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Elise Stefanik, President Trump’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to the UN, stated during her confirmation hearing that Israel has a "biblical right" to the occupied West Bank, aligning with far-right Israeli officials.

Stefanik sidestepped support for Palestinian self-determination, blaming their leadership for failures.

Her stance signals a shift from Biden-era opposition to Israeli settlements, with Trump lifting sanctions on Israeli settler groups and nominating pro-settlement figures like Mike Huckabee for key roles.

Stefanik also vowed to audit UN funding and block aid to Palestinian refugee agencies.

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[-] ChowJeeBai@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

Who released the leopards?

[-] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

Had a Biblical right, but they forfeited it when they stopped following God and went and did things worse than the surrounding nations. They were rejected as a kingdom of God just before Babylon took over, and when they flash mobbed the Romans to execute Jesus, that completed the rejection. Israel has not been the Kingdom of God for 2,500 years, roughly, and definitely do not have his backing for this assault.

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[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

much surprise that Trump decided to side with the powerful and the rich

[-] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Christian zionism is also genocidal fascism and it's the most widespread.

[-] shininghero@pawb.social 7 points 5 days ago

Bitch, stop using those antique salt-crusted scrolls for modern law making, and put them back in the museum. Where they belong.

[-] prole 2 points 5 days ago

Mmmm salt-crusted scrolls...

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago

Both Israelis and Palestinians claim to have a "God given right" to that very same piece of sand.

I suspect that's a large part of why this conflict has been ongoing for longer than most of the combatants have been alive.

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