being barbarians, just the ones ordering the bombing of children and those doing it.

As heard on Al Jazeera it's becoming clear that israel actually does have a plan for after, and it's to take over all Palestinian territory by force. Everything they are doing is designed to make Gaza unlivable, and IMO the atrocities being committed daily in the West Bank are designed to foment a rebellion which would give them an excuse to destroy all Palestinian infrastructure and drive them either into exile or into the desert. They may think they have won, as they will win the conflict in israel, unless the US is forced by outrage to stop the plan, but they will live in fear of revenge from every Palestinian living outside israel. Even if the conflict stopped tomorrow, it's likely gone too far to have anything resembling peace after. Has netanyahu and his cronies forgotten how many Palestinians live outside Palestine, safe from israeli terror? Endless war awaits israel.

What a load of <deleted>. However many israelis were killed on October 7 it's more than compensated for by the MANY thousands of dead and even more THOUSANDS of wounded Palestinians, not counting those still buried alive under the rubble. This is just murder in revenge, and eventually even the "do nothing" western governments are going to have to pressure the US to stop israel committing this outrageous barabarity on an almost defenseless population. Shame on every western government that colludes in this obscenity by barbarians.

More than him on here that are incapable of having a rational discussion with their blinkered attitude towards israeli crimes, and resort to name calling. Pathetic.

So stop waffling and wringing your hands and do something to prove the U N isn't just a total waste of time and money. Just useless so far.

As an example of how much more attractive Thai women are, a good looking Brit mate of mine in his 20s went to LOS for a holiday and came back raving about the women. He asked me to drop off the photos to the girls in question, and I did so, but they were so ugly there was no way I'd bonk them. So a young fit guy liked ugly Thai girls more than the choices he had in London, which says it all about the women in London.

One of my treasured memories is of taking a shared red bus from the Chiang Mai railway station with a mixed group of young Brits, and loudly discussing how my wife ( implication all women ) ripped me off before I dumped her, with the guys. If looks could have killed, the looks from the girls would have incinerated me. Another is of coming back on a bus tour from Kanchanaburi with my very much younger and attractive Thai GF ( old enough to have a kid to some Thai guy though ) with two very unimpressed Aussie matrons. I was lovin' it.

Only the OP can make such demands, and referencing garbage.............. Seems certain posters have been trapped by land whales and are just jealous of those that caught one that is a/ attractive b/ not a land whale c/ attractive d/ not a bloat bag e/ attractive f/ actually has sex without being bribed g/ attractive h/ not the size of a barrage balloon, i/ attractive.

Seriously? In case you missed it I was a nurse for decades and probably worked with hundreds of non subservient women over that time. There is something about working with sick people that makes people mature, including women, but how many non subservient women did you work with in your life? Certainly cured me of any illusions about subservient women I may have had prior to becoming a nurse.

He's discriminating against small women, and they need love too, you know. It's all a bit sad though, to be so obsessed with other people's preferences.

You just ruined my appetite and supper is cooking as I write. Thanks NOT.

Took thousands of photos in LOS, so I could remember it after I left it ( I may have wanted to die there, but I was covering my bets, and I did have to leave ). Hardly taking any photos back in home country. It's just not as interesting as LOS.