Is there a point to Pro-Palestinian Activism anymore? (hexbear.net)

submitted 9 months ago by CementCityRefugee@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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Warning: Cynicism

I am a part of a left org that has been putting efforts into showing support for Palestine. A lot of demos, speaking at city council meetings, pressuring agencies to support a ceasefire, etc.

I'm considering bringing it up to comrades that maybe this has run its course. The IDF has been moving South and is now in Rafah. The only thing the US has done is issue "concerns" that have been ignored; the US has not stopped funding the war. How much destruction is there left that we as American activists are even trying to prevent?

Tell me I'm wrong. I want to be wrong. I just see comrades putting their efforts into this for emotional and not practical reasons at this point.

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[-] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 6 points 9 months ago

The U.S. has backed out of similar conflicts before, most recently Afghanistan, and Ukraine funding is looking rockier by the day. It's not impossible for the U.S. to decide unconditionally supporting Israel is no longer in its interests.

The U.S. government isn't going to bow to public opinion on this, but public opinion turning against Israel gives them political cover to do it if they come to that decision on their own. Do you think Biden would have pulled out of Afghanistan if the U.S. public still had the war fever it had right after 9/11?