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May 15Liked by Joshua Hoffman

excellent. One additional point. if we agree that this war is a proxy war, any ceasefire is a victory for Iran which will encourage it and its terrorist activity. i. e. Terrorism pays today because the West is weak. Iran is the enemy that Israel must address after its local victories.

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Speaking of which, I'm confused about the Iran treaty that Obama made, Trump reversed, and Biden re-instituted. Is it good or bad for Israel? I thought it's meant to keep Iran from creating nukes. (Why doesn't Israel do what it did in Iraq in '81 and Syria in '07?)

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Obama was photographed kneeling and kissing the hand of one Saudi king early when he was in office. He has an agenda to serve and it is not pro US or Israel. Biden is his puppet. Why has the US fed billions to Iran over these years? It has been turned into weapons. Not for Iranians. Why has the US not supported the people of Iran?

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The treaty was very bad.

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Can you explain.

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I didn't read all of it but enough to start nodding my head. Yeah, you can't trust Iran. Here's an interesting anecdote from my college days in the early to mid 70s. I made friends with a grad student who was specializing in Iranian History (he was not Middle Eastern in any way shape or form). The one thing I remember him saying during a discussion one evening at dinner was, "Iranians will lie to anyone they consider the infidel. There is no moral or ethical negative to doing that in their culture."

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May 15Liked by Joshua Hoffman

That support could come if Israel succesfully evacuated the 1 million civilians from Rafah; only few in the West want Hamas to survive and calling the shots again in Gaza. With Hamas still in charge, no one would be interested in funding the rebuilding of Gaza and risking a rematch with Israel. Except Iran, of course.

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Where do you put 1 million civilian Palestinians? (Sounds like the beginning of a joke?) How do you know that everyone you evacuate is actually a civilian?

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May 15Liked by Joshua Hoffman

I have nothing but complete contempt for Europe. Why the hell does the EU think Israel needs anything from it? I'm sure Europe receives more from Israel in terms of military and other tech. Israel should not share any intelligence, technology or counter terror expertise with Europe. All European Jews should make Aliyah to Israel at once.

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Love this, especially the ending. (Israel just has to start manufacturing all its military stuff). I do have a question regarding "It would also make Israeli intelligence agencies less available to look after Jews across the world, which is normally a part of their jurisdiction." What exactly do they do to look after Jews across the world?

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Brilliant piece! It is a nightmare scenario and one that can never be allowed to happen. How one sided these demands are, I believe all organisations and Western Leaders, should be insisting that Hamas surrender and return the hostages. It is nonsensical that they don’t.

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God does not have pets. Galatians 3:28

We are all the same.

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Fortunately i do know what i am talking about. Meanwhile....As long as the old testament is used as a land registry by some, and the Koran by others as a justification to kill people, there is not much hope. 2 state solution is now impossible and the Iron Dome the only solution it seems. Well done to both sides for hating each other so much. Sarcasm 101. Sorry.

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Israel should STOP all 'humanitarian aid' to others especially the Palestinians when they are biting the hand that feeds them. Tough love will prove more valuable in the long run. You don't know what yuo had until it is gone. We have not been valued as we should be. War and hatred brings a curse on all parties. Peace brings blessings and benefit to all.

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YOU SAID: “Right now, there is plenty of footage of people in Gaza thanking the Israeli military for starting to eradicate a terrorist group that has effectively taken two million of them hostage during the last 16 years.

Certainly, you will never see this footage and hear about these stories in the mainstream media because it does not suit their agendas.”

JOSHUA - need I remind you that you created a successful (I hope) media-outside-the-mainstream platform; as have many others. I may be naive, and I may be ignorant of existing channels, but If this footage is accessible CREATE A PLATFORM - “Voices of Palestinians” or something. Its impact could be more powerful than any armaments the US is withholding. And money better spent than any I could provide the IDF. Recruit all the Israeli video geeks not otherwise occupied. Are you fearful Hamas will assassinate the on-camera speakers? They themselves obviously weren’t scared. And if that show’s a hit, spinoff Voices of Iran; Voices of Lebanon. In a world where a meme stock can wake up and turn around in 24 hours, this might get the internet’s stuck figures to sit forward

in their chairs.

