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I'm convinced Israel is pushing as hard as they can because they know they'll either 1) continue getting the weapons and, therefore, tacit endorsement of their actions from/by the US, or 2) Biden actually tries to embargo arms to Israel, thereby losing the election for Harris, and then they'll get the weapons and explicit endorsement from Trump in a few months.
Politically, the only way they lose is if they stop being aggressive and genocidal, because that would increase the chance of a Harris victory, which means they then might not get to keep picking fights and a Harris administration with four years in front of them might very well enact an arms embargo, hurting Israel's military in the much longer term.
Sadly, the only long-term chance of the US doing something about Israel will need to be a) after the election, and b) only if Harris wins. Otherwise Trump will basically allow them to double down on everything they're doing with even less outcry. Standing on principle here actually increases the harm to Lebanon and Palestine in the long term.
The US will be busy dealing with mass deportations, the carving out and amputation of many federal departments, and the jailing of opposition politicians. And that's before it possibly gets worse. So even the limited outcry and opposition in the US will decrease with a Trump victory.
So If I want to help the people being genocided, I have to vote for the person doing the genocide and just hope that she has the Intention of changing things in the future even though she has shown zero signs of having that intention.
This "democracy" isn't worth saving
Life isn't simple or easy.
Supporting genocide is a pretty good black and white line.
Not recognizing it as such says everything about how important the lesson of 'never again' was to you.
K.