Prime Ministers of Israel

Hear hear

What nonsense - if Israel wanted to wipe out the Palestinians they would all be dead by now, at least the ones in Gaza. It has the means and opportunity to do so.

It's fighting a war against a constellation of Islamist terror groups who attacked it and have said they will do so again and again until Israel is no more.

The Arabs could have had peace decades ago but every time they chose war.

That isn't to say the Israelis are perfect; they are not. The Jewish extremists and cavemen who breed like rabbits pose as much of a threat to Israel as their Arab counterparts do. But the war is not about settlements, nor even the occupation of the West Bank and only the final eradication of Hamas, Hezbollah and the decapitation of the Iranian octopus (the Ayatollahs) will offer even the remotest chance of bringing about peace.

I wish Israel god speed in that endeavour and for genuine and lasting peace thereafter.

Actually, besides the fact that I am not Jewish, there are plenty of differences between me and Itamar Ben-Gvir; he is a radical pro-settler nutcase whereas I, as in my previous comment made clear, oppose the settlements and would even support, if I believed that it would be used for the betterment of its own people rather than as a bigger platform for Hamas et al to attack Israel, the creation of a Palestinian state.

That last point is the crux of the matter. If Israel were to disengage from the West Bank, then that territory would be used to attack Israel, just as the Gaza Strip was. Those territories were not occupied by Israel until 1967 and yet until the 1967 war the Arabs were still committed to Israel's destruction. The conflict isn't about settlements or even the occupation itself and wrong though the former certainly are, both could end tomorrow and there would still be no peace. The Arabs would continue to attack Israel then cry at the inevitable consequences.