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Violeta Esquinazi's avatar

To the author: Thank you for your moral clarity vis-a-vis a deadly enemy of Israel alone but of the whole civilized world. The clarity with which the Allies in 1945 saw no other solution rather than total destruction of the Nazi and Facist regimes serves as a perfect model to follow. Law uses precedence to apply justice. Why can't we not follow this model? To the readers: World wake up. Think that your child was violently kidnapped, held in caves of death and brutally murdered by the hands of evil. Would you wish to negotiate peace and land for the murderer?

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Robert's avatar

The challenge with total victory is that it requires you to kill every single person who will not surrender. As with Nazi Germany, Israel would need to kill many more adult males. And when Hamas inevitably conscripts children (as did the Nazis), Israel will have to kill them, too. Israel needs a much better PR strategy to be able to pull this off.

The biggest issue is that, once Hamas is defeated, you've got more than 50 Islamic countries (plus Ireland and Australia) willing to rearm and support Hamas or its equally Jew-hating successor. The Nazi's had no one who wanted to help them.

Also, Israel can never ever let the UN back to help with any aspect of the rebuild. Israel can never let the red cross in. They are both totally corrupt organizations..

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Doug Israel's avatar

A total blockade on Gaza in October would have forced surrender in weeks. Nobody can survive without food. But for the Biden bunch it was a non starter. To the Biden bunch wars are not to be won. They are to be fought to stalemates.

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Robert's avatar

Yes. Israel, forced to provide food, electricity, and, Internet, is yet another double standard, applied only to Israel. Hamas shouldn't have started a war they couldn't finish, and Israel should have held all Palestinians responsible for what Hamas did, as the Allies held all Germans responsible for what the Nazis did.

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Miriamnae's avatar

That bunch is gone………

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DEMedia is Propaganda's avatar

We support a constitutional amendment to allow exposed facto torture execution of the worst scumbags and Conspirators regardless age and infirmity

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Miriamnae's avatar

Yes, except Israel does now have the best PR in the world rooting for it: Trump.

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Lee Saffold's avatar

Total victory is the best PR in the world. Actions speak louder than words. When you are in a war with an enemy intent upon the total annihilation of every man, woman and child in your country, total, unconditional, and complete victory is the only objective worthy of pursuit. The fact that other countries are helping your enemy does not justify half hearted and weak aims! Stop letting the world make decisions on your future. Utterly defeat your enemy whatever it takes to do so. Otherwise you will merely be living as “survivors” rather than having freedom to thrive. Do not allow the communistic this world to dictate anything to you. You have a choice between total victor or submission to outside control that will continue to cost you in the lives of your wives, your children, your mothers and your fathers and grandfathers. Shut off all support for Gaza. Let your enemies eat dirt. Kill every person bearing arms against you. Give your enemies justifiable reasons to surrender unconditionally if they want to live. Then dictate the conditions under which they shall live. Make Gaza what you want it to be! These people want you dead. Get that truth firmly ingrained in your mind. How long do you allow those plotting your murder to live?

This is not a mere dispute between individuals. This is a war started by an enemy with the intent of killing every man, woman, and child, with emphasis on children, in your country. Do you dare to give them a chance to survive? If, and when you get the hostages back, win this war. If you do not get them back by a designated time frame, go forward and win this war by crushing your enemy.

Yes, you have options. But only one of your options will allow your people to live. That option is total victory! Nothing else will bring peace to you. Nothing. Your enemy will attack you incessantly unless you defeat them when you have the power to do so. The slightest sign of weakness or weariness or lack of determination will only further your enemies aims.

I have said enough, if not too much. To my friends in Israel. Take charge and win this war!

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Ronda Wells MD's avatar

Read a true account of Patton’s forces liberating a POW camp then going into villages. The older Germans surrendered, but an idiot 15 yo laid down in middle of the road and started firing at oncoming US forces—while his mother screamed at him to stop and get in the house. US soldiers shot the kid. Even the young misguided die in war.

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Robert's avatar

Exactly.

And, by the way, we didn't just pull out after Germany and Japan surrendered. We stayed. We're there to this day. 80 years later. We set up new governments that would be demilitarized and allied with the United States. We didn't pull out, let them re-arm, build tunnels, work with countries hostile to us, kidnap our citizens, have their population educated by UN forces like UNRWA, pay the populations to not work by conferring permanent refugee status that is handed down to each new generation, etc.

