[-] CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca 12 points 6 months ago

Hardly surprising...

Biden has always seen Israel as an investment which produces the best returns for U.S. interests.

In 1986, when he was a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, he opposed the sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia because they were not able to become “agents of .U.S interests in the Persian Gulf region.”

He stressed that his opposition to the weapons sale was not about whether the Saudis were good guys or bad guys, but about the ability of the Saudis to help advance and secure U.S. interests.

He emphasized that the “naked self-interest of the U.S.” should always guide their Middle East policy, and that his support for Israel is situated within that self-interest. As he bluntly explained: “Were there not an Israel, the United States of America would have to invent an Israel to protect her interest in the region.”

https://theconversation.com/biden-says-the-u-s-would-have-to-invent-an-israel-if-it-didnt-exist-why-210172

[-] CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca 13 points 6 months ago

I have taken pains to point out that Zionism does not equate Judaism. Three of the men from whom I have learned the most about this conflict are all Jewish, Noam Chomsky, Norman Finkelstein and Ilan Pappé.

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[-] CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca 16 points 6 months ago

Hamas who walked away from the peace talks because Israel wouldn’t agree to the destruction of Israel?

Cite sources.

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[-] CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca 14 points 7 months ago

Among younger Americans, and along political lines, divisions are more prominent. Almost half of those surveyed aged 18-29, 49%, say Israel is committing genocide, with 24% disagreeing and 27% uncertain.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/24/americans-believe-israel-committing-genocide-poll

[-] CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca 16 points 7 months ago

The International Court of Justice has found it is "plausible" that Israel has committed acts that violate the Genocide Convention. In a provisional order delivered by the court's president, Joan Donoghue, the court said Israel must ensure "with immediate effect" that its forces not commit any of the acts prohibited by the convention.

she said that given the deteriorating situation in Gaza, the court has jurisdiction to order measures to protect Gaza's population from further risk of genocide. https://www.npr.org/2024/01/26/1227078791/icj-israel-genocide-gaza-palestinians-south-africa

Further you are using a variation of the Argumentum ad populum logical fallacy. It's immaterial which countries agree or disagree. In the end it's the court that matters.

Ad populum fallacy refers to a claim that something is true simply because that’s what a large number of people believe. In other words, if many people believe something to be true, then it must be true.

[-] CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca 11 points 7 months ago

Posted the Guardian link previously. This just reinforced the Guardian story.

Free to block me if you don't like the way I post. My feelings won't be hurt.

[-] CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca 12 points 7 months ago

I presented a reliable source and you refuse to look at it. Do you have problems with the guardian as well?

Among younger Americans, and along political lines, divisions are more prominent. Almost half of those surveyed aged 18-29, 49%, say Israel is committing genocide, with 24% disagreeing and 27% uncertain.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/24/americans-believe-israel-committing-genocide-poll

[-] CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca 11 points 7 months ago

https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/econTabReport_i9N6Z0N.pdf

Is There A Genocide in Palestine Do you think that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinian civilians?

[-] CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca 14 points 7 months ago

I think you're confusing an informal opinion poll taken by the media outlet with official polling numbers. It would have been better to list the polls being cited, but in general most Americans want to see an immediate cease-fire. I'll keep my eyes open for more data

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/6/us-congress-support-for-gaza-ceasefire-lower-than-american-public

[-] CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Go visit Somalia. Cops are defunded there. Come back in a year if you can.

Or, if that’s not what you want. Pick a better fucking slogan so the anarcho-kids aren’t your supporters in name only.

And maybe you pick up a badge and do it. There are many openings for a big brain.

Do you put salt on the boots before you lick them? Just asking for a friend.

[-] CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Given the lack of mainstream media coverage it's a very good start.

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