The European commissioner for equality, preparedness, and crisis management on Saturday expressed concern over the Israeli plan to occupy Gaza City, warning that it will worsen the “already c…
I think the best way to tell what Israel clearly doesn’t have any control over is to look at what areas they designate as zones where everything inside is considered “Hamas”. If they’re calling everyone in an area Hamas, then that area is clearly not in their control, or else they would be able to allow civilians to exist within it under their control.
When you realise this it becomes obvious just how much of Gaza is not under their control at all.
This is what they claim to control:
And yet we continue to see videos of tanks being blown up in Jaballia and Beit Hanoun, both of which are in these “controlled” claims. Israel have claimed to have fully destroyed the Beit Hanoun batallion of Hamas 3 times now and yet they keep reappearing. Clearly the IDF’s definition of “control” is different to any reasonable person.
So why do this? Probably to maintain the illusion internationally that what Israel are doing is inevitable, that they can’t be stopped, and therefore that trying to stop them is pointless. It’s propaganda that is slowing the sympathetic western politicians from acting because it makes it look like Israel have already succeeded.
I think the best way to tell what Israel clearly doesn’t have any control over is to look at what areas they designate as zones where everything inside is considered “Hamas”. If they’re calling everyone in an area Hamas, then that area is clearly not in their control, or else they would be able to allow civilians to exist within it under their control.
When you realise this it becomes obvious just how much of Gaza is not under their control at all.
This is what they claim to control:
And yet we continue to see videos of tanks being blown up in Jaballia and Beit Hanoun, both of which are in these “controlled” claims. Israel have claimed to have fully destroyed the Beit Hanoun batallion of Hamas 3 times now and yet they keep reappearing. Clearly the IDF’s definition of “control” is different to any reasonable person.
So why do this? Probably to maintain the illusion internationally that what Israel are doing is inevitable, that they can’t be stopped, and therefore that trying to stop them is pointless. It’s propaganda that is slowing the sympathetic western politicians from acting because it makes it look like Israel have already succeeded.