Netanyahu: 'Sooner Or Later We'll Have To Finish The Job In Gaza'

[Purveyor]

Likud chair Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday responded to a roadside bomb near Gaza's Kissufim crossing which killed an IDF soldier earlier in the day.

"Sooner or later we'll need to finish the job in Gaza, and that we will do," he said.

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[LakeSamish706]

1. It would seem to me he is looking to start WW3 with a statement like that! n/t

[wundermaus]

2. Genocide...

Has a familiar ring to it, doesn't it? "Never again"... rings hollow now.

[Jefferson23]

3. That man is insane. End the occupation crazy man.

[FiveGoodMen]

4. What, exactly, does 'finish the job' mean?

Adolf would be so proud.

[Middle finga]

5. Sound's a lot like Adolf's "Final Solution"

[FiveGoodMen]

6. Yup. That's how it sounds to me, too.

[GoesTo11]

12. Don't be intentionally obtuse.

He means getting rid of Hamas. That would involve ugly battle and many civilian deaths for sure, but he is not talking about genocide and it's completely disingenuous to pretend that's what he means.

[FiveGoodMen]

29. How do you know what he means?

[GoesTo11]

31. Using my brain helps.

Netanyahu was PM before. You can see what he did do and what he didn't do. He didn't try to start a genocide.

He may be a hardliner but he's not a nutcase. In this situation, since Israel's declared goals were about Hamas, it is quite reasonable to assume that finishing the job refers to Hamas.

[shira]

32. remember now....Netanyahu and Israel want genocide

and Hamas has not, and never did, desire genocide because they're a national liberation movement.

Yep, got it.

[FiveGoodMen]

33. And since Israel shoots at everyone in Gaza, they must think they're all Hamas

If 'Hamas' doesn't surrender, how do they 'finish' the job of stopping all those Gazans?

[Shaktimaan]

35. does it matter?

we are discussing what Bibi meant, not whether it is a realistic goal or not. If a US politician swore to "destroy Al Qaeda" you would not infer that he really meant, "because we can't tell exactly who is in Al Qaeda we are going to nuke the entire middle east." Or would you?

And since Israel shoots at everyone in Gaza, they must think they're all Hamas

Nevermind, I didn't notice that you had abandoned reason.

Yes, Israel shoots at everyone in Gaza. And they think that everyone there is in Hamas. :sarcasm:

[madrchsod]

7. so binny boy just fire up the big cats and push them into the sea!

Caterpillar needs the business so order some extra big cats and your problems are solved....

[oberliner]

8. People are always so quick to the Hitler/Nazi Germany comparisons when it comes to Israel

It's really something.

[Idealism]

9. Just curious, what does "finish the job" mean to you?

Obviously you have a differing opinion of the previous posters on this thread.

Just boastful election campaign promises or is Bibi sticking to his neo-con worldview guns?

[oberliner]

10. I'm confident it does not mean exterminate all Palestinians

Probably he means the removal of the Hamas government from power in Gaza.

Certainly I completely oppose his position on this subject, but I think it is ridiculous to claim it is akin to Hitler.

[Idealism]

11. That wasn't exactly the question

Do you think it is just him trying to win votes or do you truly believe he will start another Cast Lead?

[GoesTo11]

13. Good question

Certainly trying to win votes. Maybe would start another Cast Lead depending on how a lot of things play out.

[oberliner]

14. I don't think he would re-invade Gaza

He seems a lot more fixated on Iran.

But who knows what foolishness he would endeavour to engage in?

I'm still hoping the Israelis will not give him the chance!

[Idealism]

15. You and me both, I hope the Israeli population comes to their senses!

Unless they already know he is against a two-state solution, and embrace that :(

[Recursion]

19. Both sides need to get that through their heads

Likud is not talking about killing all the Arabs, and Hamas (despite Israeli paranoia to the contrary) is not talking about killing all the Jews. Both just want exclusive administration of the land.

[Tripmann]

22. I'm sure nobody 'intended' to exterminate 1200 palestinians

to hammer Hamas a few weeks ago. The trouble is when two politicians vying to lead a country, backed by state of the art weaponry, get into a pissing contest about whos going to take the tougher line, it ends bad for the palestinians.

When you lay refugees to siege, it ends bad for the palestinians.

When you use white phosphorous over the most densely populated place on earth, it ends bad for the palestinians.

Intentions? Meanings?

[oberliner]

23. Why would you use the word exterminate here?

Many more people have been killed (and are currently being killed) in conflicts around the world, including, of course, at the hands of US soldiers.

For some reason, they word "exterminate" does not seem to ever be used in any of those contexts - only in connection with Israel.

[Tripmann]

24. Because YOU used it in the post I replied to.......

[oberliner]

25. Fair enough

I used the term because the implication of the Nazi comparison seemed to suggest that was Netanyahu's intention.

I would not call what took place in Gaza over the past month an "extermination" of the Palestinians.

[Tripmann]

26. I would not call it that either, however...

...there are a lot newly made widows, widowers and orphans in Gaza, still held under siege, who may not care whether they lost their loved ones through an attempt at extermination or as an 'unavoidable' consequence of the bombing of their refugee camp.

Would it make that big a difference to you if you had to sift through rubble for parts of your loved ones?

[oberliner]

27. It is awful

I lament the loss of life, especially of the children, as well as the large-scale destruction and numerous injuries that have resulted from this invasion.

That being said, however, I do not think Nazi comparisons are appropriate and I question why some folks are so quick to jump to that particular analogy.

[Shaktimaan]

16. I find it amazing that everyone is so quick to assume something like that.

Is it possible that most people are knowingly joking or exaggerating when they draw those immediate comparisons, or are that many people really misunderstanding this simple statement so badly?

[EFerrari]

18. I find it amazing that you could mistake this thug's statement for anything

else especially in view of the last three weeks.

[Shaktimaan]

21. anything else but...

...the extermination of the Palestinians?

You really think that Bibi just made "genocide of the Palestinians" one of his campaign promises?

Really?

For real?



edit: That is really what you think?

[shira]

30. it's comical, isn't it?

Absolute insanity.

I wouldn't vote for Bibi either, but I know 100% damn well that genocide isn't what he meant. What he meant, most likely, is what some IDF troops said when they came back from Gaza. That they were very close to ending Hamas.

[oberliner]

28. He had nothing to do with the events of the last three weeks

Likud is not part of the current government - Netanyahu is in the opposition right now.

Netanyahu is a right-winger to be sure, but there is no way you can believe that he wants to exterminate the Palestinians.

[Bodhi BloodWave]

20. I think some of it can be attributed to exactly why was talking

and admittedly i myself read it as 'getting them expelled from the land by any means'

[azurnoir]

17. So it's back to

I can bomb them better, no I can bomb them more ........ Geebus

[bemildred]

34. Sooner or later, we're going to have to deal with nitwits like Nuttyahoo.

Who is a bigger obstacle to peace, the Settlers or Hamas? Take your pick.