There is all this talk about peace and negotiations etc, but riddle me this how can Israel be expected to enter negotiations with a terrorist organisation whose only goal is the destruction of the Israeli state?
Why should Israel negotiate with terrorists who still have it's citizens being held captive?
Apparently you are a bad person for having these sort of views. I find it to be a bit baffling and bewildering.
Surely before any negotiations start the hostages need to be released, and guarantees need to be made about the future and security of Israel and it's people?
Corky, genuine question; and No, I'm not having a dig here, are you a Republican?
Also, you do understand that Gaza is a Palestinian Territory, one of two, the other being the West Bank. There are approximately 4.4m people (or were rather, probably about 250K-300K less now), and they live in the West Bank with approximately 5,860Km, while the Gaza strip is only 360Km, and then some space in East Jerusalem.
This is because since 1948, the Jewish settlers contrived to start a war with the indigenous Palestinian population (1st Arab-Israeli war, or the Nakba) Rather than type loads here, there is a link here to the wiki page for the Nakba.
The Nakba
Please note the description of the event in the Text box on the centre right of the top page.
Motive: Anti-Arab racism, Zionism, Settler Colonialism.
Attack type: Ethnic cleansing, forced displacement, dispossession, mass killing, settler colonialism, biological warfare
So, since 1948 the Zionist Israeli state has been stealing land from the Palestinians, building illegal settlements, stole land from sovereign states i.e. Egypt and Syria. Israel has defied over a 130+ UN Resolutions and over 80_ UN Security Council resolutions. Indeed, you mention the ICJ and HAMAS not releasing the hostages (who by the way, the Israeli state are actually targeting so as avoid being held over the proverbial barrel ~ NB this statement has been backed up by endless online commentary and evidence) Netanyahu, has used the October 7th attack (which he probably orchestrated via the Israeli intelligence services to remain in power!) as an excuse to clear the Gaza strip for further Israeli expansion (see the meeting regards the development and construction in the North of Gaza by Israeli developers)
Yet, after Israel has killed over 250,000 in just this latest period of genocide (ethnic cleansing) and reduced Gaza to rubble, you have the temerity to say, all that HAMAS has to do is surrender the hostages, and what do you think would happen once that happens?
Personally, after listening to the fact that Netanyahu won't surrender himself to the ICJ arrest warrant, why should HAMAS surrender the hostages?
After Israel has brutalised, killed, maimed, abducted, kidnapped, harvested organs from Palestinian captives, 'disappeared' Palestinians, switch off power, water and stop food distribution to one of the largest open air concentration camps in the world, and you stand by a psychopathic, war-mongering regime, that thinks of nothing of using snipers to shoot children in the head, or injure children to bring out civilians to be bombed or shot indiscriminately. They think of nothing about lying about the medical services and UNRWA are all HAMAS infiltrated and controlled, and yet again, I refer you to an earlier post that HAMAS is an Israeli Intelligence 'controlled-opposition' organisation as admitted by the Times of Israel (and hundreds of different sources on-line) They then actually target these services and cry 'it was an accident', or they will investigate the incident, but what happens? Absolutely nothing every time.
They actually fire on UN personnel and installations and Israel is always protected by the USA veto vote in the UN Security Council, and again nothing happens...
So, just where is the justification in asking for HAMAS to comply with international law, whilst Israel has been ignoring international law since 1949!?
Yet, you still defend a failing 'illegal' colonial-settler state, which was born out of terrorism and an illegal war; not to mention the killing of British civilians and military personnel.
The Zionists used terrorism to create the illegal state of Israel, then followed the illegal wars, the illegal land grabs, the murder and displacement of thousands upon thousands of Palestinians, and are still doing so.
This is all done in the name of creating space for the Greater Israel State or an increase in the amount of land available or again here's a term for you, Lebensraum, who I wonder who originally coined that phrase..?
Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Iran are all dominoes which need knocking down for the Zionist payroll masters.
Have a read or a listen to this, but please read the article too;
When The Holocaust Returned It Came Denouncing Anti-Semitism And Wearing A Star Of David
I look forward to your response Corky.
Good wishes my friend