Israel lowest point?

 Is this Israel lowest point?

The morning of October 7, 2023 was Israel's darkest moment as it literally was caught with its pants down as terrorists entered the country leisurely with the intent to kill as many people as possible, jews or not and start a new war against Israel  The whole world was in shock and wondered how could this happen to a country with one of the most powerful armed forces and best intelligence services; similar to how we were in shock during 9/11.

There will be plenty of time to understand what went wrong and identify all the mistakes made over many years that allowed something of this magnitude to happen. Simply put, the Israeli Government and its leaders COMPLETLY failed in its most important duty which is to protect its citizens. After the holocaust, all Jewish people have lived with the mantra of NEVER AGAIN! and yet we were failed by those in power and with the responsibility for such atrocities to never happen again!

The two weeks after this terrorist massacre have become Israel lowest point in its 75 years history. Bluntly speaking Israel is lost and has no idea of what is the course of action anymore. Most rational governments tend to be prepared for worst case scenarios and simulate potential responses which they hope never have to carry out as for example the threats of nuclear war during the cold war. But clearly this government has been busy with other more important priorities than being prepared to protect its citizens, even thou we all know our neighbors stated objective is our destruction!

To me, it's very obvious that there's no strategy and not even a clear objective on how to respond. The conflicting messages coming from Netanyahu and those in power from we will annihilate Hamas to we will destroy Hamas military capabilities to carry such attacks again while they sound similar, they are actually world apart. The course of action for one or the other are very different and what each will entail.

Over 300,000 reservists were called up in order to act swiftly and with the intention to go into Gaza and eradicate Hamas. Two weeks later, Israel is still debating if to send ground troops or not? 200 hostages taken and very little effort to save them and liberate them? we all know that the more time that passes in any hostage situation the more difficult any rescue mission becomes. Was Israel so taken by surprises that they simply have no idea where the hostages are?

The Israeli response so far has been to play into Hamas game. Hamas wants Israel to come into Gaza as they know the playbook by now and how this changes the narrative to make Israel the aggressor and rally the international community against Israel atrocities. Israel not only has the right to defend its people but also a duty to do so. But any action should stem towards solving the terrorism problem as well as with a view of peace in the future and not simply out of a desire for revenge. No matter what different factions think and all the historic blame the fact of the matter is that Arabs and Jews are neighbors and unless one side is prepared to commit genocide we need to find a way to bring peace.

The dichotomy Israel faces between defending itself and dealing with terrorism and impeding future danger has brought up (once again) very difficult moral and existential question to Israel which sadly I think are not being addressed out of a desire for revenge. Can Israel justify any action and any indiscriminate palestinian loss of life just because terrorism was committed against them? Has Israel become a state with no morals and in which the end justify the means and where killing one hamas terrorist is ok even if it means 1,000 other lives of Palestinians, innocent or not?

Can Israel stick to its moral high ground and make excuses such as Hamas uses people as human shields or hides itself in mosques and schools or simply tell palestinians to flee where it will bomb and pretend that is enough? I don't think so! Doing so makes Israel dangerously act almost as terrorists, albeit very different intent and circumstances. Israel knows how Hamas operates and therefore if it values human lives then needs to find a way around this and not simply blame Hamas for using human shields. Similarly, telling people to leave their homes because they are about to be bombed is not enough. Palestinians in Gaza aren't free and they cannot simply leave. Many get killed by Hamas if they try to flee and Israel knows this. So for Israel to pretend it does everything it can to minimize human casualties it's very debatable.

The next couple weeks will probably define the Israeli-palestinian conflict and the middle east for years to come. Israel is at its lowest point in history, led by the wrong people, with the wrong intentions and clueless about the right course of action. There are dark times ahead and sadly peace in the region is further and further away. I can only hope for both Palestinians and Israelis to work towards our common goal which is to preserve human life and get rid of terrorism which is the real common enemy of both!

Israel biggest Coward

His name is Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu and he's a COWARD!

We are all aware of the current situation between Israel, Hamas and the palestinians so I won't go into details about that conflict and the subtleties of having to separate the Palestinian and Hamas causes. 

Over the years and during his 16 years as the longest standing Prime Minister in History all I've learned is how this so called leader is simply someone who will do anything to push his personal and/or political agenda above his duties and responsibilities and avoid any accountability. 

Netanyahu has not only failed in his duties but has failed its country and its citizens. Especially those that have lost someone in recent weeks. It's time for others to 

decide the path forward for the country in these difficult and unprecedented times and for him to resign. 

But he won't do this because people like him that believe that they are above everyone and who lack the moral courage to face consequences, rather deflect any attention to something else before they ever accept any wrongdoings. He's akin to a young kid that misbehaves but will deny to his teacher and parents no matter what, because they much rather not face consequences to his actions. And that's simply cowardice and the lack of a backbone!

His stance in regard to Hamas and the Palestinians hasn't really changed for decades. He's been happy having Hamas as the terrorist organization on his backyard so every few years there's an escalation and all eyes turn into this conflict and that way the Peace talks with the Palestinians lose traction, get derailed and no compromise is ever granted and the status quo remains. At the core, it's much easier to use Hamas as an excuse so he doesn't need to work toward a solution and peace with the Palestinian people. He much rather ignore a problem right in his backyard and continue his messianic dreams and build illegal settlements in the west bank. Little by little this has been one of his key focus, doing it quietly, ignoring international law without the scrutiny of healthy accountability and proper debate. 

He's been against most peace processes attempts. He will publicly state he's pro-peace and a two state solution while in reality these are just words to hide behind and continue with his agenda. He pretended to support the Oslo peace accords in public but back in 2001 a video was leaked in which Netanyahu, reportedly unaware he was being recorded, said: "They asked me before the election if I'd honor [the Oslo Accords]", "I said I would, but ... I'm going to interpret the accords in such a way that would allow me to put an end to this galloping forward to the '67 borders. How did we do it? Nobody said what defined military zones were. So who says one thing and does another?

His cowardice approach continued in 2003, when he quit Ariel Sharon' government as he disagreed with the Gaza disengagement plan so instead of working with his own party towards a different solution, he quit. It's much easier to throw a tantrum and disagree than actually working towards and alternate solution. The Gaza disengagement plan was the precursor to Israel leaving Gaza in 2006 and ending their occupation by removing 21 settlements and removing 8000 people, many of which had to be removed by force in September 2005.

In november 21, 2019 he became the only Prime Minister ever been indicted for bribery, fraud and breach of trust on three different cases and his trial was set to begin in May 2020 which was delayed due to the Covid pandemic and it's currently ongoing. But Bibi is a master on delaying things and not facing them and continue his almost dictatorship hold on power. Even the judicial reforms of the last two years are tied to who he is and to what lengths he's willing to go. Never before the Israeli society has been so divided and polarized and all at the expense of what?

He believes he's above anyone and thinks that facing his charges and being accountable as every other citizen doesn't apply to him.

Earlier this year in February 2023, he legalized 9 illegal settlements outposts in the West bank without much fanfare or most people even knowing. In June 2023 he shortened the procedure required to approve new illegal settlements. Once again, very little debate so he can get away with it.

These are sad days for the state of Israel and the Jewish people and I am ashamed to be led by a coward who doesn't believe in being accountable, someone who has put countless lives at risk to push his own agenda and who sadly is about to start a difficult war in which there will be no winners because he's too scared to admit that he's no longer the right person to be in charge! 16 years as our leader and today I feel the dreams of peace much further away than ever before!