Biden administration dramatically softens the sanctions it imposed on the seven Israelis from the Israel Defense Forces and makes it clear that they will be able to use their bank accounts.

Original article in Hebrew

  • Th4tGuyII ( Th4tGuyII@kbin.social ) 
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    3 years ago

    Tell you what - I’m surprised how many people think Trump of all people is going to somehow handle to both Ukraine and Israel better than Biden…

    For one, Trump is so overtly a Russian asset it isn’t even funny. No enemy of Russia would speak of them the way Trump has both during and after his presidency. Combined with negative comments he has made about Ukraine and the war, he absolutely will cut any and all US assistance to Ukraine - his best effort to hand Ukraine to Russia on a silver platter.

    And you’d be mistaken if you think the Palestinians would fare much better considering in the few public statements he’s made about Gaza show him openly supporting both the actions of Israel and Netanyahu, calling on them to finish it quicker.

    If your reaction to Biden’s weak descalation of Gaza is to allow someone who’s public intentions are even worse to take office, then all I can say is I hope that high-horse was worth it.

      • Th4tGuyII ( Th4tGuyII@kbin.social ) 
        1·
        3 years ago

        Damn, you must’ve dug deep for that scathing nickname - but do you seriously think I’m wrong?

        It doesn’t matter what could have happened, who could have done what, the situation is that your choices are Biden or Trump, and one of those is a whole lot worse than the other, despite what some other people commenting on this post think.

        • kfc ( kfc@lemmy.ml ) 
          5·
          3 years ago

          Trump has literally done nothing as remotely as evil as Biden’s relentless support of Israel’s genocide. Would it be worse under Trump? Potentially, but Trump isn’t president right now

          • Th4tGuyII ( Th4tGuyII@kbin.social ) 
            1·
            3 years ago

            The word you’re looking for there is “yet”, and that “yet” would be doing a whole lot of heavy lifting.

            I’ll defer back to my initial comment - if you want to let Trump in and find out, you’d better be ready to shut it when he does worse.

            • kfc ( kfc@lemmy.ml ) 
              6·
              3 years ago

              You cannot beat anyone over the head with a moral cudgel when you are supporting genocide. Period. Frankly, supporting Biden – perhaps the most ardent Zionist in American politics – is so morally despicable that it makes me feel physically ill. If you the status quo is acceptable to you, then by all means continue giving it your approval.

              Don’t you fucking dare, however, suggest that people refusing to hand their vote to that evil cretin are somehow the ones OK with what’s going on in Palestine.

              • Th4tGuyII ( Th4tGuyII@kbin.social ) 
                2·
                3 years ago

                Oh, I’ll sure as shit beat you over the head with it until it goes in - neither major candidate up for election is going to stop the genocide anytime soon, and since for most intents and purposes we exist in a two-party system,the only thing your protest vote is going to do is hand Trump the keys to the castle.

                If you want to let that happen and stick with your “he hasn’t done worse” shtick, then by all means do so, but you’re only fooling yourself. Everything he has said publicly, and what he did during his last presidency (see reply by @wildncrazyguy), indicates he will do worse given the opportunity…

                As I said before, if you really do sit there and refuse to vote, and if it does come to pass that Trump gets in and does what he says/indicates he wants to do, I hope you realise that you willingly participated in letting that happen.