Israel minister suggest dropping nuclear bomb into Gaza

[Jaga]

and he was suspended, but 10 th Palestinians are dead.
www.bbc.com/news/live/world-middle-east-67324897

Israeli minister suspended for suggesting nuclear bomb on Gaza

Paul Adams

Reporting from Israel

A junior minister in the Israeli government has been suspended from all government meetings until further notice after he suggested that dropping a nuclear bomb on Gaza was "one of the possibilities".

Amihai Eliyahu, who is the country's heritage minister, made the comment in an interview with an ultra-orthodox radio station, Kol Beramah.

He said there were "no non-combatants in Gaza" and that providing humanitarian assistance to Palestinian civilians would represent "a failure".

Asked if that meant that using nuclear weapons might be justified, the minister did not rule it out.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was quick to respond, saying the remarks were "divorced from reality".

On the face of it, the views of a marginal figure in Netanyahu's cabinet shouldn't carry much weight.

Eliyahu, of the far-right Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) party, plays no role in the conduct of the war in Gaza.

But at a time when Israel's conduct of the war is under intense international scrutiny, to have a cabinet member openly contemplating the use of nuclear weapons is clearly an embarrassment.

The government's critics say the presence of right-wing firebrands in the government is deeply alarming.

Merav Michaeli, chair of the opposition Labour Party, said people like Mr Eliyahu "need to be kept very far away from the decision-making process".

Israel is thought to have scores, perhaps hundreds of nuclear weapons, but has never openly acknowledged having a military nuclear programme.

[karl]

Jaga

For as a reply of news of Israeli Minister Mr. Amihai, Eliyahu stating the use of nuclear weapons against Hamas is very well out of line. For yes, it is not supposed of The Israeli government to own nuclear weapons, this is defiantly a given, for yes they do. For their nuclear armed submarines were designed, built and shipped to Israel from Kiel shipyards in Germany.

Israel at this time and date is the only country in the mid-East to own Nuclear weapons.

www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/08/israel-launches-new-submarine-first-in-world-with-modern-missiles-in-sail/

Karl

[Jaga]

Hello Karl, this guy also suggested that Palestinians should go live on the desert. Official count is over 10 thousands people died. The northern part of Gaza is completely isolated and probably not all 1.5 mln people were able to escape. The estimate is that a half of people who were not able to move during 24 hours they had (and the bombardments did not stop for this time) may die. 10 thousand people is 0.5% of Gaza population. How much more would Israel kill? Just because of their heavy military or not providing these people with any supplies? How many thousands are acceptable for the world?

[karl]

Jaga

Your point is well taken and very valid, in times of war, it usually is the civilians that suffer the most causalities as reality in this case demonstrates. And then we come to the root cause of this conflict, it is then to place this entirety upon the shoulders of Hamas,, for it is and has been their manner of instigation of this conflict and still in the process of firing rockets upon the heads of people without regards to human suffering and property damage.

The intent of Hamas is to destroy Israel off the map with the method of creating instigating situation for surrounding Arab people to come together in following their lead.

It is interesting of two points that are real and valid, for one, the media concentrates upon the evils of Israeli bombing of which is valid, for this destructive power is real and present in the display of the death and property destruction. But, what is real and present is, the absence of media appearance with the HAMAS leadership interviews. What becomes apparent with media news editors, is the concentration of news value to sell emotion.

The above in no manner is to speak for the Israeli military themselves, for they can do this themselves, my reply is only in the manner of reality.

Although myself am not against war, but am definitely against such a Hamas war of racism as we are viewing. And this whole situation places the entire blame upon the heads of Hamas as the instigator using hate as their reason of existence.

At this time and place, myself do realize I am swimming against the currant of popular opinion, but I am not a dreamer, but live in the real and present world we live in. With this, I do hold a great respect of your feelings and response to this ongoing situation.

There is another situation that even myself hold no explanation. For the historic past and to the present, Jews are hated by most populations and for myself at least, a situation that has always baffled my mind.

Karl

[pieter]

Jaga,

This was a stupid remark provoked by the interviewer. This is a well known interview technique. The minister was stupid to say that and it is a minister unworthy to say such a thing. Reagan made a joke in the eighties that he would nuke the SovietUnion.

Pieter

[Jaga]

Pieter, that is probably true. But Israeli ministers should not be so easily manipulated and militaristic.

Nov 7, 2023 0:23:17 GMT -7 pieter said:

Jaga,

This was a stupid remark provoked by the interviewer. This is a well known interview technique. The minister was stupid to say that and it is a minister unworthy to say such a thing. Reagan made a joke in the eighties that he would nuke the SovietUnion.

Pieter

[Jaga]

Hello Karl,

Jewish government should start working on two state solutions instead of listening to radical settlers. This would improve the situation immediately in the region. For now - the evidence suggests that Israel really wants to eliminate Palestinians from Gaza.

Nov 6, 2023 9:43:24 GMT -7 karl said:

Jaga

Your point is well taken and very valid, in times of war, it usually is the civilians that suffer the most causalities as reality in this case demonstrates. And then we come to the root cause of this conflict, it is then to place this entirety upon the shoulders of Hamas,, for it is and has been their manner of instigation of this conflict and still in the process of firing rockets upon the heads of people without regards to human suffering and property damage.

The intent of Hamas is to destroy Israel off the map with the method of creating instigating situation for surrounding Arab people to come together in following their lead.

It is interesting of two points that are real and valid, for one, the media concentrates upon the evils of Israeli bombing of which is valid, for this destructive power is real and present in the display of the death and property destruction. But, what is real and present is, the absence of media appearance with the HAMAS leadership interviews. What becomes apparent with media news editors, is the concentration of news value to sell emotion.

The above in no manner is to speak for the Israeli military themselves, for they can do this themselves, my reply is only in the manner of reality.

Although myself am not against war, but am definitely against such a Hamas war of racism as we are viewing. And this whole situation places the entire blame upon the heads of Hamas as the instigator using hate as their reason of existence.

At this time and place, myself do realize I am swimming against the currant of popular opinion, but I am not a dreamer, but live in the real and present world we live in. With this, I do hold a great respect of your feelings and response to this ongoing situation.

There is another situation that even myself hold no explanation. For the historic past and to the present, Jews are hated by most populations and for myself at least, a situation that has always baffled my mind.

Karl