Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders said Sunday he doesnāt know that a ceasefire is possible in the Israel-Hamas war with āan organization like Hamasā involved.
āI donāt know how you can have a ceasefire, (a) permanent ceasefire, with an organization like Hamas, which is dedicated to turmoil and chaos and destroying the state of Israel,ā Sanders told CNNās Dana Bash on āState of the Unionā Sunday.
How many people will die in the next conflict though? Or do we just expect Israel to regularly have thousands of citizens murdered and hundreds taken hostage as a regular course of business?
Nobody likes the human casualties. But at this point, the Taliban could take control in Gaza and do a better and more peaceful job.
Palestinian casualties are casualties, and thereās millions of Palestinians whose lives are currently in danger. If not a ceasefire, what do you think is the ideal first step for preventing as many casualties as possible?
In the long run or the short run? If I only care about the casualties in the next 1-3 months; of course I want a ceasefire. Iād be a fool not to. However; if I widen my view to 12 months, 24, 5 years Hamas is going to kill thousands of Gazans a year if left in power. Itās going to kill them by starting more wars, by impoverishing them, by keeping them from accessing the aid thatās being provisioned from them.
Like itās not like people are heartless. Whatās happening in Gaza is horrible and I wish it wouldnāt. But it feels like taking out Hamasā ability to govern and rule is like taking off a bandaid. Itās best done quickly.
Again, there are millions of Palestinians currently in danger. Thousands have been killed by Israel in a month. I donāt see how hamas is a larger threat than Israel.
Iām not a fan of Hamas. Theyāre there because someone hasnāt allowed Palestine to have an election in over a decade. Taking out Hamasā ability to govern and rule could be done quickly by allowing an election.
If Hamas retains itās military might, how many more wars causing thousands of casualties a month will happen in the next 5 years?
If Israel agrees to a ceasefire, then allows aid to flow in and new elections to be freely held, Hamas will cause zero wars in the next five years, because they wonāt have any power.
What makes you think Hamas wouldnāt win the election?
Hamas ran on an entirely different platform (of moderation) to a different group of voters. Why not see what happens?
Convince the EU to support sanctions until an election. Thatās whatās keeping Hamas going.