Ian Welsh To Summarize the Israeli/Gaza War

[Sam1]

1) The causus-belli, the kidnapping and death of three Israeli teenagers was false. This has now been admitted by Israeli officials. There was never a scrap of proof, only supposition.

2) Bibi said Hamas did it, and started a war based on that, for vengeance.

3) Ooops.

4) Except that we all know it was just a pretext. Doing it based on a lie just rubs that in.

5) Hamas has been fighting better than last time, inflicting enough Israeli casualties to matter.

6) Israel has been deliberately leveling large parts of Gaza. The damage is much worse than Cast Lead. Most refugees will have no home to go back to.

7) Israel wants truces now, but by and large it’s Hamas who is refusing them.

8) Why?

[frazzled]

1. Who is Ian Welsh?

and (1) how do you know what he is going to say? and (2) is there a reason why we should care what he says?

[SnakeEyes]

2. Anti-Israel, pro-Hamas type

that blogs garbage like was in the OP. Not going to bother other than say the kidnappings were real and the war started because of Hamas rockets

[Sam1]

3. ok refute his numbered points.

Name calling is for those who don't want to do the hard work of analyzing positions.

[Sam1]

4. The kidnappings were real but

there is no evidence that Hamas was the perp.