President Joe Biden said Tuesday Israel’s prime minister needs to change his hardline government and support for the country’s military campaign is waning amid heavy bombardment of Gaza. … “This is the most conservative government in Israel’s history,” Biden said, adding that the Israeli government “doesn’t want a two-state solution.”

It’s mind-blowing how thoroughly Netanyahu has bungled this. They had damn near the entire world in full support after Hamas’ horrific attack on Israeli civilians, and they’ve managed to lose it.

  • @gravitas_deficiency
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    467 months ago

    I’d love it if we could stop propping up Netanyahu’s apartheid regime and instead give a bunch of military support to a cause that actually needs and deserves it… like Ukraine.

    In the context of US politics, this whole clusterfuck is a MASSIVE unforced error by Biden. The only people he’s appeasing are almost exclusively already on the right wing, and they’re never going to vote for him. I’m becoming more concerned by the day that his handling of the Israel/Gaza war may in fact cost him the election.

      • @[email protected]
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        117 months ago

        The alternative being political outsiders like Trump.

        Maybe the problem is the electoral system that rejects a 3rd party option.

        • @gravitas_deficiency
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          87 months ago

          Well, that, and the fact that a while ago we renamed bribery to “lobbying”, so now it’s perfectly legal, just as long as you jump through the right hoops in the right way.

    • ██████████
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      -317 months ago

      bro my cousin is stationed in the middle east and i find it scary that you would rather help non americans

      We dont have bases in ukraine

      • @gravitas_deficiency
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        167 months ago

        Explain to me - specifically which Americans I should want to be helping instead? And which non-Americans should I be specifically disregarding?

        • Grant_M
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          17 months ago

          The US is correctly standing with Israeli and Palestinian civilians and against Hamas terrorists and now also the far right Netanyahu regime.

          Kudos to the Biden admin and US for finally getting it all right.

      • wanderingmagus
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        147 months ago

        Shipmate, as an active-duty submariner, you realize that the Israelis aren’t Americans, right? Sending money to the IDF doesn’t help your cousin on the ground. You of all people should also understand that the Ukraine front is an actual strategic conflict, and sending our retired equipment already marked for demolition to them instead is a strategic maneuver that’s entirely in accordance with all governing directives. Why don’t you ask your cousin about the actual boots-on-ground strategic picture instead of making assumptions.

      • @[email protected]
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        37 months ago

        American soldiers in the Middle East are some of the best equipped soldiers on Planet Earth. They’re good.