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Biden says Israeli occupation of Gaza would be 'big mistake' (www.france24.com)

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Looks like uncle Joe isn't onboard with the Israeli right wing agenda.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The best way to stop Israel from doing this is to threaten to stop sending money to Israel.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know if that'll make a significant enough dent. Looking at some numbers, the US aid clocks to about 10% of Israel's military spending.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Correct Israel doesn't need money, it needs world to look the other way or support what they are doing now.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why do they even send money to Israel?

Aren't they a fairly wealthy country? It's like sending money to Canada.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's to test weapons systems in a real world context.

Like people legit don't make this connection. The data from the Iron Dome is incredibly valuable. Likely the US is getting data on Bunker busting and tunnel clearing tech.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But he said he was convinced that “the Israelis are going to do everything in their power to avoid the killing of innocent civilians.”

Don't be so sure

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As if they haven’t been murdering Palestinians for decades…