JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel would “crush and destroy” Hamas in response to its attack.

Netanyahu said every Hamas member was a “dead man.”

Netanyahu made the remarks in a late-night televised address as Israeli planes pounded Gaza in response to the unprecedented attack.

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      1 year ago

      They lived more peaceful times before the colonizers showed up. even under Ottoman rule the three religions coexisted in relative peace in Palestine.

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        I mean, sure. If you count genocides of several races at the hands of the ottomans peace. I guess it’s technically not war.

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          Good time to remind people educated in American schools that the Ottoman Empire was kind of a big deal itself.