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Omar says Israel policy divisions won’t stop her from supporting Biden in November (thehill.com)

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Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) said policy differences toward Israel between her and President Biden won’t stop her from supporting him in the November general election.

“Of course,” Omar said Tuesday, when asked by CNN’s Abby Phillip on “NewsNight” whether she would vote for Biden if the election were held that day, in a clip highlighted by Mediaite. “Democracy is on the line, we are facing down fascism.”

“And I personally know what my life felt like having Trump as the president of this country, and I know what it felt like for my constituents, and for people around this country and around the world,” Omar continued. “We have to do everything that we can to make sure that does not happen to our country again.”

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[-] OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Both US and Israel are democratic countries

Doubt. Can you be an apartheid state and democratic at the same time? Can you approve illegal settlements in Palestinian territories while giving the Palestinians no say in this and truly be a democracy? Seems suspect at best.

The US also clearly does not agree with this. So I would say their values do not appear to be so close either.

I'm also not sure that siding with a country that is hated in the entire region is the best defense against Iran. Would that not push everyone else in the region to a more anti-US position? I'm sure the US would deter Iran from becoming a nuclear superpower just fine even without Israel's "support" (in quotation marks because I am not sure what exactly they do for the US specifically).

whilst Israel's actions may not be ideal

Well we agree here at least, lol. Not "ideal," yes quite. Ideally we wouldn't be starving children to death but boy aren't you happy the Iranians are slightly less bullish, maybe.

Regarding Jordan, their values are not so close to the ones of US. Also, not that long time ago they were in a war and in the last days, they seem to get closer and closer to Iran.

I think the US has good relations with Jordan though? Also I haven't heard about the recent thing with Iran.

But overall, I think it's questionable at best to support Israel right now because of "Iran" when you know full well that any weapons you send will be used to kill innocents within a few days. Why not support Israel against Iran, when relevant, but not support them when they're doing a genocide?

It seems so basic I feel like I'm going insane. Are these the people you share values with, seriously? Yeah you're a monster but the enemy of my enemy is my friend and all that.

The US seems to be changing tack on this and my only complaint is that it didn't happen months ago. Too many people have died and too much suffering has taken place. Israel deserves to be a pariah state

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