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David George's avatar

Is it only "escalation" when Israel responds?

You are aware that Hezbollah has been firing thousands of rockets, incendiaries and missiles into Israel for the past nine months? Doesn't that constitute a declaration of war?

With Tehran's Islamist regime providing the weapons and training for terrorism and death throughout the region perhaps we should be focusing on neutralising that cancer.

"Every one of the troubles affecting Israel at present originate in Iran. It is the Revolutionary Islamic government there that has made the eradication of Israel a priority. It is Iran that is ensuring that Israel is fighting a war on – effectively – seven fronts. Not just against Hamas in Gaza or Hezbollah in Iran but against the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen among many others.

After the October 7 attacks – again funded and backed by Iran – the regime in Tehran looked on with satisfaction as the world turned not on Hamas but on Israel. The regime delighted in the useful idiots and others in the West turning against Israel rather than on the terrorists of Hamas. The Supreme Leader – Ayatollah Khamenei – even expressed his public gratitude and support for students at American universities who were bringing their institutions to a halt as a protest against Israel’s right to defend itself."

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08/01/israel-has-shown-it-can-still-hit-back/

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Max Ritchie's avatar

Gaza attacked Israel brutally. There is no doubt about that. Civilians were murdered, hundreds of them, by Hamas thugs. The wider question is NZ’s interests. The Government is wise to focus on the Asia-Pacific region.

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