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Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that Israel will stand alone and “fight with our fingernails” in defiance of US threats to further restrict arms deliveries if Israeli forces proceeded with an offensive on the southern Gazan city of Rafah.

Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, was speaking on Thursday after Israeli and Hamas delegations left the ceasefire negotiations in Cairo.

It was unclear whether the talks had broken down or simply paused, but the failure to reach an agreement on this week’s round of meetings raised apprehension of an imminent Israeli attack on Rafah.

Netanyahu appeared to shrug off a public warning from the US president, Joe Biden, the previous night that if the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a major offensive on the city the US would not provide bombs and artillery shells to support the operation.

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[–] [email protected] 93 points 6 months ago (3 children)

"we". mfer is sending other people to war. he is not involved in any fighting. eff outta here

[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why do they always send the poor?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why don't presidents fight the war?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I know y'all are quoting System of a Down, so I want to share a country song about exactly this...because the difference in the musical styles is neat. One of my favorites by Steve Earle: Rich Man's War.

It's a song I've always loved for the direct message of rich people using poor folks as soldiers in wars...but also the way it weaves in a larger economic picture about the decisions by the rich that put people in the very desperate positions that they later exploit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

the message of that song is brutal

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Truly. I didn't know a song could make me cry until I listened to Billy Austin, a song Earle wrote about the death penalty.

I appreciate that you gave it a listen! Hopefully you appreciated it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

Rich Man's War

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago

It's not a war. It's a genocide.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

A number of high profile Israel failkids have gotten themselves killed doing insane bullshit in Gaza since the bombing started. The war cabinet minister Gadi Eizenkot's son headed a commando raid into northern Gaza in the middle of a bombing run. Very likely he was killed in friendly fire, under orders from his own father.

Much like the 30 year old Brigadier General and his 20 subordinates who killed themselves dynamiting the home of a slaughtered Palestinian family, he's become collateral damage in his country's bloodthirsty rampage of revenge.