The terms of this cease-fire seem to be leading us down the same path and we will be going through this over and over again. I hope we try something new.

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Albert Koeman's avatar

The Allies didn't compromise, indeed. But they did another wise deed: they offered a future to the conquered. The United States transferred $13.3 billion (equivalent to $173.8 billion in 2024) in economic recovery programs to Western European economies after the end of World War II.

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Jeff G's avatar

Sticks. Also carrots.

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Jonathan Gordon's avatar

🎯

The pro-Palestine protesters in Europe and North America don’t seem to consider they’d all be living under the thousand year Reich right now if the Allies didn’t have the resolve to show Germany and Japan exactly what losing a war they started meant. Then again, maybe these morally bankrupt keffeyeh models would have preferred the Nazis, seeing where their allegiance lies today.

This isn’t about Israel. It’s about the future of civilization. When the body has an infection, you don’t allow some of the virus to stay as a concession to the virus’ dream of consuming the entire body.

Destroy Iran’s nuclear program, take out its oil production facilities, free the Iranian people, and then destroy every last tunnel, terrorist, and terrorist sympathizer in Gaza. What is the alternative?

And I say this all as someone who spent decades hoping for a two state solution and praying for peace. Time and experience prove with every passing day that is an impossible outcome with a culture who celebrates death more than life.

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PatriciaFairbank's avatar

Indeed. I’ve never been for a two state solution and I’m happy that it’s dead forever.

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Alfred Harder's avatar

My personal preference has always been the expulsion of Arab invaders, falsely named Palestinians, of Israeli territory altogether, since they lost all wars! If others, such as the Poles and Soviets can do so, then so should Israel!

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Alan Slade's avatar

After the latest Hamas despicable “carnival” releasing the babies that they killed, they are lower than cockroaches.

Exterminate them.

Send the remainders to So Africa.

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Susan Sullivan's avatar

What wise and truthful words! The so called Palestinians must be sent back to where they belong! I believe that to be Jordan. The nightmare that Israel has suffered over the years has to stop. There is absolutely no place for them in Gaza. Arab Countries are fighting like rats in a sack to deny their responsibility! These dreadful displays in Gaza at the hostage handovers can’t be allowed to continue. They are displays of pure evil. The latest, over the tragic nightmare of the Bibas children and their mother is the final straw. What we are learning about this is the most terrible and heartbreaking thing on earth. I agree with Trump, the gates of hell must open and these evil barbarians must be wiped off the face of the earth. Whatever the cost, it’s wipe out time.

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Kafr Dhimmi's avatar

Why not send them back to the Nejd or the Hejaz they are Arabs after all. And wouldn’t it be nice if the Arab league repudiated the Khartoum declaration?

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Susan Sullivan's avatar

Their roots are in Egypt and Jordan that’s were they should go!

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Kafr Dhimmi's avatar

Before 625 or so they were in Mecca worshipping idols that’s where I want to see them go. Just my opinion.

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Susan Sullivan's avatar

Probably right. However it is the result of the six day war that they ended up in Israel. Israel tried to hand back Gaza and the West Bank but Egypt and Jordan refused.

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Kafr Dhimmi's avatar

I gave up using West Bank along with antisemitism. Now I use the more visceral Jew hatred and Judea and Samaria tough to rid Judea of the Jews. Just my opinion but I’d love to see it become the way of my people.

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Susan Sullivan's avatar

Get a life!

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Dan's avatar
Feb 21Edited

Excellent piece Mr Goldberg. There is one more thing to say: Hamas and the Arab cause in Gaza is supported by The Nazis here in Europe (monitored by us here in London) and The Muslim Brotherhood who have never disarmed in Egypt. Thus, Hamas is the Armed wing of both of those Ideological groups. This is why Hamas, under their tutelage, chose Genocide against The Jewish People on October 7th. Thus Gaza can now never be governed or populated by the Arabs of Gaza. For this time they choose Genocide, in the ongoing 10,000 years of War in this region: Know the History. Know the meaning of October 7th 2023.

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Wikiman “why we fight “'s avatar

What you’re saying is perfectly clear …others would want you to talk and be empathetic to people..

and I regret and say sad as it may be it was and remains their intent to complete October 7 with the death of all Jews everywhere , they aren’t fighting over land , they just want to kill Jews ,

Do you know why ?

