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May 8·edited May 8

Palestinian leadership, whoever that is, keeps shooting themselves in the foot while Netanyahu keeps shooting Palestinians. Of course, if the Palestinians had lobbyists like AIPAC and the various pro-Israel think tanks, we wouldn't be having this discussion. And if Biden were running against a decent human conservative, then we wouldn't be having this discussion either. So we watch goods being parachuted into the Mediterranean and aid trucks being restrained while their goods spoil and "collateral damage" continues. Oh, and local American police forces beat up and arrest a bunch of protesters. If gravity had a conscience, it would leave this planet.

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Jim I hate to say it, but follow the money and the votes. I don't know how many millions of dollars and votes will come from the Arab consticsuancy. My guess is not many, but I bet our Jewish Brothers have well paid their way, in addition to financing their kin in Israel. Netanyahu should share a prison cell with Trump. What a low life bastard. supporting that scum is a bone headed move by Biden. The US should pull all support until Bibi removes his troops from Gaza. The hostages will never be released until Netanyahu stops trying to murder Hamas into submission. Hamas doesn't care about the Palestinians, except to hide in their coattails while they take potshots at Israel. Hell, I'm an idiot from Texas and I can see that. I hope Biden's stand with Netanyahu doesn't hurt his chances in the November preidentials. We need him to much for to fuck up here and it is a fuck up.

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I am already seeing people who would have probably sucked it up for Biden even though they didn't quite like him (liberals/leftists) pulling away and starting to show support for RFK Jr. Which...don't get me started on that. These are the people who if Bernie announced a candidacy would be voting for him. It's hard to make people see that as bad as it is with Biden not standing up to Netanyahu, things would be a hell of a lot worse for Palestine with TFG back in office.

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May 15·edited May 15Author

Yep, your read is correct on TFG and Israel and Bibi, but Biden has to do a better job of separating himself from what Israel is doing. There is no war taking place, it is a genocide, and every observer inside Gaza offers the same description. There are just a lot of frightening political dynamics at work in this election and predictions all seem implausible.

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