So they admit they cannot defeat Hamas and yet….
JVL Introduction
Peter Beinart spends time listening to pro-Israeli sources and finds that they are admitting that the goals of what has now been 21 months of slaughter in Gaza will not be achieved.
They recognise now that Israel cannot defeat Hamas – something that many people said from the very beginning. Equally, they have failed dismally in their goal of resuing the hostages.
There has been no plan for after the war other than the equally unattainable goal of forced expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza.
What is missing is any accountability for this fiasco, this war crime, this slaughter of what is now estimated at four perent of Gaza’s population.
LL/RK
This article was originally published by The Beinart Notebook on Tue 8 Jul 2025. Read the original here.
Now They Tell Us
Israel’s defenders finally admit that its assault on Gaza has failed
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