Israel, the United States and Hamas are close to an agreement to free dozens of women and children held hostage in Gaza, in exchange for the first sustained pause in conflict in Gaza, according to people familiar with its provisions.

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    1 year ago

    If Isreal gets put into a bad spot they’ll start turning cities to glass, so maybe the status quo isn’t too bad

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      IF the Samson Option is real, it categorically cannot be acquiesced to, as doing so would legitimize the use of nuclear terror as a means of foreign policy.

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          Yes, once (or twice, depending on your perspective).

          But it hasn’t happened since because the world knows what it looks like and how difficult it would be to come back from that (partially anyway, as areas of Japan still have issues with birth defects, etc).