Netanyahu signals peace talks with Lebanon as Europe abhors continued Israeli bombing

You cant have a state within a state attacking its neighbor and not expect the neighbor to have restraint. I hope for Lebanon the state can finally punt Iran from their twenty

Maybe the United States or Europe could do that. But Iran will prevent that, and the leaders of Lebanon are cautious to put themselves into another civil war. They don’t want to become another Sudan because they know no one will come to help them unless they sell off their assets. The United States government already funds and trains the Lebanese army. And they’re already getting worldwide hate for combating Iran, so there’s a very low likelihood that they 1.) could step in to help Lebanon without destabilizing the nation and causing mass death or 2.) would step in to help them around a midterm or election cycle, especially when they’re already engaging Iran. It’s a very complex and unstable situation.

They ARE a political party, though they'll never be allowed to get full power (even if hypothetically most of Lebanon supported them) because their constitution mandates that the President be a Maronite Christian and the Prime Minister be a Sunni Muslim. On one side I can see how this seems unfair for them and the Shi'as but I also see the point of the clause so that no one singular group (like Hezbollah) doesn't attain absolute power. Shitty for the Shia's tho, they don't have as much representation in government as the Maronites and Sunnis do, specially the Christians since they get 50% of seats in parliament despite only making ~30% of the population.

so are you being serious? your solution for the ceasefire is a civil war? lol kay

Israel has not started a single war. They surely end them though

Honestly, it's either that, or disarming *everyone*, or replacing leadership on all sides with people that will not *use* the weapons they have. So yeah, good luck. (and you still need an outside power to actually make that happen).

I guess the school children Hezbollah killed in a football game were secretly IDF

Right? If we all just got together and got rid of Ukraine there'd be peace in Europe! On a more serious note, if we work toward eliminating the atmosphere we won't have to be worried about climate change.

What in the world makes you think that? Why would Palestine be any more peaceful than its neighbors? Arguably the only reason there's peace in Jordan, Egypt, and Israel is Israel's existence. If it didn't exist, the Jordanian dictatorship would have fallen long ago as it is propped by the US, and nothing would stop Egypt from being at war with Palestine. Just as Syria saw Lebanon as part of it and tried to conquer it, both Jordan and Egypt originally considered big parts of Israel to be land that should be theirs, and only gave up on it when Israel won 1948. See the original Arab plan for what would happen if the Arab armies won in 1948. Hint: There wouldn't have been a Palestine. Mostly Syria, Egypt, and Jordan fighting over it. Jordan saw Jerusalem as theirs and had annexed the West Bank anyway despite losing 1948, Egypt wanted the Negev, Syria wanted the Golan (along with Lebanon, which they failed to conquer due to the civil war which involved Palestinians and Israel). If Israel didn't exist, there's a very good chance neither would Lebanon, and almost certainly: neither would Palestine.

The 1948 invasion actually happened before the so called "Nakba".

Why has the US threatened to invade Canada and Denmark, then? The times are changing, allies don’t mean much to America and if the US is leaving the Middle East, Israel looses its strategic importance. It is only my opinion I have not national political power. But I think it is our moral duty to do this one, last regime change war before we leave the region for good.

IDS (Israel Derangement Syndrome)

Naw I’m just sick of shoveling Israel’s shit.

Why does it matter if they are a democracy? The entire government still needs to be replaced for their to be peace and justice.

death and destruction is not a f****** football match, how is that hard to grasp?

Between the 2 of usnim the only one with comments unhidden. What are you talking about

Seems like you think the new world Israel has ushered in is one where "elimination of a whole country" is a thing. If you have such a low opinion of Israel, why are you rushing to their defense?

North Korea has 26.6 million people. Funny you bring up Germany post WWII because dissolution of the country was heavily discussed and considered.