Money talks. You want democrats who act normal about Israel, fix campaign finance. The Israel lobby did this.
We would need a govt who would vote against their own interest as well as repeal Citizens United.
I don't think it's impossible to fix campaign finance - elected officials don't want to have to constantly be chasing payola in the campaign finance arms race. It's just hard to change a paradigm from the inside.
Biden officials revealed that Netanyahu deliberately tanked negotiations, fearing a deal would force him to end the war
seems like Biden admin was very much getting involved
this is opinion piece from middleeastmonitor, as usual oddly anti dem and not anti trump
As usual what?
Trump’s comments have since been ridiculed by many as a gaffe, particularly due to the fact that the establishment of Pakistan and the partition of the Indian subcontinent took place in 1947. That was barely 78 years ago, in contrast to the president’s remarks of the conflict over Kashmir being 1,500-years-old, making it historically impossible.
trying to pin gaza on the dems, so helping trump
No you are trying to pin Democrats genocide on Trump to help Democrats.
the dem's genocide now that'a thing now ain'it
Is it genocide denial time already?
You know I thought I recalled something like that. I was commenting while sleepy, I remember talking about how Netanyahu preferred Trump and was trying to make Biden eat shit. I guess recognising Jerusalem bought Trump that treatment.
God has nothing to do with Israel. It's also quite the hubris to say their deity has helped them do something that has spread awareness of how evil they are to every corner of the world in ways never known before.
Which makes AOC using the "working tirelessly on a ceasefire" line at the DNC so much more enraging.
"Biden is doing his best to pressure them to stop!"
When a centrist tells you something is happening behind the scenes, the best possible outcome is that they're doing nothing.
The most likely outcome is that they are actively working in the opposite direction.
Biden was and always will be better than Trump... But he was a fucking piece of shit. Fuck Biden.
It's apples and oranges... both can spoil, but I'm deathly alergic to oranges.
So here's what I pulled from the dropsite link in the article.
Netanyahu Sabotaged Captives Release Talks to Prolong the War
Biden officials revealed that Netanyahu deliberately tanked negotiations, fearing a deal would force him to end the war.
American-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin was scheduled for release the day he was executed. Amos Hochstein confirmed: “There’s no doubt… those hostages would be alive.”
Netanyahu’s public campaign to retain control over Gaza’s Philadelphi Corridor was viewed by Biden officials as a smokescreen to kill the deal.
I'm not seeing damning proof that Biden didn't do anything. In fact point two send to imply that Biden was doing shit to get a cease fire.
But if course this is a opinion piece so it's not like you need to have citations that match the opinion.
Biden gave zero genuine pressure to end the genocide. Instead of implementing a weapons embargo, he sent tens of billions worth of weapons used to prolong the genocide.
One Year of Empty Rhetoric From the White House on Israel’s Wars
From the MEMO article:
The Biden administration allowed Israel unprecedented leeway to carry out its military offensive, despite the enormous death and devastation it inflicted on Gaza. Former Israeli ambassador, Michael Herzog, made a startling admission about Biden’s support: “God did the State of Israel a favour that Biden was the president during this period. We fought [in Gaza] for over a year and the administration never came to us and said, ‘ceasefire now.’ It never did. And that’s not to be taken for granted.” His remarks encapsulated a broader sentiment that the White House gave Benjamin Netanyahu all the political space he needed to execute the military offensive, which has claimed the lives of more than 52,000 Palestinians, mainly women and children.
Even the proposal to ethnically cleanse the entire population of Gaza, or 'empty Gaza of palesinians,' by removing them to neighboring countries, was first proposed by the Biden admin behind closed doors
The diplomat said Egypt rejected similar proposals from the Biden administration and European countries early in the war, which was sparked by Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack into southern Israel. The earlier proposals were broached privately, while Trump announced his plan at a White House press conference alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The citations do not match opinions.
The citations match reality.
Yeah, I can absolutely believe that the citation matches reality since it is a Israeli journalist pointing out how Netanyahu went to lengths to sabotage the peace deal and worked against the Biden administrations attempt at peace.
Still a opinion piece that uses a citation that does not support the argument contained in the opinion piece.
Then again, you can believe that Biden didn't do enough, can't say I don't disagree just not to the extent you do. I simply this think this opinion piece isn't great.
This guy? Didn't do anything!?!? But he ate hella ice cream!
i doubt any country will trust america any time soon again no matter if maga or democrats win an election.
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