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submitted 2 days ago by NightOwl@lemmy.ca to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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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[-] andrewth09@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

This will bring down the price of eggs.

[-] Grass@sh.itjust.works 54 points 2 days ago

ah yes the age old solution of giving killers weapons so they stop killing. never fails.

[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

Actually, it's $1 billion in NERF weapons.

[-] 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!

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 day ago

lol thats still less than what the democrats were giving to them. but a completely different reaction now that blue maga isnt the ones doing it.

you should stop having US political parties as your identity because they are all fascists.

[-] dessalines@lemmy.ml 44 points 2 days ago

No one forced the democrats to do this:

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

No one stopped them either. Dems and Repub leaders both want this

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[-] wurzelgummidge@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 days ago

The only difference between Harris and Trump is that the latter can't keep his gaping orange maw shut. Well maybe she would have put in a few more military bases instead of casinos.

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Tell that to trans kids, women who need abortions, minorities being fired as "DEI hires", and immigrants in concentration camps.

[-] teagrrl@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago

Stop using us (trans people) as a scapegoat for your bad politics. I'd appreciate that greatly.

[-] Halosheep@lemm.ee 2 points 23 hours ago

Right, you're the voice for all trans people.

Good one.

[-] teagrrl@lemmy.ml 1 points 18 hours ago
[-] _lunar@lemmy.ml 24 points 2 days ago

she did nothing but indicate her intentions to do the exact same thing, just as biden before her

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[-] Catoblepas 29 points 2 days ago

I think they pretty clearly wanted the Democratic party to stop arming Israel, which did not happen, and probably wouldn't have happened if they were elected, either, given they made no promises on it and gave no real indications of course correction.

This is like if the guy on watch duty on the Titanic spent a year screaming about how they're heading directly for an iceberg, the captain did nothing, and then got mad at the guy on watch when the iceberg sank the ship.

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[-] GlacialTurtle@lemmy.ml 23 points 2 days ago

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?

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[-] distantsounds@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago

There was no distinction between the candidates on this issue. Biden just sent $8 billion in arms less than a month ago. There were plenty differences between candidates, but this is not one.

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[-] pedz@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 days ago

If enough people voted, the Democrats would have given people free health care, stopped financing wars, torture and genocide, improve public transit, boost public education, and lowered the cost of groceries. If only enough people voted for the Democrats, they could be in power and bring change. They just need a super majority to install a welfare state and turn into pacifists. Of course!

[-] crusa187@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 days ago

I get your sarcasm, but let’s be clear - Dems have had a supermajority 3 times in the past 25 years, and we got none of this shit. They’re full of crap when it comes to fulfilling campaign promises. Wish we could say the same for republicans.

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[-] 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?

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[-] officermike@lemmy.world 33 points 2 days 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.

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