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Israeli officials suggested that the increased military aid was part of a deal to get Netanyahu to agree to the Gaza ceasefire deal. Trump’s envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, has said he’s pushing for the full implementation of the agreement, but the ceasefire is very fragile as Netanyahu doesn’t want to implement the second phase.

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[–] officermike@lemmy.world 32 points 22 hours ago

Ah yes, giving Netanyahu even more bombs is totally the right way to bring about a ceasefire and definitely won't just lead to more Palestinians getting blown up.

[–] Viri4thus@feddit.org 8 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Rare earth minerals in Israel?

[–] liyunxiao@sh.itjust.works 7 points 19 hours ago

Israels export economy is mostly diamonds and intelligence services honed via their genocide. So yes, but they also have the pee tapes.

[–] Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 2 points 18 hours ago

Well what do you know... lots of real estate just opened up!

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 10 points 22 hours ago (50 children)

People who refused to vote for Harris because of her stance on Israel - THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED!

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 13 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Well it's certainly an improvement over the eight billion the Dems just sent.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world -2 points 16 hours ago (7 children)

Trump has 4 years to catch up. He has to fund his plan to remove all Gazans.

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[–] GlacialTurtle@lemmy.ml 13 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Fuck off you disgusting piece of shit. Imagine being such a dumb fucking cunt you attempt to scold random voters for the Democrats decision to support genocide and claim it's their fault somehow.

Hey, dipshit, who kept signing off on arms shipments the past fucking year? Hey dipshit, who declared a redline in Rafah only for nothing to happen? Who gave a deadline of 30 days for aid to increase, nothing improved, then they just meekly announced they weren't doing shit as punishment?

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world -2 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

Personal attacks aside, yes it is the fault of voters for Trump getting into office. That's how elections work.

Democrats wouldn't stop the war. Republicans wouldn't stop the war. It was irrelevant to the choice of who to elect.

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[–] M1ch431@lemmy.ml 20 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (2 children)

Just curious, if Kamala did the same arms transfer shortly after getting elected; how would you respond or what would you do?

Would you assure others that she is working tirelessly on a ceasefire despite her vow to always give them the ability to defend themselves?

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Yes this is a lot less than Biden sent.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world -1 points 16 hours ago

He's got 4 years to catch up. After all he has to fund the removal of all Gazans he proposed.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

What I want is to replace First-past-the-post voting with STAR voting.

Imagine all the time you'd save from not having to go to every single thread to blame people literally unrepresented in government for the democrats failures.

Videos on Electoral Reform

First Past The Post voting (What most states use now)

Videos on alternative electoral systems we can try out.

STAR voting

Alternative vote

Ranked Choice voting

Range Voting

Single Transferable Vote

Mixed Member Proportional representation

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world -4 points 16 hours ago

And you would only be able to pass voting reform through democrats.

[–] FreudianCafe@lemmy.ml 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Have you considered the possibility that this is not what people who voted against KKKlansmala wanted, but trump did it anyway?

[–] takeda@lemm.ee 0 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

He was very open where he stands, and even was complaining that Israel did not wipe Palestine faster.

[–] FreudianCafe@lemmy.ml 9 points 20 hours ago

Trump isnt open on anything. He says something then the opposite and then agree with both statements. This isnt an exception. He said some of the most inhumane shit about the palestinians i ever heard, and he also criticized Netanyahu harder than any potus ever did. If you say he is clear about this issue, please teach us because the rest of the world cant say the same. And to add some context, 1b is a very rookie number, to say at least. Biden did 8b a few days ago in a single move. Idk if hes testing the waters with the american public and will subsequently give more or if he is giving a farewell kiss to israel and wont send a penny from now on, but theres 0 chance any potus could go without paying tribute to aipac, even if meager

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[–] Frank_weens@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

I thought musk controls the purse. Why is he even pretending to involve Congress at this point?

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