Velshi: Israel shutting off electricity, water in Gaza will create a 'humanitarian disaster' - Deadline

[Rhiannon12866]

Ali Velshi host of VELSHI on MSNBC, Ben Rhodes Former Deputy National Security Advisor to President Obama, and Rick Stengel Former Top State Department Official to President Obama join Alicia Menendez in for Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House. - Aired on 10/09/2023.

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. Collective punishment as a means to what?

[Rhiannon12866]

2. Exactly!

[madaboutharry]

5. It is meant to thwart Hamas.

It isn’t meant as collective punishment, but it certainly will bring great hardship.

An Israeli spokesman said on CNN it was to make it harder for Hamas to carry out attacks.

The whole situation is impossible.

[The_Casual_Observer]

8. "It isn't meant as collective punishment" ?

Sure they don't mean it, but that's what it is. JFC already.

[onecaliberal]

12. What's a few hundred thousand dead kids, I mean they're brown anyway.

[womanofthehills]

13. Actually, a million dead kids

Half of the 2.2 million people are under 19.

[mzmolly]

3. What a nightmare.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. I know, makes me feel sick

Both Presidents Clinton and Carter worked for peace in this region, but then Bush* ignored it. This is the worst it's been since 1973.

[mzmolly]

6. It's terrible,

and there doesn't appear to be an end in sight.

[Rhiannon12866]

7. And it seems to be getting worse - and innocent people on both sides are dying

[mzmolly]

9. Right.

The monsters will survive, or there will be more to take their place. But innocent people, caught in the middle of this senseless conflict will suffer for no good end.

[Rhiannon12866]

10. None of these innocent people have any control over what's going on or what's happening to them

They are pawns in his horrible fight, but they are the ones who are suffering - and dying.

[mzmolly]

11. Beyond sad.

I do hope for some reasonable end soon. But it seems unlikely.

[wnylib]

14. One response that I wish would happen is

a world wide commitment to destroying the terrorist organizations of Hamas and Hezbollah - through Intel operations to target them with the least possible damage to civilians, avoiding that as much as possible.

Those two terrorist groups serve themselves, not the people they claim to represent. With them out of the picture, Israel would have zero ground to stand on for suppressing Palestinians. A two state resolution would be more possible if the terrorists weree removed from the scene.

[Rhiannon12866]

15. That would certainly be ideal, but how and who could shut down a terrorist organization?

And obviously this one has no compunctions about murdering anyone, even innocent civilians if it serves their interests. Would it take a war tribunal?

[wnylib]

16. Maybe a united effort of Intel agencies from several countries, plus sanctions

against countries that harbor them. Cut off the financial sources of Hamas and Hezbollah. Special ops to kill them off.

They need to go the way of Isis.