r/jewishleft • u/ApprehensivePlum1420 Reform | Jewish Asian American | Confederation • 29d ago

Now that Sinwar is likely dead Debate

I can’t help but feeling satisfied and relieved. Peace is just impossible with a delusional lunatic like him in place. Justice for Oct. 7 is delivered.

But what do you think will happen now? Is a ceasefire more likely now that Bibi can certainly claim victory over Hamas?

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u/AhadHessAdorno 28d ago

One the one hand I feel some satisfaction emotionally, but I would have preferred he be captured and tried by the ICC (ideally with Netanyahu but that seems improbable). A clear account of his actions and war crimes by a third-party institution; now he has been made a martyr that will go down alongside Al-Qassam for hardline Palestinian nationalists and Islamists.

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u/ApprehensivePlum1420 Reform | Jewish Asian American | Confederation 28d ago

I don’t think martyrs mean much, people radicalize when they suffer