The Israeli military has fired Israeli Air Force reservists who signed a letter calling for the implementation of a Gaza ceasefire deal to free the Israeli hostages held by Hamas.
The letter was signed by nearly 1,000 current and former Israeli Air Force reservists. According to Ynet, about 10% of the signatories are active reservists.
“We, reserve and former air force personnel, demand the immediate return of the hostages – even if it requires an immediate cessation of hostilities. At this time, the war serves primarily political and personal interests, not security ones,” the letter reads.
“Continuation of the war doesn’t advance any of the declared goals of the war, and will bring about the deaths of the hostages, of IDF soldiers and innocent civilians, while further eroding the strength of the reserve forces,” the reservists added.
The letter says that only a deal can bring about the safe return of the hostages. The Times of Israel recently reported that Hamas has offered to free all remaining Israeli captives at once in exchange for a permanent ceasefire.
“As has been proven in the past, only an agreement can return hostages safely, while military pressure mainly leads to the killing of hostages and the endangerment of our soldiers. We call on all citizens of Israel to mobilize for action and demand in every way: stop the fighting and bring the hostages home – now. Every day that passes endangers their lives. Every moment of hesitation is a disgrace,” the letter reads.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed support for the firing of the reservists who signed the letter. “This is a marginal and extremist group that is again trying to break Israeli society from within,” his office said in a statement.
"The letter says….'We call on all citizens of Israel to mobilize for action and demand in every way: stop the fighting and bring the hostages home.'"
"Netanyahu [supported] the firing of the reservists who signed the letter. 'This is a marginal and extremist group that is…trying to break Israeli society from within,' his office said."
The "marginal" group – backing the soldiers and protesting the war criminal minister in the tens of thousands:
""69% of Israelis, 54% of coalition voters back ending war in exchange for hostages — poll" (Times of Israel, 3/28/25)
Thank you for sharing. The crack in the racist regime should spread, although with difficulty considering how extremist the settler society is.
That new poll is great news.
These soldiers were more courageous than the ones who go without objection.
Only 60 of those who signed the letter are actively serving in the reserves, and of those, the number of pilots is in the single digits.
I understand the emotional issues involved, and I would not want to give Hamas a single day of rest. On the other hand, if you give Hamas what they want, they have to know that they are not off the hook for the massacre of Israelis on Oct 7th, and if they do not surrender, this war is not over until the last Hamas combatant is either dead or lays down his arms.
I understand the emotional issues involved
How so? do you have a loved one who is a hostage? Otherwise you obviously don't understand shit.
And do you think Israel should be "left off the hook" for their massacre of the innocent noncombatant Palestinians form Oct 7th to the present? Or the massacre of the "many" Israeli's that the IDF massacred on Oct 7th?
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Hamas Hamas Hamas Hamas.
If human, sad.
Every death in Gaza is on Hamas who intentionally invited Israel into Gaza on Oct 7th and then hides its terrorists and military assets among its civilian population.
The prime cause of all the deaths is Hamas and their methods.
If you are willing to be ruthless barbarians because of someone else's actions that doesn't make you any less of a ruthless barbarian. There were/are literally tens of thousands of innocent noncombatants deaths that could have been avoided but Israel made their choice to be ruthless barbarians and killed them anyway. You can keep blaming Hamas, but nothing will change who is actually to blame and that would be the terrorists with no peers. Israel.
So you would be fine if the deaths were 50/50 so no one's feeling get hurt. I guess you do not have any combat experience.
I wouldn't be calling it a genocide if that were the case. And if that were the case it would mean the sides were relatively equal in strength. As is, one side kills with impunity because it has the superpower's state of the art weaponry and has their congress in its back pocket. And the relevance of whether I have combat experience or not escapes me.
Of course it escapes you! The whole purpose of war is to inflict far more damage on the enemy to get them to lay down their arms.
The ENEMY isn't innocent noncombatants. Only terrorists consider women and children to be fair game. So, your premise is bullshit.
Actions or propaganda?
Israeli TV Network Spikes Story Exposing Oct 7 ‘Hero’
April 11, 2025
After public pressure, the network suppressed a report on a key voice in Israel’s Oct. 7 PR campaign whose lies about Hamas rapes and rescuing 750 hostages were cited by the U.N. and filmmaker Sheryl Sandberg. Wyatt Reed reports.
Israeli broadcaster Channel 13 has announced that it will no longer air an investigation into the fabrications of Rami Davidian, a settler who was lionized as a hero after claiming to have rescued over 750 Israelis at the Nova music festival on October 7 2023, following a major public pressure campaign.
“We are aware of the public’s feelings and the consequences of broadcasting the episode and prefer not to broadcast it at this time,” Channel 13 wrote in an April 4 statement.
