SurfingBird

@StarStruck So am I. However, as you have so eloquently shown, geographic proximity has no bearing on actual knowledge or critical thinking skills.

@Scholar Ah yes, the classic privileged westerner. Zero knowledge, complete confidence.

@StarStruck Afghanistan is not US soil. Pulling out of Afghanistan was not an existential threat for the US. And even still, the US could have kept controlling Afghanistan for as long as they wanted to, they just chose to pull out. You clearly have an extremely rudimentary understanding of this topic so I'll not bother further.

@StarStruck You are way underestimating the strength of Israel's army. Israel vs Hezbollah will be hard fought, but there is no universe in which Israel doesn't win that war. You are comparing an advanced military backed by 2-3 US aircraft carriers to a terrorist organization with no tanks nor aircraft (other than unmanned). If Israel is truly attacked from all sides including Iran, then it might actually be an existential war (one in which the US is likely to heavily intervene). But don't forget, Israel knows what happens if they lose (the 7th of October on a massive scale), and more than likely has a few nukes under its belt. If it feels it's about to lose, it will not hesitate to pull them out.

That wouldn't help with all the rockets. Also, they could still build tunnels beneath the landmines. And Israel would still have to control the sea and air borders with Gaza so they wouldn't get rockets & other weapons from other countries. All that said, perhaps that's the best we can do for now.

You are missing the entire problem. Israel can't give more rights to residents of Gaza and the West Bank because of Hamas, because the more freedom of movement they have, the more terror attacks like the one on the 7th of October you have. Expecting Israel to just outright lift checkpoints, security checks and surveillance while Hamas still exists is telling Israel to forfeit the lives of their citizens, and that is simply not going to happen, especially after we've seen what Hamas would do with increased freedom. I am Israeli, and I hope that once Hamas is destroyed and the Gaza strip disarmed, we will finally be able to give Palestinians a better life without the inevitability that this will cause more death on our side.