Biden tells donors Israel is losing support, Netanyahu must change his government | CNN Politics ( www.cnn.com )

President Joe Biden said Tuesday Israel’s prime minister needs to change his hardline government and support for the country’s military campaign is waning amid heavy bombardment of Gaza.
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“This is the most conservative government in Israel’s history,” Biden said, adding that the Israeli government “doesn’t want a two-state solution.”

It's mind-blowing how thoroughly Netanyahu has bungled this. They had damn near the entire world in full support after Hamas' horrific attack on Israeli civilians, and they've managed to lose it.

gravitas_deficiency ,

I’d love it if we could stop propping up Netanyahu’s apartheid regime and instead give a bunch of military support to a cause that actually needs and deserves it… like Ukraine.

In the context of US politics, this whole clusterfuck is a MASSIVE unforced error by Biden. The only people he’s appeasing are almost exclusively already on the right wing, and they’re never going to vote for him. I’m becoming more concerned by the day that his handling of the Israel/Gaza war may in fact cost him the election.

MaxVoltage ,

bro my cousin is stationed in the middle east and i find it scary that you would rather help non americans

We dont have bases in ukraine

gravitas_deficiency ,

Explain to me - specifically which Americans I should want to be helping instead? And which non-Americans should I be specifically disregarding?

MaxVoltage ,

Not you

Biden 🦅🇺🇸

gravitas_deficiency ,

I still don’t understand how you could have possibly thought I was wishing ill fortune on your cousin by saying that Israel doesn’t really need our help here and there are better places our resources could be going

MaxVoltage ,

You are right comrade

gravitas_deficiency ,

wat

IchNichtenLichten ,
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The fear of being labelled an antisemite has worked very well for silencing opposition for decades now. I guess Bibi thought that tactic would continue to work no matter how vile his government and military acts.

Oops.

magnetosphere ,

I’m glad that tired, old trick is getting the skepticism it deserves. Even the slowest among us are realizing that if you’re discussing a non-denominational issue and being called “antisemitic” for it, then maybe the accusation is bullshit. Human rights should not be a religious issue.

IchNichtenLichten ,
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It seems to be happening almost in real time. I was called an antisemite several times just a couple of months ago for expressing outrage at what Israel is doing. I don’t see that accusation being thrown around nearly as much recently.

kescusay OP ,
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It worked (and works) to head off criticism of the Israeli government because so much of the time there are antisemites whose supposed criticism of the government is there to mask hate.

But Netanyahu isn't Judaism. He's just a guy, and as a fallible human being he has made enormous errors of judgment and engaged in ludicrously unethical behavior.

IchNichtenLichten ,
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It’s less effective because it’s a classic example of the boy who cried wolf. If you’re grouping people who are appalled by Israel’s conduct with actual antisemites then the accusation of antisemitism loses credibility.

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