> What he means is they could have been traded for all of the concessions Hamas wanted in exchange for them.
Where in my writing did I say that Israel needed to accept all concessions. Please quote me.
Do you think it's unreasonable or "insane" for Israel to have accepted some concessions for the safe return of hostages?
Any? Like even a temporary ceasefire? That's a suicidal position?
Notice how you had to change from "all" to "any".
If that is what you’re talking about ok, but it sounds like you were saying to actually make concessions.
The point is to accomplish the aims of the war. There are no concessions that have to or should be made. Israel is by far the stronger power.
It's pretty hard for you to argue against the fact that there are, in fact, reasonable concessions that aren't "suicidal".
And, I never said that the war was either avoidable or that Israel was wrong to use force after Oct 7.
What I am saying is that the war could have ended years ago and that Israel has committed genocide. I'm also saying that the pretext that it was about "getting the hostages home" was false.
And with that context, yes there are things world leaders should have done to stop Israel from committing genocide.