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I agree with all but the last bit about going it alone.

God is doing this and He will prevail.

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Don't be a fool. Nowhere in the bible does God bless the oppression of other people. I don't know who your god is. The word justice is mentioned over 300 times. If Jesus was born today it would be under all that rubble in Gaza.

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May 15Liked by Joshua Hoffman

You're an idiot. The only oppression is being done by hamas.

Israel is mentioned thousands of times in the bible.

They wouldn't be under rubble in Gaza if they didn't start a war. Where is it written that the Jewish people and state must remain pacifist in the face of genocidal enemies and not fight back for their own survival? How is that justice? You're insane.

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Here is one place of many where God reiterates His solemn promise to destroy the enemies of His people Israel.

Deuteronomy 32:40-43 NIV

Lift my hand to Heaven and solemnly swear:

As surely as I live forever, When I sharpen my flashing sword and my hand grasps it in judgement I will take vengeance on my adversaries and repay those who hate me.

I will make my arrows drunk with blood while my sword devours flesh the blood of the slain and the captives, the heads of the slain enemy leaders.

( Sounds familiar doesn't it? The blood of the slain and the captives? The heads of the enemy leaders?)

Rejoice, you nations, with His people, for He will take vengeance on His enemies and make atonement for His Land and His people.

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Allegations of genocidal intent by one side appear to legitimize genocidal intent by the other, all in the name of freedom and justice. We are all idiots then. Did you know that you only need to go back 2500 years to find the common ancestor of every person alive today. We are all related! The sons of Isaac and Ishmael are so intermarried nobody alive today in Israel/ Palestine/ the world can possibly be descended from the chosen people mentioned in the Bible. Israel is not Judaism just like Islamic Republic is not Iran. Both countries with good people but terrible governments.

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THERE IS NO GENOCIDAL INTENT BY ISRAEL! Just stop repeating those lies and blood libels. I don't think you are so stupid to fall for that claim, so I question your intention by repeating this antisemitic blood libel against Israel.

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The blood libel is a harmful and baseless accusation that has caused immense suffering in the past , as you will know if you are Jewish. Don't use it on me please. I was on kibbutz in the 90's near ASHKELON and I know that Zikim beach very well where Hamas came in. It was shocking. At the same time... I think South Africa has nailed it at the ICJ, and Ireland and other countries are supporting . Your dehumanization of the Palestinian people is so complete that you cannot see the light at all. I just want to shine an important light on the question of why there is such polarisation and why people, depending on which side of the fence they were born, only see the world through the lens of the oppressed or the oppressor. I’ve sent my son to Auschwitz in 2015, my daughter to Dachau in 2023 and I was in Terezin in 2003 all paying respects to the victims of the Holocaust. I predict I will send my grandchildren (none yet) in the future to Gaza to pay respects to the dead and also the victims of October 7. I'm the least antisemitic person you could ever meet in other words. I am so worried about Israel because if people like me are changing sides it means you have already lost...

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What kind of human beings cheer on mass slaughter of innocents, including babies? They dehumanize Jews. 80% support 10/7. The very purpose of hamas' existence is the extermination of Jews. I've had enough of your BS, I don't care how many Kibbutzim you were on or how many holocaust memorials you visited. Don't try to use that as a shield while you spew lies and blood libels against Israel. I'm on to people like you.

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May 16·edited May 16

You don't know what you are talking about.

The people He does not bless oppressing in this context are Jews.

The utter empty headedness of your post shows clearly you have no personal knowledge of what the Bible says '"Anywhere".

If you did you would not make such an inappropriate comment.

God is doing this for His Holy Name and nothing you have posted changes that basic reality which Biblically literate people understand.

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You got one thing right, you don't know who God is.

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