Hamas surprise attack a ‘historic failure’ for Israeli intelligence services

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[–]MagicMike 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Trump cut off funds to the Palestinians, unleashed unprecedented peace initiatives in the Abraham Accords, killed the Iran deal, was starving the Iranian regime of resources with crushing sanctions, and Biden reversed it all, including funding the Palestinians.

[–]jet199 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

There's also the factor that Biden appears so weak.

In cultures where strength is worshipped (rather than hated as in the West) this is like a red flag to a bull.

[–]SoCo 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I get the feeling that the Ukrainian facade drying up and Biden on the way out, meant Israel's timing window to cultivate public support, with Western media's help, for a larger offensive against Gaza, was running out.

[–]jet199 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Israel don't want this. They wanted the peace deal with Saudi which would mean they could do what they wanted to Palestine. They can't have that and bomb Gaza to the ground. If they were to plan this they would have waited until Saudi signed not before.

More likely this was plotted by Iran to try to bring about some internal unity after all the protests which lead to the government arresting and killing young women. That would also explain why the music festival was targeted and the women purposely abused on camera.

[–]SoCo 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm not sure that is Israel's desires. The targeting seemed like the kind, which would allow Israel to finally push Gazans into the sea, which has been a long and open desire, as well as one that would beg for war industry funding, which seems to be the main desires behind most of the last few years' skirmishes. The pandemic hurt everyone's economy and authoritarian war-mode government is the easiest way to economic recovery. So economic downturn always leads to war.

[–]MagicMike 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

In 1933, Head of the War Dept George C. Marshall told FDR to not cut the military budget by 51%, that this would show weakness to the Japanese. FDR laughed in his face and said the huge Pacific Ocean would protect us.