#israel defence force

[kaapstadgirly]

1998, Edward Said.

"Israel was constructed on the ruins of another society."

via conflictechoes on insta

[documenting-apartheid]

OCTOBER 26 2014 - Australian activist Robert Martin films the Israeli Army stealing children's playground equipment in Bil'in, Occupied Palestine.

"This is what happens here in Bil'in. They come over here and try to steal the children's stuff. This is what everyone misses. The international news needs to see whats going on here. They're intimidating the children. They're doing everything they can."

"Look at them- an international person comes and they run. If I wasn't here, they might have shot one of the kids."

The Israeli army told the Palestinians if they didn't leave they would shoot Martin in the leg. Eventually, the Israeli Army retreated but not before shooting a tear gas canister in Martin's direction.

Source: Robert Martin

[sw1tchbackli]

Shabbat Shalom ✡️ from the Israeli Defense Forces 🇮🇱

[lovelylunas-world]

“Israel is acting according to international law”

was this after or before they dropped phosphorus on Gaza?🤨

Or turned off all the water and stopped food from going in?

“The idf is the most moral army in the world and isn’t trying to kill people”

so bombing civilians,stealing their belongings and stealing a child is moral?

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

Why would a battle fought 54 years ago provide key insight on what Hamas' strategy is today?

Asymmetric Warfare. It's a term that most people don't really understand. Before I did this, I was a United States Army Green Beret and I did a couple of combat tours in Iraq. And needless to say, asymmetric warfare was kind of our thing.

So, in practical terms, it is a type of war between belligerents whose relative military power, strategy or tactics differ significantly. And as a result of this, the weaker opponent will use unconventional tactics in order to maximize one's strengths against a stronger opponent's weaknesses or vulnerabilities.

For instance, an Insurgent force does not have the freedom of movement or firepower necessary to attack a forward operating base or a heavily armed column. So instead, they focus on softer logistical targets. They may choose to use a remotely activated roadside bomb instead of engaging in direct fire.

In many situations, the weaker adversary has fewer personnel and resources. And so, a significant part of their strategy is to preserve those limited resources and use the munitions that they have to the greatest possible advantage.

But here's the thing. To pull this off long term, you generally need a consistent means of supply combined with enough territory to hit, run and then hide. And Hamas doesn't have these things, at least not in sufficient supply to win against the IDF.

So, what's their strategy? What can Hamas leverage that will allow them to conduct offensive operations against a much stronger opponent and then avoid getting destroyed by the IDF's vastly superior military capability?

And the answer to that question as horrific, as it is, is civilian casualties, but probably not the ones you're thinking.

To understand this, let's discuss that example 54 years ago. The Tet Offensive in the Vietnam War virtually wiped out the Viet Kong. It was by every objective measure, a complete tactical failure. But strategically, it was invaluable. Because while achieving none of its military objectives, the Tet Offensive shattered Americans' perspective on the situation on the ground.

Opponents of the war were able to effectively use the offensive as a demonstration of the futility of American involvement. Hollywood, Academia and many in the mainstream media went to work convincing the American people that the war couldn't be won. Or perhaps just shouldn't even be fought. And in a representative government, when the electorate decides that a war is lost, it is, regardless of the situation on the ground.

Now, understand something. I'm not making an argument for the pros or cons of fighting the Vietnam War. I'm merely illustrating a point about modern Asymmetric Warfare. The lesson of the Tet Offensive is when fighting the West, you don't defeat their military. You win their electorate. And the way to do that is through the institutions which shape culture in the West, namely Hollywood, the Media and Academia.

If Hamas had decided to engage in a conventional military attack directed at only legitimate military targets, the IDF would have effectively destroyed their war fighting capability within days, and Hamas knows it. So, they engaged in asymmetric strategy.

Once we understand this, their actions on October 7th, as horrific as they are, begin to make more sense. Hamas didn't just target civilians because they were easy targets or because they despise Jews, although both of those things are true. The attack and the subsequent taking of hostages was actually designed to elicit a major response from the IDF.

But why? Well, maybe it's because to achieve their strategic objectives, Hamas needs civilian casualties. And more specifically they need Palestinian civilian casualties. And this is why.

The two entities in this conflict that lose the most from a greater peace agreement in the Middle East are Iran and the terrorist organizations they support. Upsetting this process requires much more than the random launching of rockets into Israel or strikes against legitimate military targets. The IDF is more than capable of handling such incursions, and the Israeli people have become all too accustomed to weathering such attacks without demanding an overwhelming military response. something more significant was required.

