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Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that Israel will stand alone and “fight with our fingernails” in defiance of US threats to further restrict arms deliveries if Israeli forces proceeded with an offensive on the southern Gazan city of Rafah.

Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, was speaking on Thursday after Israeli and Hamas delegations left the ceasefire negotiations in Cairo.

It was unclear whether the talks had broken down or simply paused, but the failure to reach an agreement on this week’s round of meetings raised apprehension of an imminent Israeli attack on Rafah.

Netanyahu appeared to shrug off a public warning from the US president, Joe Biden, the previous night that if the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a major offensive on the city the US would not provide bombs and artillery shells to support the operation.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

PILE HIGH THE FINGERNAILS OF THE VANQUISHED OPPRESSOR, THAT NAGLFAR AT LAST MAY UNFURL HER SAILS FOR RAGNARÖK

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (4 children)

If those old oral traditions turn out to be prophetic, I wonder if that makes Russia an analogical Jormungandr, eating the remnants of the former USSR and growing ever larger.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Finally might be a fair fight

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Lmao we had identical thoughts on this.

[–] [email protected] 93 points 5 months ago (3 children)

"we". mfer is sending other people to war. he is not involved in any fighting. eff outta here

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Why do they always send the poor?

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago

Fingernails and decades of US arms sales.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 5 months ago

Sounds like they don't need any help. Good to hear. Now maybe we can stop providing billions in support each year.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

This was the first thought that came to mind:

And I'm sure they'll be just as heroic.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago

That sounds a lot less likely to murder innocents.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 5 months ago (8 children)

Maybe the US should just stop arming Israel and give the arms to Gaza instead and see how that plays out.

I can't believe this bullshit has gone on for so long

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Nobody can believe the shit has gone on so far with Russia and Ukraine but here we are 2 years later.

This conflict with Israel is looking to go on for just as long if not longer.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The conflict with Israel has gone on for 76 years. October 7th was just the start of a cycle of intensification within the larger conflict.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

He demands his nailjob payed by someone or what?

[–] [email protected] 131 points 5 months ago

OK. Do it.

A) Most people don't believe that the only way Israel is able to fight off the evil Palestinians is because of bid daddy US.

B) The 13,000 Palestinian children you have murdered would've been happy to be able to defend themselves against fingernails.

[–] [email protected] 110 points 5 months ago (2 children)

lol did he think that made them sound strong or tough, or does he realize it makes him sound like an emotional manbaby?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago

Emotionally disturbed if you ask me

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that Israel will stand alone and “fight with our fingernails” in defiance of US threats to further restrict arms deliveries if Israeli forces proceeded with an offensive on the southern Gazan city of Rafah.

Netanyahu appeared to shrug off a public warning from the US president, Joe Biden, the previous night that if the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a major offensive on the city the US would not provide bombs and artillery shells to support the operation.

“Director Burns is departing the region as previously scheduled, but interlocutors from other delegations are still in discussions in Cairo, so those talks are still going on,” John Kirby, the national security spokesperson, told reporters.

A major offensive on the city of Rafah would threaten the lives of more than a million Gazans who have sought haven there and who have not received from Israel any serious provisions in terms of shelter, food, water and medical support.

Itamar Ben-Gvir, another far-right minister, posted “Biden - heart emoji - Hamas” on social media, but later said Israel should “respect our friends but also fight our enemies without considering other factors and without compromises”.

Dr Yonatan Freeman, an international relations expert at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, said Biden’s announcement, far from pressuring Netanyahu, could strengthen the Israeli prime minister.


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