[KurtFF8]

The only swing state where this could have an effect is Michigan.

What an absurd claim

Contrast it to Pennsylvania and Georgia, where taking an anti-Israel stance can lead many to vote Trump or stay home, and each of which has more weight in the Electoral College than Michigan. Even Jews alone far outnumber Arabs/Muslims in both states, Biden's wins were narrow and Jews have traditionally voted Dem (so the loss would be of likely Dem voters).

The idea that demographic information alone is what determines these kinds of voting patterns on this issue isn't how the real world works.

If Biden loses, it won't be because of this but likely immigration and the economy. Although he can perfectly win due to never Trump Republicans and also many voters for him solely based on abortion.

I don't know that Biden moving to the right on immigration is what is going to lose him the election. His support for genocide, however, may very well make him lose. Biden/genocide supporters try to keep ignoring the reality about this though.

[Pants-of-dog]

It seems to have worked out well for the IDF

[wat0n]

What an absurd claim

Not at all.

The idea that demographic information alone is what determines these kinds of voting patterns on this issue isn't how the real world works.

Odd, that is what the whole Michigan case is based on.

I don't know that Biden moving to the right on immigration is what is going to lose him the election. His support for genocide, however, may very well make him lose. Biden/genocide supporters try to keep ignoring the reality about this though.

It's the other way around, if Biden doesn't do anything about the border issue then he may as well lose.

This is also far more important for voters in pretty much all surveys than any foreign policy issues.

[Pants-of-dog]

If the goal of the IDF is to starve Gaza, then killing the WCK workers was useful.

[wat0n]

Why would Netanyahu himself openly admit Israel's responsibility for the killings instead of claiming it was an IED or some other projectile launched by one of the Palestinian armed groups if that was the case?

[Pants-of-dog]

Because it was a clear signal to the humanitarian aid agencies: only the IDF can be allowed to run security details, and the IDF can (at any point) turn its guns on the humanitarian aid it is supposed to be protecting.

This means that the IDF is not only stopping most aid from entering Gaza, but now the tiny trickle allowed in Gaza can be attacked by the IDF when it is in Gaza.

[wat0n]

But why would Netanyahu just admit it? I mean, it doesn't help Israel's case or strategy at all.

[ingliz]

@wat0n

Why?

Because there's a tidy hole on the driver's side roof over the World Kitchen logo and it's better to ask for forgiveness than permission.

[wat0n]

@wat0n

Why?

Because there's a tidy hole on the driver's side roof over the World Kitchen logo and it's better to ask for forgiveness than permission.

He could have blamed Hamas for that one, couldn't he?

[Pants-of-dog]

We can assume that Netanyahu did not lie because he believes his goals would be better achieved by telling the truth.

[late]

Brits were trying to police Palestine, they were driven out by terrorism, and not by Arabs...

Periodically, Israel would poke Palestinians until they responded. Israel would then use that excuse to use massive violence, and steal a bunch of land.

Israel also limited greatly what could go in, or come out, from Gaza. This helped them control the narrative. Unfortunately for them, their terrorism is killing a lot of foreign aid workers. You just might imply the PR is less than ideal....

Point is, terrorism is what they have always done. I doubt they even see it as terrorism; but if the current conflict proves anything...

Israel has pretended to be something it clearly is not. Now, confronted with the barbaric reality, they don't know what to do. But, for the rest of the world, we are confronted with something we must do.

[wat0n]

We can assume that Netanyahu did not lie because he believes his goals would be better achieved by telling the truth.

If his goal is to starve Gazans with impunity, how this does achieve it?

[ingliz]

He could have blamed Hamas for that one, couldn't he?

He could have, but it wouldn't have stood up. Anyone who knows how particular munitions react on hitting a target would have quickly surmised it couldn't have been Hamas.

Not everyone is willing to lie for Israel, so it's best if you admit it.

You can always blame it on a coordination error.

[Pants-of-dog]

Being open about who killed the humanitarian workers achieves the goal of threatening humanitarian relief agencies into withdrawing from Gaza entirely.

It makes it clear that no one is safe from the IDF.

[wat0n]

He could have, but it wouldn't have stood up. Anyone who knows how particular munitions react on hitting a target would have quickly surmised it couldn't have been Hamas.

Not everyone is willing to lie for Israel, so it's best if you admit it.

You can always blame it on a coordination error.

How could Israel be caught? An investigation, if it was ever done, would take a long time.

Being open about who killed the humanitarian workers achieves the goal of threatening humanitarian relief agencies into withdrawing from Gaza entirely.

It makes it clear that no one is safe from the IDF.

Or it can make it clear no one is safe from Hamas.

[ingliz]

@wat0n

From the photo of the hole spread all over the interwebs.

[wat0n]

@ingliz this would imply the only munition that could have done that is Israeli. That seems like a stretch.

[Pants-of-dog]

It was not Hamas that killed the WCK workers. Nor the Palestinian authorities. Nor any group other than the IDF.

The IDF and Israeli government have been very busy trying to limit and/or disband humanitarian aid agencies in Gaza since the beginning of the war. At the same time, they have also been putting together a parallel humanitarian aid network, using the US port, sea deliveries, having the IDF do security, and choosing very specific humanitarian aid agencies.

The WCK was one of these few, and it was operating within the Israeli parallel system.

There is no way to blame Hamas for this. This was entirely within the control of the IDF and Israeli government.

[wat0n]

The only reason there's no way to blame Hamas is that Netanyahu himself admitted the IDF did it.

[ingliz]

The only reason

No.

Every weapon leaves a signature.

When asked by the BBC Chris Cobb-Smith, a former British Army officer and ex-UN weapons inspector, said the attack was probably carried out using drone-launched *Israeli* Spike missiles.