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Biden never pressured Israel for ceasefire, as Israeli officials boast of exploiting US support (www.middleeastmonitor.com)

submitted 2 months ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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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.

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[–] shadowfax13@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

i didn’t knew these older details about this hack. getting scum like him as president is the reason why we have the half country sitting home than take part in farce of an election, even if it meant getting trump elected. something that blue maga don’t understand. they are still just braying trump this trump that instead of pushing for reform in dnc.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

I don’t blame you. The campaign spent a shit ton of money to bury his history.