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Even Biden’s Lawyers Are Urging the White House to Change Course on Gaza
(theintercept.com)
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Politically, he can't. I think he's actually going further than 90% of other presidents would be prepared to do by delaying arms. He's even leaned into the 'pro-Israeli' crowd and given Israel so much benefit of the doubt lest he be called out as anti-Semitic.
Realistically, I don't think he enjoys being in this position either, but if the Israeli lobby switch to the Republicans, its cuts off a lot of support.
Don't forget that Hamas are terrorists, they condoned and supported the October 7th atrocities and from what I've heard from the hostages, some of them were not great to their captives to say the least. Hamas do need to be removed from power.
Is Israel going too far? Yes, yes they are... can you win the next election by being seen to support Hamas? Even if what you're actually doing is trying to protect civilians? Nope. Until someone makes a decision that Israel are actually committing genocide (and in my opinion based on the evidence I've observed, this seems very likely), I don't think the president has a political leg to stand on. Once that decision is made, I believe Israel will see international support begin to fade.
Disclaimer: The use of the word "Israel" is limited to Benjamin Netanyahu, the IDF, the ruling government the Likud party.
"Stopping the genocide of women and children might cause Biden to lose in the fall. No can do bucko!"
I especially can’t stand that people keep treating it as a fact here that US voters are split 50-50 on Israel’s genocide to stop. The polling is clear, US voters with a decisive majority support Palestine and ending this genocide.
People in this thread asserting that most Americans support Israeli’s actions in this genocide rather than support Palestinians as a some kind of indisputable fact as part of their rhetorical arguments is a self fulfilling prophecy of attempting to manufacture consensus where it doesn’t exist.
The popular vote doesn't matter in America. Just ask Trump who lost the popular vote yet won the presidency. Biden needs the electoral college votes to be elected and some of those are deep in Israeli pockets.