For no other reason then because they are Jewish !

How many times have they made peace , others have shown there can be real peace! But they have hatred in there hearts that’s been put there from their elders .

I’m not there but I’ve witnessed the history .

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Dan's avatar
Feb 22Edited

Indeed. There is and can be no talk with Nazis and Nazism. We have monitored the Re-Formation of The Nazi Party, invited to London in 2013 to do so. They spoke about their alliance with Hamas, and to support the formation of a 'State'-entity for the Arabs of Gaza and The West Bank, so the war of genocide could be completed against Israel and The Jewish People. This is also why they supported the Nazi Militias of Eastern Ukraine, to complete Hitler's War against The Russian People, for 'Lebensraum in The East for The Ethnic Germans'. They were monitored saying this too in London, by our teams.

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Wikiman “why we fight “'s avatar

I’m the same age as isreal

My brother actually was born 1948. I was at 49.

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Mark Urho's avatar

Precisely 🙌🙏🔥HASHEM has the control of everything everywhere all the time. HASHEM ALMIGHTY has given Eretz Yisrael for Jews to live forever. HASHEM divided land for all the twelve tribes, two and half tribes have their land share on the eastern side of Jordan River 🙌🙏🔥We Jews can trust ONLY HASHEM and NOTHING OR NOBODY except HIM 🙌🙏🔥We have to pray and pray, trusting only HASHEM 🙌🙏🔥The Third Temple and the Kingdom of Israel ( Davidic Dynasty) are ETERNAL and Sanhedrin is also in the Third Temple on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem Very Soon Baruch HaShem 🙌🙏🔥🇮🇱✡️❤️✡️🇮🇱The final peace is after Shechinah is dwelling in the Third Temple on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem Very Soon Baruch HaShem 🙌🙏🔥🇮🇱✡️❤️✡️🇮🇱🙌🙏🔥🙌🙏🔥🇮🇱✡️❤️✡️🇮🇱🔥🔥

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Curtis T Price's avatar

The difference between the Axis and Gaza is that Gaza is driven by a deeply embedded religion of anti-Jewish exterminationism. This is confirmed by the latest poll of Gazeans where clear majorities say they want Jews destroyed (see today's Tablet). A religion based on imperialism and conquest that has marinated the Middle East for centuries is different from a political ideology of a few decades like Nazism was. This deeply rooted anti-Semitism, like the hydra's teeth, will always grow back regardless of the Hamas head being cut off. That's why Trump's proposal of removal is the only practical solution. To allow a coalition of Middle Eastern states and the UN step in will only be a cover for another wave of Islamist resurgence.

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Kafr Dhimmi's avatar

You’re close but it’s a death cult masquerading as a religion.

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Amy Williams's avatar

Hear! Hear! Right on! I hope the State of Israel has the chutzpah to pull it off. I'm weary of reading how Hamas has been holding all the cards. But first let's get all the hostages out of harms way then level Gaza such that nobody can live there any more. End of story.

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Mary Sholl's avatar

Burn it down. All of it. Burn Gaza down.

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ClaudiaTG's avatar

Perfectly said!! 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱

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Good Humor by CK Steefel's avatar

The timing is ripe for this to happen. Enough is enough.

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Helen Rauch-Elnekave's avatar

The only true solution. No one ever said that one has to be fair in war. You just have to truly WIN.

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sylvie Schapira's avatar

No, every last gazan must be deported. Gaza should be turned into a nature reserve. You cannot 'deradicalize' or 're-educate Muslims'. Expulsion is the only solution. And not taking terrorists alive. In Israeli prisons, they are assets for terrorists to take Israeli hostages. We have to change every policy that we have carried out. We know the genocidal intention against Israel.

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Dana Ramos's avatar

This is absolutely right. I hope and pray Israel takes this very hard stance, and I think they will. Why? Because Trump has his back and would like to get right to it, no more waiting. And yet, he is allowing Israel to choose the time best for them. I'm guessing here, but I think the six hostages coming out this weekend will be the last. There is no Phase Two, nothing more can be done. "Go-time" is imminent. Or as soon as the last, critical chess pieces are moved into place.

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EKB's avatar

Yes total defeat of Hamas, but Israel has neither the will nor the finances to rebuild gaza on her own so she does need the rest of the world.

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