Israeli forces attacked Islamic Jihad commanders in the Gaza Strip and
the Syrian capital of Damascus on Tuesday morning, killing a commander
in Gaza City, and killing the son of another Islamic Jihad figure and a
civilian bystander in Damascus.
This unsurprisingly sparked anger, with Islamic Jihad firing at least 50 rockets at Israel, and threatening war, saying Israel had “crossed a red line” with their attacks, saying they amounted to a declaration of war on the Palestinians.
Israel can’t possibly have been surprised those attacks sparked a
reaction, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu added that this fight
with the Gaza Strip “could take time.” He also tried to present the military operations as “everything required to protect ourselves.”
Unclear at this point is why the Netanyahu government chose to go after
Islamic Jihad, and start that fighting just now. There was no obvious
sign of activity from Islamic Jihad or anyone else in Gaza, and it’s the
sort of fight Israel could’ve started at any time. That leaves open the
question of why Netanyahu decided this was the time.
Bibi has people he has to prove his warmongering bona fides to so they’ll keep him out of jail. Given his history, cranking up a new war was inevitable. Wag the dog.
How is Netanyahu even still in power? The assh*le loses an election and he’s still starting wars? And Evo is illegitimate?! Somebody wake me up. Please!
“How is Netanyahu even still in power?”
He’s “caretaker” prime minister until Gantz can form a government.
Which will almost certainly includen Netanyahu, since Gantz can’t put enough together small parties for a majority coalition and will have to do a “unity government” with Likud.
Thanks Tom. I pretty much knew you’d be the one person to legitimately answer that question. Bibi is like a turd that just can’t be shook loose.
This is more like a fire drill than a war since it’s been done so often.