>>64243541
Here's the kicker about this conflict.
Nobody fucking knows, not even Hamas.
If Hamas had a total change of heart tomorrow and begged for unconditional surrender they would be able to release some hostages and tell Israel all the rest are probably dead in a collapsed building somewhere.
Israel would have no way to know that one or a dozen hostages aren't being raped in a tunnel for the next 2 decades until Hamas brings them out as leverage.
And a single Israeli hostage kept in reserve is worth more to Hamas's cause than literally any other resource they have, so Israel will only suspect duplicity.
I can't figure out how a peace can possibly be made.
>>64244770
you know how far-right conspirators are always making lists of how like every single person in the media has a certain early life section?
If Israel can find a way to make peace in the next few years after successfully utterly fucking up every mortal enemy they have in the region, the Palestinian cause will resonate more with the next generation of the West but I think not so much it becomes a dominant voice in politics any more than we went and killed Kony in 2012.