A promotional video published by Channel 13 reporter Raviv Drucker on X the day before attracted hundreds of crude and expletive-filled comments from fanatical Israeli settlers, with the most-liked reply referring to Drucker as a “piece of shit” and accusing him of seeking to push Davidian to commit suicide.
Drucker defended the investigation in a post on X, stating that Davidian’s lies were “not slight exaggerations” like “mildly inflating the number of those rescued — absolutely not.” Instead, “these are stories made up from beginning to end. Hair-raising stories that never, ever occurred.”
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/04/11/israeli-tv-network-spikes-story-exposing-oct-7-hero/
Yeah, I read that on the grayzone this morning. I copied and pasted it to post later. You beat me to it.
sent link to antiwar, in case you haven't already
No, I haven’t. I just figured someone read comments?
Actions or propaganda?
I won't even argue that point with the pro-genocide crowd. It allows them to deflect from Israel's barbarism. Hamas certainly didn't do anything that justified Israels complete disregard for innocent human life. That being said, that bullshit propaganda was debunked long ago.
I haven't heard you mention Hamas's ambition to "obliterate" the one tiny State of Israel in a sea of Islamic States with abysmal human rights.
You haven't heard that the Hamas Charter of 2017 agrees to Acceptance of a Palestinian state along the 1967 borders?
Genocide is the very definition of human rights abuse.
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If Hamas was doing what Isael is doing, I'd be bitching about Hamas like I bitch about Israel. That's the difference between you and me. I DON'T condone the killing of innocents no matter who is doing the killing. Whereas you DO.
I haven't heard you mention Hamas's ambition to "obliterate" the one tiny Jewish State in a sea of Islamic States with abysmal human rights.
I haven't heard you mention the ICC arrest warrants issued for the Israeli war criminals.
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I would love to see them easily defend themselves in an interaction Court, but first you have to rid the world of terrorist organizations.
Kids aren't terrorists.
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What is an "interaction" court?
but first you have to rid the world of terrorist organizations.
We finally agree on something. Israel has got to go.
Just for you– Statement of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC:
On the basis of evidence collected and examined by my Office, I have reasonable grounds to believe that Yahya SINWAR (Head of the Islamic Resistance Movement (“Hamas”) in the Gaza Strip), Mohammed Diab Ibrahim AL-MASRI, more commonly known as DEIF (Commander-in-Chief of the military wing of Hamas, known as the Al-Qassam Brigades), and Ismail HANIYEH (Head of Hamas Political Bureau) bear criminal responsibility for the following war crimes and crimes against humanity committed on the territory of Israel and the State of Palestine (in the Gaza strip) from at least 7 October 2023:
Extermination as a crime against humanity, contrary to article 7(1)(b) of the Rome Statute;
Murder as a crime against humanity, contrary to article 7(1)(a), and as a war crime, contrary to article 8(2)(c)(i);
Taking hostages as a war crime, contrary to article 8(2)(c)(iii);
Rape and other acts of sexual violence as crimes against humanity, contrary to article 7(1)(g), and also as war crimes pursuant to article 8(2)(e)(vi) in the context of captivity;
Torture as a crime against humanity, contrary to article 7(1)(f), and also as a war crime, contrary to article 8(2)(c)(i), in the context of captivity;
Other inhumane acts as a crime against humanity, contrary to article 7(l)(k), in the context of captivity;
Cruel treatment as a war crime contrary to article 8(2)(c)(i), in the context of captivity; and
Outrages upon personal dignity as a war crime, contrary to article 8(2)(c)(ii), in the context of captivity.
My Office submits that the war crimes alleged in these applications were committed in the context of an international armed conflict between Israel and Palestine, and a non-international armed conflict between Israel and Hamas running in parallel. We submit that the crimes against humanity charged were part of a widespread and systematic attack against the civilian population of Israel by Hamas and other armed groups pursuant to organisational policies. Some of these crimes, in our assessment, continue to this day.
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Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
The Contracting Parties,
Having considered the declaration made by the General Assembly of the United Nations in its resolution 96 (I) dated 11 December 1946 that genocide is a crime under international law, contrary to the spirit and aims of the United Nations and condemned by the civilized world,
Recognizing that at all periods of history genocide has inflicted great losses on humanity, and
Being convinced that, in order to liberate mankind from such an odious scourge, international co-operation is required.
https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/documents/atrocity-crimes/Doc.1_Convention%20on%20the%20Prevention%20and%20Punishment%20of%20the%20Crime%20of%20Genocide.pdf
Already replied to that crap.
Islamic states with abysmal human rights.
