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"What's happening in Gaza is not genocide. We reject that," Biden said at a Jewish American Heritage Month event at the White House.

I can't tell if he's pandering or trying to lose the election

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[–] ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I think the ICC is handling it better. There are two groups in that area that want to murder people, and there are now warrants issued for their arrest. I just don’t think America should have become directly involved.

Building a pier and trying to send in aid is a nice gesture, but Palestinians are killing each other for those boxes of food, and Israelis are attacking aid vehicles. It’s starting to look like Blackhawk Down.

Biden backed Israel by giving them weapons because Hamas had taken so many Israelis hostage. If he had picked the other side when news of the hostages began to spread, society would have been calling him a Nazi.

Both sides in this war want to kill each other. There are children in both sides of these groups that are suffering. How can anyone pick a side and hope that they kill the other side? It’s inhumane. Let the terrorists be arrested.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 5 points 5 months ago

The problem is politics of course. Biden and the Democrats need the "Jewish vote" and their PAC dominates. We've already promised for decades now that we'd assist with the defense of Isreal and so they feel forced to follow through and pander to the Jewish community.

What SHOULD happen is we say "your DEFENSE is assured, we will continue to assist with the iron dome and whatever anti-rocket technology is required to DEFEND your citizens. We WILL NOT assist with the INVASION of Palestine."

But no... That's too much to ask apparently...

[–] capital@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Now ask yourself if you’d rather be a Palestinian living in Israel or the other way around.