John Matthews
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Jewish-Irish bestselling author of 24 books - RH/Penguin & Harper-Collins - mostly crime-thrillers. And journalist: The Times, Newsweek, The Spectator. One of fastest growing substacks on Israel-Palestine. No DMs unless already Substack subscribed.
con't.... Also, Hamas could have stopped the war 10-12 months back... or could do now... by releasing the hostages and disarming. They've been offered an 'amnesty' if they disarm... so why the delay?
May 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
con't.... Also, Hamas could have stopped the war 10-12 months back... or could do now... by releasing the hostages and disarming. They've been offered an 'amnesty' if they disarm... so why the delay?
War is tragic, but the civilian to combatant losses in the current war are less than any past NATO or US/UK war, by a factor of almost 3 to 1... so a tag of 'genocide' would mean you'd have to go back and apply that for every of war of the last 50 years or so.... con't
May 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
War is tragic, but the civilian to combatant losses in the current war are less than any past NATO or US/UK war, by a factor of almost 3 to 1... so a tag of 'genocide' would mean you'd have to go back and apply that for every of war of the last 50 years or so.... con't