Appreciate comments and criticisms. One thing I'm not is an anti-semite. Although not Jewish, I am like that huge number of American Jews in Jim Gerstein's poll who believe you can be pro-Israel and against that government and the conduct of the Gaza war. I am anti Bibi as are most Israelis. Thanks for responding..
When it comes to the prosecution of the war, the majority of Israel agree. Al, please list the policies that you think Israel should change. Also, please name a realistic potential successor to Netanyahu that agrees with you. My guess is that you can’t. It sounds like you are arguing for Israel to leave Hamas in place and control of Gaza while trying to sound Pro-Israel. It is true you can be pro Israel while disagreeing with the Israeli government policies but the specific policies you have a problem with are important. Please list the policies you don’t like!
I must have missed the part where you, along with all the other "thinkers" demanded the unilateral surrender of ALL hostages, immediately from HAMAS. As well as the immediate cessation of firing unguided rockets into civilian areas in Israel
A religious war requires a solution of biblical proportions...not half measures and fantasy.
Rumors are emanating from Washington DC and the UK as to unilaterally recognizing a Palestinian state without including Israel in the conversations. Aside from the fact doing so would be an egregious act of hubris; doing so would be rewarding Hamas for the October 7th atrocity while putting Israel in an untenable situation in that the lesson Islamic extremists would embrace is that terrorism is far more effective than negotiations.
There is a far more tenable solution but it would require upending the current paradigm that Israel must once again trade land for peace i.e. the solution would require Arabs and Turkey to trade land for peace. Turkey’s Erdogan has long dreamed of uniting Islamic countries and here is his chance…perhaps to win the Nobel Peace Prize rather than be ejected from NATO.
There is a place for every Palestinian in Gaza and the West Bank but first one must accept negotiating with a fictional people has passed; “Palestinians” are stateless Arabs and Muslims. There is no need to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state when a far more viable state can be negotiated with the added benefit of an answer in distance…but not apartheid which simply means apartness; I mean real distance.
There is a common sense solution when one calculates the length of the coastline going north from Lebanon including the Tartus/Latakia Governorates of Syria combined with the Hatay (appendix) Province of Turkey it constitutes a strip of land on the Mediterranean that equals Israel’s shoreline. The Tartus Governorate is 731 sq. mi. / the Latakia Governorate is 887 sq. mi. / the Hatay Province is 2133 sq. mi. for a total of 3751 sq. mi. of mostly arable land far exceeding the 1450 sq. mi. of arable land in Israel…and enough shoreline to create an Arab Riviera along with enough land to absorb the every Palestinian in the 2,183 sq. mi. West Bank and the 17 sq. mi. Gaza strip with ease.
Hatay Province is a dirty little secret kept quiet and away from outside eyes; Hatay was annexed in 1939 within a year of the death of Turkey’s founder Ataturk who recognized Hatay as a Syrian province; a deal that was a French ploy to preempt any Turkish alliance with Nazi Germany in an echo of WW1.
Land for peace has been a mantra for decades as have the two state and one state “solutions” and all have failed miserably. It is both reasonable and logical a just God of Sinai would impose upon Islam the definition of justice they themselves imposed upon Israel. The land for peace solution requires detaching the festering appendix that is Hatay Province from Turkey to be joined with Tartus and Latakia to create a federal district much like the District of Columbia; the capitol of the nation of Ishmael which would form around it; an Arab Mediterranean Riviera. It is a vision Erdogan, the Arab states and the Palestinians would find very appealing.
It would be very easy to evacuate Gaza by ship for the short 340 mile trip to Hatay Province. Once the pretense of an identifiable “Palestinian” people is dropped they can start building the Mediterranean Riviera that was originally envisioned by the fools who ceded Gaza. Finally, distance and neutrality would render Islamists incapable of threatening Israel with missiles… potentially avoiding WW3.
Hunt's statement here reveals the futility of the game Biden is playing. By attacking Netanyahu as he has (and Schumer as well) he thinks he will win over the antisemites in his party. But they will not be placated by anything less than the actual destruction of Israel, and while Hunt may not have gone that far, the fact that even he is as deluded about all this as he is should tell Biden what a dead-end he's gone up into.
Hey Al, please answer this question. I’m pro-Ukraine but I disagree with the Ukrainian governments policies, particularly in resisting to Russia’s invasion. I’m just anti Zelensky. Is that legitimate?
Al, just say that you want Israel to stop the war with Hamas(Hamas will then remain in control of Gaza amd rearm to conduct another Oct. 7 and stop hiding behind just being anti Bibi
When it comes to the prosecution of the war, the majority of Israel agree. Al, please list the policies that you think Israel should change. Also, please name a realistic potential successor to Netanyahu that agrees with you. My guess is that you can’t. It sounds like you are arguing for Israel to leave Hamas in place and control of Gaza while trying to sound Pro-Israel. It is true you can be pro Israel while disagreeing with the Israeli government policies but the specific policies you have a problem with are important. Please list the policies you don’t like!
Appreciate comments and criticisms. One thing I'm not is an anti-semite. Although not Jewish, I am like that huge number of American Jews in Jim Gerstein's poll who believe you can be pro-Israel and against that government and the conduct of the Gaza war. I am anti Bibi as are most Israelis. Thanks for responding..
When it comes to the prosecution of the war, the majority of Israel agree. Al, please list the policies that you think Israel should change. Also, please name a realistic potential successor to Netanyahu that agrees with you. My guess is that you can’t. It sounds like you are arguing for Israel to leave Hamas in place and control of Gaza while trying to sound Pro-Israel. It is true you can be pro Israel while disagreeing with the Israeli government policies but the specific policies you have a problem with are important. Please list the policies you don’t like!
