Israel fires more missiles into Syria, report from the Jerusalem Post. [msn.com]
The reason I have put this here is Netanyahu/ IDF seem intent on expanding to a regional war. Israel has also warned the UN of this [timesofisrael.com] Why would Hezbollah disarm when they are constantly under threat of missile attack from Israel?
Everyone welcomes a ceasefire in Gaza but remember, the ceasefire is with Hamas not Hezbollah. Media in Australia report the release of 50 Israeli women and children but fail to mention the release of 150 Palestinian women and children, an obvious and glaring omission of the terms of the ceasefire.
It will be interesting to see if Israel continues to contact Hezbollah in Syria and Hezbollah in Lebanon during the ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza. I think the continued aggression against targets in Syria confirms Netanyahu does indeed want to expand to a regional war. The reason for this is rather simple.
Winning sides don't have war criminals. If this Israel war remains in Gaza, the world at large will demand heads role for the slaughter of 13,000 civilians (current count) in collective punishment. Netanyahu knows this. But he also knows if the war is expanded the genocide in Gaza will lose significance as violence escalates and therefore, he will get away with his slaughter.
Netanyahu is a very arrogant man, out for his place in Jewish history as the creator of a greater Israel. He thinks he has god on his side and will win. I think he suffers badly from hubris and arrogance and is very wrong in his assessment of victory. He will destroy Israel if left in power.
I find it interesting that during the Ottoman Empire Palestine never became a state but remained a "territory". I think they were onto something, like they knew that Jerusalem being the cradle of civilization that it is, that allowing any group to claim ownership and Palestine achieving statehood would be dangerous, so it remained a territory owned by none. Clever.