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Weekly Israel-Hamas war megathread - week of July 22
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Top UN court says Israel’s presence in occupied Palestinian territories is illegal and should end (APnews)
Not unexpected. If anything, this has come really late.
On a Dutch newssite today I saw that essentially, Oct 7 is still an open wound and that it's difficult for Israelians to empathize. Which... Makes sense. And with how Hamas nor Netanyahu's cabinet seem to be motivated to negotiate in good faith, I'm afraid that peace is not going to happen anytime soon.
I really wonder if the Israelians understand, or are even capable to understand given the situation, just how badly they are damaging their own standing.
If this keeps up for more than a year, I'm half expecting a two state solution to be imposed on them.
It's not just their world standing in the short run. An entire generation of young people in their most politically formative years are being shaped by this event, and the consequences of that will be felt by Israelis for decades to come, long after Netanyahu is dead.
I know Netanyahu is deeply unpopular in Israel, but I suspect that will not make much difference unless they can depose him and change course dramatically. Otherwise, as older generations pass away and the younger generation becomes the major voting bloc, they will still be thinking of the nation of Israel as an unstable and unconscionable ally — and possibly not even as an ally at all.
This seems like it could be really quite significant:
Palestinian factions agree to form unity government after talks in China