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Trump plans to lift the Biden administration’s freeze on supplying 2,000-pound bombs to Israel and reverse sanctions against Israeli settlers.

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[-] tiefling 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Because these issues much more directly affect people in the US, and by extension, you (assuming you're even FROM the US)

Personally I'm a trans immigrant. In part BECAUSE of protest voters, my new priority over literally everything else is my own survival. It's not that I don't care about Gaza, my heart breaks for the Palestinians affected by the genocide, but I don't have energy left to devote to that fight. That is by design as a fractured population is less able to work together.

[-] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

What you mean by that is they affect you. There are Palestinians in the United States, Jewish people who want to quash the wave of antisemitism this will trigger, and other Americans who would like to not ignite another wave of anti-Americanism is the Arab world.

You don't have to prioritize the anti-war movement over the issues that are closest to your own life and safety, but you don't get to demand that they sideline the issues that are closest to their lives for you. Solidarity goes both ways.

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