• jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
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    2 months ago

    “However, that’s not to say that White House officials or Democratic Party staff have heeded their calls for an immediate and permanent ceasefire, an arms embargo on Israel, and a lifting of the 17-year-old blockade on the Gaza Strip.”

    The White House has absolutely zero control over an immediate and permanent cease fire, or lifting the Gaza blockade, that’s all on Israel to do and they’re not interested.

    We could enact an arms embargo, which would do nothing. Israel would continue producing their own weapons and obtain more from equally “on the outs” nations.

  • OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    It’s an important point (because as always Trump is worse), but the vast majority of people who criticise the dems policy on Israel already know and acknowledge this. The mole hill of the few people dumb enough to vote 3rd party/vote Trump over this is being made out to be a mountain by people who would rather laser-focus on that small issue than acknowledge that their preferred candidate is supporting a genocide.