I must have missed the part where you, along with all the other "thinkers" demanded the unilateral surrender of ALL hostages, immediately from HAMAS. As well as the immediate cessation of firing unguided rockets into civilian areas in Israel
Israel has to finish off Hamas. If they don't the Islamists will declare victory while sitting in the ruins.
Why is Al hiding the policies he disagrees with? If he thinks Israel should stop prosecuting the war, then why can’t he just say it?
A religious war requires a solution of biblical proportions...not half measures and fantasy.
Rumors are emanating from Washington DC and the UK as to unilaterally recognizing a Palestinian state without including Israel in the conversations. Aside from the fact doing so would be an egregious act of hubris; doing so would be rewarding Hamas for the October 7th atrocity while putting Israel in an untenable situation in that the lesson Islamic extremists would embrace is that terrorism is far more effective than negotiations.
There is a far more tenable solution but it would require upending the current paradigm that Israel must once again trade land for peace i.e. the solution would require Arabs and Turkey to trade land for peace. Turkey’s Erdogan has long dreamed of uniting Islamic countries and here is his chance…perhaps to win the Nobel Peace Prize rather than be ejected from NATO.
There is a place for every Palestinian in Gaza and the West Bank but first one must accept negotiating with a fictional people has passed; “Palestinians” are stateless Arabs and Muslims. There is no need to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state when a far more viable state can be negotiated with the added benefit of an answer in distance…but not apartheid which simply means apartness; I mean real distance.
There is a common sense solution when one calculates the length of the coastline going north from Lebanon including the Tartus/Latakia Governorates of Syria combined with the Hatay (appendix) Province of Turkey it constitutes a strip of land on the Mediterranean that equals Israel’s shoreline. The Tartus Governorate is 731 sq. mi. / the Latakia Governorate is 887 sq. mi. / the Hatay Province is 2133 sq. mi. for a total of 3751 sq. mi. of mostly arable land far exceeding the 1450 sq. mi. of arable land in Israel…and enough shoreline to create an Arab Riviera along with enough land to absorb the every Palestinian in the 2,183 sq. mi. West Bank and the 17 sq. mi. Gaza strip with ease.
Hatay Province is a dirty little secret kept quiet and away from outside eyes; Hatay was annexed in 1939 within a year of the death of Turkey’s founder Ataturk who recognized Hatay as a Syrian province; a deal that was a French ploy to preempt any Turkish alliance with Nazi Germany in an echo of WW1.
Land for peace has been a mantra for decades as have the two state and one state “solutions” and all have failed miserably. It is both reasonable and logical a just God of Sinai would impose upon Islam the definition of justice they themselves imposed upon Israel. The land for peace solution requires detaching the festering appendix that is Hatay Province from Turkey to be joined with Tartus and Latakia to create a federal district much like the District of Columbia; the capitol of the nation of Ishmael which would form around it; an Arab Mediterranean Riviera. It is a vision Erdogan, the Arab states and the Palestinians would find very appealing.
It would be very easy to evacuate Gaza by ship for the short 340 mile trip to Hatay Province. Once the pretense of an identifiable “Palestinian” people is dropped they can start building the Mediterranean Riviera that was originally envisioned by the fools who ceded Gaza. Finally, distance and neutrality would render Islamists incapable of threatening Israel with missiles… potentially avoiding WW3.
What about the hostages? How will a ceasefire now force Hamas to release them?
The war should continue until ALL the hostages are home, and all the terrorists have been disarmed.
I had no idea Alan Hunt was an anti-Semite.
Not a surprise, I guess.
He is a Leftist.
Hitler to Stalin to the DNC, the Left always goes after the Jews.
Hunt's statement here reveals the futility of the game Biden is playing. By attacking Netanyahu as he has (and Schumer as well) he thinks he will win over the antisemites in his party. But they will not be placated by anything less than the actual destruction of Israel, and while Hunt may not have gone that far, the fact that even he is as deluded about all this as he is should tell Biden what a dead-end he's gone up into.
*sigh*. Truly ridiculous nonsense from a denizen of the Washington swamp.
this guy is the poster child for idiot think in this country. The only thing that the lefties are better at than failed policies is burning bridges
Al, just listened to your last podcast. I notice that you can’t say a bad thing about Hamas? Why is that? You blame everything in Israel.
Can you answer any of these questions, Al?
Hey Al, please answer this question. I’m pro-Ukraine but I disagree with the Ukrainian governments policies, particularly in resisting to Russia’s invasion. I’m just anti Zelensky. Is that legitimate?
I’m sure if there are weapons that only kill the ad guys, Israel would be happy to use them.
Al, just say that you want Israel to stop the war with Hamas(Hamas will then remain in control of Gaza amd rearm to conduct another Oct. 7 and stop hiding behind just being anti Bibi
Only problem Al, is if there is a new Prime Minister, that proceeds to defeat Hamas, you will feel the same way about them.
When it comes to the prosecution of the war, the majority of Israel agree. Al, please list the policies that you think Israel should change. Also, please name a realistic potential successor to Netanyahu that agrees with you. My guess is that you can’t. It sounds like you are arguing for Israel to leave Hamas in place and control of Gaza while trying to sound Pro-Israel. It is true you can be pro Israel while disagreeing with the Israeli government policies but the specific policies you have a problem with are important. Please list the policies you don’t like!