None of which have a human rights record anywhere approaching the truly horrific Israeli record.
Nobody believes your lies, jakesqueek.
I understand why you'd spam out s**t if some propagandist is paying you by the post or thumbs-down, but, nobody's dumb enough to burn money for crap like you paste.
So I have to conclude you're legitimately a private unpaid individual who noticed a growing post-Influencer trend of trolling intellectual forums with garbage Apartheid State of Israel apologetics and said, "Hey, I've got nothing else going on in my life, this is totally for me !"
"I understand the emotional issues involved,…On the other hand…if they do not surrender, this war is not over until the last Hamas combatant is dead-"
Got it – if you were a hostage father, you'd sacrifice your daughter to keep the war criminal Netanyahu in power and the mass murder of Gazan kiddies going. What a patriot. What a man.
"The families of a few Israeli hostages don’t want a deal to bring them home." (AP)
Hamas "massacre"? I don't think so. Israel itself is responsible for the "massacre" on October 7 with their decision to "stand down" while the invasion occurred then opening fire on EVERYONE. I find it quite bizarre that while Israel massacres civilians indiscriminately HAMAS is the one referred to as the "terrorist"!
Even Génocidaires get tired of Genocide…!
Hamas has had 18 months to put a stop to this mess that they imitated on Oct 7th by simply laying down their arms and releasing all the hostages.
Hamas officials insist that Israel's failure to eliminate the group constitutes a victory, so why are you complaining? Whose side are you on? Be honest!
Hamas has now offered to release ALL hostages in exchange for a PERMANENT peace treaty with the State of Israel.
The Apartheid State of Israel has flatly rejected this offer.
This demonstrates conclusively that your echo-chamber assertion "Hamas has had 18 months to put a stop to this mess … by simply …. releasing all the hostages." (Truncation mine to focus on the relevant portion) is either untrue; or an outright lie.
Please square that circle.
Non-state terrorists do not get to make that kind of deal. They must pay for the mass murder that they committed, and initiating this mess by violating every know UN Rules of War and Geneva Conventions to set the ground rules.
"…by violating every know UN Rules of War and Geneva Conventions…"
I already proved you lied about this statement. And evidently you weren't smart enough to take my advice and make conditional ("ALMOST every known UN Rules…") statements instead of EASILY falsifiable absolute statements.
ASI apologists like Timbit get a tentative pass from me because he occasionally makes comments (unrelated to Gaza) that actually ARE demonstrably true.
You, however, I'm soon inclined to Block as you aren't honestly engaging in conversation. You're s**ting out propaganda and false, baseless assertions with no interest in correcting your mistakes when they are easily demonstrated to be wrong.
Honestly answer these three questions, jakesqueek :
1. Do you care if what you believe (on ANY topic) is true ?
2. Is it POSSIBLE that you could be wrong about any opinion you hold ?
3. If presented with compelling evidence contrary to any position you hold, are you CAPABLE and WILLING to change your position to best reflect the new, verifiable, evidently true facts ?
(spoiler – my personal answer to all three is YES)
Easy to verify as did the ICC.
Answer my questions.
While the state terrorists, Israel, makes the "non state terrorists", Hamas, look like amateurs when it comes to terrorism. And it's humorous that you keep mentioning UN rules of war and the Geneva convention violations since Israel, again, makes Hamas look like amateurs when it comes to the mass murder they, Israel, have committed.
Playing by Hamas rules!
And you've repeatedly called Hamas TERRORISTS. So, once more you're admitting to Israel's TERRORISM. Good for you.
"Hamas has had 18 months to put a stop to this mess that they imitated on Oct 7th…"
Credit where due – you did make one truthful statement there. Hamas absolutely did IMITATE the kind of cross-border massacres the IDF has been perpetrating against Palestinians for decades, on Oct 7th.
If that were true you might have a point. But Israel has always responded acts of terrorism against them.
Every rocket fired into Israel is an act of war.
Acts of terror performed the Palestinian terrorists will cause Israel to hit them where they sleep, even if it is just to bulldoze the family home, and death is not a deterrent for these terrorists, but some don't want their families to suffer is the only deterrent for them.
You are a propagandist, you support genocide and zionist supremacy. Your fake heroes are stealing land.
"Whose side are you on? Be honest!"
Hey look folks – "peepsqueek" just smeared another Antiwar critic of Israel's genocide as 'pro-Hamas.'
This time it's one'a those sly, insinuating smears.
Right when – in middle of student deportations – Trump says he wants to "deport" U.S. citizens to El Salvador prisons. And Republic platform says "deport pro-Hamas radicals" period.
Lil' pee loves the Miriam Adelson "Canary" and US branch of the "Betar" hate group playbook:
Can't win an argument? Lies don't work?
