[DoodahMan]

> Where in reality, the war could have been over in 5 minutes if they released the hostages at any time during the past 3 years.

This talking point is very-much dated now.. Israel has said that they will not stop until Hamas is "eliminated". Netanyahu also threw in another condition to end the war: implementation of Donald Trump's plan to relocate Gaza's civilians [0]. So now I guess it doesn't end until ethnic cleansing is complete? That's lovely.

[0] https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-implementation-of-tr...

[starik36]

People will say all sorts of nonsense to detract from this one simple solution. And yet they won't do it. Because they don't really want the war to end. They want Israel to lose.

[avoutos]

Exactly. From 1950-67 Jordan occupied the West Bank and Egypt occupied the Gaza Strip from 1959-67. At no point during this time was there any desire on part of the Palestinians to establish a Palestinian state.

The Palesinians don't want a state, they want no Israel.

I could on and on with historical examples, but it doesn't seem many here are interested in that sort of thing.