And October 7th created the kind of conditions that demanded a significant and sustained response. They needed something so obscene that Israel would have no choice but to hit back hard.

And this is where the second component of Hamas' strategy plays out. How to get Palestinian casualties. Any government actually worried about civilian casualties dedicates resources to evacuating their own civilians from hostile areas and attempts to separate the civilian population from legitimate military targets. So what conclusion should we come to when a governing body decides to do the exact opposite?

In this asymmetric environment, Hamas is not only incentivized to kill Israeli civilians, they're incentivized to maximize their own civilian casualties in the short run in order to elicit Western intervention on their behalf. As easy as it might be to explain Hamas's strategy away as nothing but mindless bloodlust, it is actually more sinister than that.

Hamas is responding to the incentive structures certain elements within the West have created. Hamas understand that the real Battlefield is not in Gaza but in the streets, University halls and newsrooms of the West. And so that is their target. And while a ceasefire seems like a humanitarian response to the tragic death of civilians, leaving Hamas intact as an operational and governing body will ultimately just reinforce that the perverse incentive structure remains the same.

And that while the West may claim to "not negotiate with terrorists," they always seem to force Israel to as soon as it becomes politically inconvenient for them.

So here's the hard reality. If you actually want to achieve anything resembling a lasting peace in this part of the world, you're never going to achieve it by creating conditions where terrorists are incentivized to hurt both the civilians of their enemies, and their own in order to achieve their political objectives.

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This, of course, was completely obvious from the moment of the al-Ahli Hospital hoax, where Western outlets worked overtime to spread Hamas propaganda without regard for truth, all the way through to the present-day "protests" which are anything but organic or grass-roots.

[deborahdeshoftim5779]

This beautiful photograph is proof of why Israel is such an incredible country.

Noa Argamani, who was kidnapped by Palestinian terrorists in October 2023, was recently rescued by Israel, along with three other hostages. She has been reunited with her father, and was able to see her terminally ill mother. As devastating as it is to have a parent that is dying, the pain would have been even worse if Noa Argamani had not been rescued.

Look at that beautiful smile. Seven months of an unspeakable nightmare are over. God bless her and her family.

This rescue proves that it was probably never necessary for Israel to do hostage deals with Hamas. Israel had and continues to have the capacity to rescue Israelis (and non-Israelis) from Palestinian terrorists. There was probably little reason for Israel to agree to release Palestinian convicts, including convicted terrorists, in return for hostages.

Remember that Israel managed the rescue of thousands of Ethiopian Jews from the Horn of Africa without anyone knowing. The 200+ hostages stolen from Israel were scattered about in the Gaza Strip, just next door, and Israel quickly overcame the terrorists during the early stages of the war. The self-righteous, pseudo-moralist hysteria over Rafah was incited by Palestinian terrorists because they have no other city of refuge left, and they are running out of leverage.

It's time for the United States, Egypt, Qatar, and the international community to stop stifling Israel's abilities and war goals. Israel can win this war against Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Israel can rescue the hostages. Israel's invasion of Gaza has enabled the latter and will therefore enable the former.

By rescuing hostages, instead of doing deals, Palestinian terrorists and their supporters lose levereage. And if they lose leverage, they can be defeated.

Stop standing in Israel's way. Palestinian terrorists started this war; the consequences are entirely of their own making. If people hated war as much as they claimed, they would support Israel achieving all of its war goals. Stripping Palestinian terrorists of their weapons, land, fuel, supplies, and levereage will ensure that they cannot start another war in the future. That will be good for the Israelis, good for those Palestinians who want peace, and good for the Middle East.

GOD BLESS THE IDF for rescuing these hostages!

As always, BRING THEM ALL HOME!

[jedi-valjean]

What level of media illiteracy is this

[daisy-mooon]

The most telling thing about Zionists is about how they will excuse the conditions that Palestinian prisoners are subjected to because they are allegedly "terrorists."

Because even if they were terrorists (we all know that they aren't but Israel wont admit that) that is not how prisons should work??? All humans deserve a fair trial, yes, even if they were supposedly a terrorist. All humans deserve a good diet, yes, even if they were supposedly a terrorist. All humans deserve a prison free from torture, yes, even if they were supposedly a terrorist. All humans deserve to be treated like a human, yes, even if they were supposedly a terrorist.