Then tell critics 'Shut the f up, hamas lover – 'less you want to end up in an El Salvador prison'…
…and then report their names to the US government.
That's how un-American peepsqueek is – that's how little he respects American free speech. That's how loyal he is to Netanyahu's genocidal siege.
"Pro-Israel group says it gave US list of protesters to deport," CNN 4/2/25; "White House Confirms Trump Is Exploring Ways To ‘Deport’ U.S. Citizens," Huffpost
I will come visit you when I need a break from reality.
Do we know if they already were involved?
They plea Gaza ceasefire deal to free the Israeli hostages held by Hamas… not a ceasefire deal to stop the killings…!
The “most moral” Army in the world firing pilots because they have morals. It would be comedic irony if it wasn’t such a tragedy and senseless loss of innocent lives.
It is not senseless to Hamas who invited Israel into Gaza on Oct 7th and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh: "We love death like our enemies love life! We love Martyrdom."
You write fiction.
Please link to a reliable source carrying the text, image, recording, or related documentation of the formal, official "invit(ation of) Israel into Gaza on Oct 7th" by Hamassian leaders or their duly-appointed proxies.
Otherwise, this repetitive idiom of yours is, like much else you mumble, is a LIE.
Just a few examples:
“We love death like our enemies love life” – speaker at funeral of terrorists
Official Palestinian Authority TV | Mar 8, 2023
PA Terrorist
Hamas: We love death like Israelis love life
Hamas leader Muhammad Deif: "Today you [Israelis] are fighting divine soldiers, who love death for Allah like you love life, and who compete among themselves for Martyrdom like you flee from death." Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh: "We love death like our enemies love life! We love Martyrdom, the way…"
Al-Aqsa TV, Hamas— Feb 28, 2014
Hamas TV to Israelis: We "love death more than you love life"
Al-Aqsa TV, Hamas | Nov 18, 2012
Hamas spokesman: We are not afraid of Israel because we love death
Al-Aqsa TV, Hamas | Nov 18, 2012
Hamas using Palestinians as human shields: "We desire death as you desire life"
Al-Aqsa TV, Hamas | Feb 29, 2008
Heey zionist supremacist, your Israeli heroes said many vile things. You lack basic credibility.
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When Hamas went in an massacred so many Israelis, wounded more, and rounded up hundreds of hostage of all ages, knowing ahead of time that Israel would have to respond in a very aggressive manner is tantamount to an invitation.
In other words, they asked for it!
Your fake zionist heroes deliberately stood down on the planned 10/7 attack which they were part of, storyteller.
When Israel decided to illegally launch a preemptive strike against Egypt in 1967 and then illegally occupy Gaza and the West Bank including East Jerusalem for the ensuing 56 years they lost the right to self-defence for 10/7.
In other words, they asked for it!
If your narrow mind cannot go further back in history than Oct. 7th. then I wouldn’t even know where to begin. If I learned anything from battling cancer in the last 6 months is that my time is too precious to waste it trying to convince someone that the most grotesquely criminal slaughter, torture, et al. of humans in modern history is not merely tit for tat.
In 1947, the UN offered two stateless people an opportunity to build two independent nations. One group chose to build a nation, and five Arab Countries chose war and they lost.
Israel declared statehood in 1948, and in 1949 became member State at the United Nations. Palestinian Arabs were then occupied by Egypt in Gaza and Jordan in the West Bank for the next 20 years until they decided to go to war with Israel again and they lost again.
For twenty years there were no Israeli settlements in the West Bank or Gaza, and yet Israel was a constant target. So it was never really about settlements. Arab Countries just did not want a non-Muslim country in the Middle East.
ICJ 07.19.24, "Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem”
https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/07/1152296
Yey another attempt to save Hamas before the final gasp. Ignore these traitors. Crush Hamas until it is only a bad memory.
Man, what reason you got to be Mad ? Y'all are 59-21 on the season so far & only 4 games back of the Cavs in the East. WTF ?
The pilots are right, in case you don't know killing civilians bombing schools and hospitals are war crimes, pilots are war criminals if following illegal orders. That is the law since the Nuremberg tribunals." Following illegal orders is not an excuse."
Good, then fewer reservists for the zionist aggressions.
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I think his mother rinsed his mouth out with too much shit.
Correction: Israel fires three happy reservists.
Apr 11, 2025'Shoot to kill': Israeli soldier shares directives on Gaza ‘kill zone’
“Adult male – kill, shoot to kill. For women and children, shoot to drive away. That’s the order.”
https://youtu.be/KWsSxsRiAvI?si=YGgq8hqwaLpfnD6n