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Trump Asks Congress To Approve $1 Billion Arms Transfer to Israel (news.antiwar.com)

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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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[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 68 points 2 days ago

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

[-] M1ch431@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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?

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

As I have said before Israel was irrelevant to the election as neither candidate was going to act differently. It was only used as a weapon by conservatives to strip votes from Harris.

[-] liyunxiao@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 days ago

You mean it was a lay up for Harris she refused to capitalize on because she personally received too much money in bribes.

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Or maybe she didn't have a simple black and white opinion on a very nuanced situation and recognized that pulling support for Israel would only lose the US it's seat at the negotiating table.