I live in the UK. If someone is sent to prison for murder, they would be allowed a fair trial, an appropriate diet, a stay completely free from torture, and are always allowed to retain their human rights. Do these things always happen? No, and the prisons are supposed to be investigated and punished when they don't. Do you know why? Because criminals, and yes, terrorists, are human beings, and human beings have human rights.

I can not fucking emphasise how much EVERYONE, and I mean EVERYONE, even the most despicable and vile people on the planet, should be allowed a fair trial. But that's not what happens to Palestinian prisoners whether they are a regular criminal, a "terrorist" or a civilian yanked off the street by the IDF.

They are systematically tried in a military court with a 90-99% conviction rate. Trials are held in Hebrew, which most Palestinians are not fluent in. Palestinians are allowed to be imprisoned for up to 6 months without trial. Compare that to the UK's 14 days. And those imprisonments can be extended every 6 months for another 6 months, leaving many Palestinians imprisoned indefinitely. Their charges are hidden to both them and their lawyers, leaving them struggling to understand how to appeal to the courts. This happens to teenagers. This happens to children.

"The teenagers that are arrested are being trained to be terrorists!" Then the teenagers should be sent to a juvenile prison, receive a support and safety network, rehabilitation, protection and a way to escape whoever is allegedly training them to be a terrorist. But that's not what happens. Racism, abuse and torture is what happens.

"But the people arrested are terrorists!" Surprisingly controversial take but I don't think that a terrorist deserves to be held indefinitely without a trial or charge and be given a biased and unfair trial, if one even happens. And let's be honest with ourselves, shall we? 99.99% of the "terrorists" in Israel's prisons for Palestinians aren't terrorists.

TLDR: Torturing terrorists is bad, actually, and terorrists do in fact deserve human rights and fair trials. Notice how Israel doesn't afford human rights to the Palestinians they claim are terrorists? It's because Israel doesn't consider terrorism a crime, it considers being Palestinian a crime.

[mirkobloom77]

‼️🇵🇸🔻🇮🇱 Al Qassam Brigades fires rockets at Tel Aviv: compilation of news post from Al Jazeera

[Plain text: Al Qassam Brigades fires rockets at Tel Aviv: compilation of news post from Al Jazeera]

🔹 Summary:

Al Qassam Brigades fire rockets from Rafah to Tel Aviv

This is said to be the first Hamas rocket attack at Tel Aviv in 6 months

Sirens sound in around 30 places in Israel

Israeli army confirms, says 8 rockets were fired and several were intercepted

Local media reports several light injuries and physical damage due to the attack

Israeli army has said that it cleared Rafah from Palestinian fighters, a claim that is being questioned because of these attacks

Rocket attack to Tel Aviv “will be seen as failure odds Israeli army”

🇵🇸🔻🇮🇱 Qassam Brigades says it attacked Tel Aviv, sirens sound

🔹 [11:15 GMT, 6:15 CST]

🇵🇸🔻🇮🇱 More info on rocket attacks

🔹 [11:35 GMT, 6:35 CST], half an hour after last post

🇵🇸🔻🇮🇱 Israeli army confirms 8 rockets launched from Rafah to Tel Aviv

🔹 [11:50 GMT, 6:50 CST], twenty minutes after last post

🇮🇱🔻🇵🇸 Rocket attack on Tel Aviv raises questions on Israeli military operation

🔸 Reported by Hani Mahmoud from Deir el-Balah, in central Gaza

🔹 [12:20 GMT, 7:20 CST]

🇮🇱🔻🇵🇸 More info on rocket attacks: light injuries and damage, alarms sound on around 30 areas of Israeli

🔹 [13:00 GMT, 8:00 CST], almost two hours after initial post

🇮🇱🔻🇵🇸 Rocket attack will be seen as failure of Israeli army

🔸 Reported by Imran Khan from Amman, Jordan

🔹 [13:40 GMT, 8:40 CST]

[kaapstadgirly]

I'm so speechless. To think there are so much more trapped underneath the rubble just like this, but they are not found 💔

eye.on.palestine

[documenting-apartheid]

Demonstrators wave Palestinian flags in front of Israeli troops as they protest against Israel's plan to demolish the Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan Al Ahmar. September 30th 2018. EPA

[sw1tchbackli]

Their Fight Is Our Fight….

Today on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we will continue to fight for a world where every woman is safe—including those who suffered on October 7th.

Reposted from IDF-Israel Defence Forces /Security Forces

[thevvitchbitch]

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

Absolutely remarkable footage. This is the precise, surgical action of the same army that pro-Hamas terrorism supporters pretend is undertaking an indiscriminate "genocide."

