Hamas War

Friday, July 11, 2025

Hamas/Gaza War Musings #50: Deja Vu, Yet Again-- Will Israel Ever Learn?


This post is based on my last night's "Gnite" on Facebook. That's a message I write most nights before going to sleep. Sometimes I haven't a clue what my fingers are going to type out, and sometimes I find myself elaborating on what has been filling my head, generally something to do with the WAR.

I think it's extremely important to remember that Israel's WAR FOR SURVIVAL has a number of fronts. From what I understand, the northern front is now quiet. But what does that mean? Did our enemies surrender?

Just a few weeks ago Israel decided that the time had come to try to destroy Iran's nuclear development, which seemed impossible, since we don't have strong enough bombs to go deeply enough. Also Iran immediately began bombing Israeli cities, and our Iron Dome and other defensive "machinery" only partially prevented destruction and death in Israeli cities. After the USA completed the bombing of Iran's nuclear development center, utilizing the damage that Israel had accomplished. This front also quieted down without anything that could be called a surrender by Iran.

Now Israel has returned to fighting in Gaza, Deja Vu.

Early in the war, I'd read in the newspapers and internet interviews with IDF reservists on the southern front who'd say it's the second, third or fourth time ... or more, they've battled and taken over the same sections of Gaza. After each of the previous wars, Bibi who was usually (or always) Prime Minister at the time, would declare that we "won," and the Gazans/Hamas/or whatever you want to call them had been stopped and "know that we're stronger." Then we'd leave, the terrorists would return and within a year or two or three, they'd attack us yet again.

Of course 20 years ago, when Arik Sharon ordered Disengagement, we were told that if the Arabs dared to attack us ... we'd be back. Obviously that was a very empty threat.

In the past twenty years, since the Israeli Government destroyed Gush Katif and turned thousands of hardworking Israelis into refugees, destroyed homes and successful businesses, we've been attacked, bombed, suffered rocket attacks and then the perverse, violent, murderous massacre and kidnapping on October 7, 2023. Arik's Disengagement failed completely.

How many wars and how many dead Israelis will it take for Bibi to get/comprehend the message? We need a TOTAL VICTORY. The enemy must surrender. It's suicidal to make a "deal" with those terrorists. And he's not even demanding that every single solitary hostage alive and dead be returned before he'd even "talk." Bibi Netanyahu doesn't know how to negotiate. He just surrenders.

I know that this may sound "cruel," but someone ought to tell the yellow "bring them out at any cost" crowd two simple things:
    1- their campaign is showing the terrorists how to break us. Just kidnap Israelis and Israel will fold.
    2- Bibi and the IDF aren't holding the hostages. They should have focused their demonstrations on the Red Cross, who've never even visited the hostages.

There won't be peace until we fight to win, to destroy the enemy and to do this we must stop the woke "humanitarian aid" and the ridiculous counterproductive "warnings" which undermine the effectiveness of our fighting and endangers our precious soldiers.

OK, I said it. I could say more... maybe next week. Gd willing...

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Kudos, accolades, Batya!
You hit the nail RIGHT ON THE HEAD!!!!
Please keep up yr wonderful insight. We need to hear yr words of wisdom!! They'

Ariela Ben Eliezer said...

They're enlightening and strengthening.

Batya said...

Anonymous and Ariela, thanks, I'm glad that you agree.

Anonymous said...

בס"ד

".....There won't be peace until we fight to win, to destroy the enemy and to do this we must stop the woke "humanitarian aid" and the ridiculous counterproductive "warnings" which undermine the effectiveness of our fighting and endangers our precious soldiers." That sentence defines the reality of the situation precisely.

There won't be peace until we stop playing by American rules which were imposed on us when it became clear to our benefactors that we meant business. The spineless so called leaders of this failing non-Jewish enterprise called the state of all it's peoples couldn't muster the collective courage to oppose the hypocritical rules of engagement imposed on our precious soldiers. They would rather needlessly sacrifice these brave soldiers on the altar of political expediency than offend the duplicitous American and European champions of morality.

This whole theatre about the cessation of aid is one big massive lie. Aid never ceased to enter azza except for a day or two. I would love to know who ordered the domestic media to run with this outrageous deception because the foreign press picked up on it and screamed, "genocide." The imbeciles in the Knesset and the mockingbird media are providing the slanderous accusations for the foreign media to throw back in our faces.

And yes, unfortunately, we either fight to win, or we will lose. There is no other outcome possible barring divine intervention. We know that there will be such an intervention, but until it comes, how many korbanot of precious Jewish neshamot will be sent to die to appease our foreign and domestic overlords.

-----stingray-----

Batya said...

stingray, exactly. It's so clear to us. Why don't others see it?