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NEW DELHI: Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett dismissed the arguments put forth by MSNBC host Katy Tur and the international community during their discussion on the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
In light of Israel’s response to the October 7th Hamas attack, which involved both military strikes and a ground invasion of Gaza, numerous members of the global community have voiced their concerns.They claim that these actions are excessive and may even amount to genocide. These critiques have elicited strong reactions from many Israelis.
Tur expressed her sorrow over the suffering of children and the overall violence resulting from the October 7th attack, and she posed the following question:
“But I’m sure that there are Palestinians that can show images of their own kids that they’re worried about that have died in this, and much of the world is calling for a ceasefire. A lot of allies are saying at the very least, a pause, if not voting for a ceasefire in the UN, why do you think that so much of the world is asking Israel to stop for a moment?”
Bennett said he did not have an answer, but suggested that Israel is being “held to a different standard.”
“Imagine if America, instead of Mexico, had a state of Al-Qaeda, with 240 American hostages, including babies, there, and this Al-Qaeda state entered Florida and raped women and murdered parents in front of their children, and vice versa and burnt them, would anyone ask America to cease fire against this Al-Qaeda state?” He asked.
In 2005, Israel disengaged from the Gaza Strip, but shortly after, Hamas gained control in the area through elections and has not held elections since. Naftali Bennett, who served as prime minister from 2021 to 2022, suggested that many Israelis believed that if Palestinian “just have good enough lives, they’ll get off our case,” but instead “they created a nightmare.”
He then said that Israel cannot tolerate any Hamas presence near its border.
Tur pointed out that many believe a two-state solution would be the most effective long-term resolution to the conflict, allowing Gazans to enjoy all the benefits of a sovereign nation on their land.
Bennett opposed this suggestion, arguing that it has been attempted in the past and proven unsuccessful.
“We tried precisely that. I want to be very clear to the viewers now. Until 2005, Israel occupied Gaza. In 2005, we pulled out of Gaza, back to the 1967 borders. We handed the entire territory over to the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas. There was no blockade, nothing. They had the chance to form the Palestinian state that everyone’s talking about. No one stopped them. They have beautiful beaches and beautiful weather, and they dedicated those 17 years to shooting rockets at us, and to killing us, so would you try it again?” he asked.
Tur appeared to blame Israel for the government in Gaza, implying it was only because they weren’t a true state that Hamas “became radicalized.”
“Gazans haven’t had a vote in 17 years because Hamas took over and hasn’t held an election, and although you gave the territory back to Gazans, and yes, they voted for Hamas, and then Hamas became radicalized, they weren’t a state,” she argued. “It wasn’t like you handed over statehood,” also arguing that it wasn’t enough because Gaza wasn’t connected to the West Bank.
“But that’s beside the point. We’re talking about Gaza. The West Bank is the West Bank, and Gaza is Gaza. They got everything they wanted,” Bennett said. “Would you try that again? Would you experiment again after what they did? I can tell you that Israelis left and right, there’s consensus, no one wants to try experiments, dangerous experiments, again.”
(via Fox News)
In light of Israel’s response to the October 7th Hamas attack, which involved both military strikes and a ground invasion of Gaza, numerous members of the global community have voiced their concerns.They claim that these actions are excessive and may even amount to genocide. These critiques have elicited strong reactions from many Israelis.
Tur expressed her sorrow over the suffering of children and the overall violence resulting from the October 7th attack, and she posed the following question:
“But I’m sure that there are Palestinians that can show images of their own kids that they’re worried about that have died in this, and much of the world is calling for a ceasefire. A lot of allies are saying at the very least, a pause, if not voting for a ceasefire in the UN, why do you think that so much of the world is asking Israel to stop for a moment?”
Bennett said he did not have an answer, but suggested that Israel is being “held to a different standard.”
“Imagine if America, instead of Mexico, had a state of Al-Qaeda, with 240 American hostages, including babies, there, and this Al-Qaeda state entered Florida and raped women and murdered parents in front of their children, and vice versa and burnt them, would anyone ask America to cease fire against this Al-Qaeda state?” He asked.
In 2005, Israel disengaged from the Gaza Strip, but shortly after, Hamas gained control in the area through elections and has not held elections since. Naftali Bennett, who served as prime minister from 2021 to 2022, suggested that many Israelis believed that if Palestinian “just have good enough lives, they’ll get off our case,” but instead “they created a nightmare.”
He then said that Israel cannot tolerate any Hamas presence near its border.
Tur pointed out that many believe a two-state solution would be the most effective long-term resolution to the conflict, allowing Gazans to enjoy all the benefits of a sovereign nation on their land.
Bennett opposed this suggestion, arguing that it has been attempted in the past and proven unsuccessful.
“We tried precisely that. I want to be very clear to the viewers now. Until 2005, Israel occupied Gaza. In 2005, we pulled out of Gaza, back to the 1967 borders. We handed the entire territory over to the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas. There was no blockade, nothing. They had the chance to form the Palestinian state that everyone’s talking about. No one stopped them. They have beautiful beaches and beautiful weather, and they dedicated those 17 years to shooting rockets at us, and to killing us, so would you try it again?” he asked.
Tur appeared to blame Israel for the government in Gaza, implying it was only because they weren’t a true state that Hamas “became radicalized.”
“Gazans haven’t had a vote in 17 years because Hamas took over and hasn’t held an election, and although you gave the territory back to Gazans, and yes, they voted for Hamas, and then Hamas became radicalized, they weren’t a state,” she argued. “It wasn’t like you handed over statehood,” also arguing that it wasn’t enough because Gaza wasn’t connected to the West Bank.
“But that’s beside the point. We’re talking about Gaza. The West Bank is the West Bank, and Gaza is Gaza. They got everything they wanted,” Bennett said. “Would you try that again? Would you experiment again after what they did? I can tell you that Israelis left and right, there’s consensus, no one wants to try experiments, dangerous experiments, again.”
(via Fox News)
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