What you should take away from this is that genocide is what the Hamas supporters would do if the positions were reversed. It's a confession of what they would do, not a legitimate accusation of what is happening.

[deborahdeshoftim5779]

AMAZING NEWS: Qaid Farhan Alkadi, an Israeli kidnapped by Palestinians on October 7, was rescued from an underground tunnel and is now in a stable condition in hospital.

Some comments on this:

1- First of all, the IDF once again deserves ENORMOUS praise and credit for this achievement. These men on the front lines are absolute heroes, fighting some of the worst fascist criminals on the planet. Over 700 have died fighting Hamas, many of them barely out of their teens or barely into their twenties. They could have carried on their lives as usual, but they chose to go into the mouth of the dragon to fight pure evil and to bring back Israel's hostages. GOD BLESS THEM ALL.

2- Second of all, this rescue occurred at the time that the hostage negotations are said to have broken down. Yet another hostage rescue proves those negotations either have a limited value or, as I suspect, are almost entirely useless. None of us will forget Israel's astonishing rescue of four hostages in the al-Nuseirat neighbourhood in June, a complex operation requiring months of preparation. In this case, the IDF said they did not have precise info on Alkadi's whereabouts. Shortly before this, the IDF had located the bodies of six hostages, also in a tunnel.

3- Hamas' murder of hostages both on and since October 7 shows that the terrorist group is not serious about negotiating. And of course, as many in the West would conveniently like to forget, Palestinian captors are beating, starving, and raping Israel's hostages on a regular, if not daily, basis. Rescued hostages have testified to being held in cuffs and treated as slaves. Hamas and its Palestinian supporters know full well that abuse of the hostages will only prolong this war, yet they continue doing it. Alkadi being in hospital to recuperate from being held in a tunnel only demonstrates the savagery and the inhumanity of Palestinian terrorists, and the total lack of ethics of many Palestinian civilians. That leads me onto point number 4.

4- Alkadi was held hostage for 326 days, and not a single Palestinian helped him escape, nor alerted the IDF to his whereabouts. The same can be said for all other hostages held by the Palestinians. For ten months, Palestinians have kept silent as Israel's hostages have been subjected to near-constant assaults and violations, including repeated rapes. For ten months, Palestinians have not assisted with the rescue of a single hostage; instead, their response to hostage rescues has been complaint, rather than celebration-- even though hostage rescue makes the end of the war more likely. Most importantly, for ten months, not a single Palestinian lawyer or judge in Gaza or the West Bank has prosecuted Palestinian murderers, rapists, kidnappers, and other deviants who attacked Israel on October 7. The total moral failure of Palestinian society is exposed each time Israel either rescues a hostage, or sadly has to recover the body of a murdered hostage.

5- The rescue of Alkadi and other Israeli hostages shows the success of Israel's war in Gaza, the need to remove Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad from power, and the need to ensure that the Palestinian terrorist network, including tunnels, are permanently destroyed. Those who have been pressuring Israel into a quick exit have been proven wrong yet again. Over 100 hostages remain in Gaza, and since the Palestinian terrorists and Palestinian civilians have no intention of rescuing them, let alone returning them to Israel, the war is necessary to bring them back.

6- When you next hear Western pro-Palestinian activists, or Western journalists, or others insisting that "Hamas isn't there", you'll know it's a lie. After all the noise made about the "danger" of IDF operations in Gazan cities, we discover the truth yet again: that Hamas has militarised almost the entire Gaza Strip, that civilian buildings have been turned into military bases, that Hamas' terror tunnels are used for keeping hostages, that those terror tunnels are accessed via secret openings and via buildings, and that numerous Palestinians assist with the daily terrorist operations and cover-up. Anyone at this point continuing to peddle the myth of total Palestinian innocence and Hamas' mysterious disappearances every time there is an IDF operation is determined to make themselves a fool.

I send my good wishes to Mr. Alkadi and his family, and I send the IDF my full support in rescuing all of Israel's remaining hostages.

BRING THEM ALL HOME!

[rebornnebulasystem]

Heres something we can all agree on

My recent posts have mostly consisted of whining about pro and anti endos, but I know what we can agree on for sure

Free Palestine

All systems, Traumagen or Endogen, Pro or Anti, hell, even Plural or Singlet can agree that we need to help Palestine in any way we can

Below I’ll have a bunch of links to Palestinian resources

Lets set our differences apart to help free Palestine!! 🇵🇸🍉

#plurals stand with palestine