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Israel Rejected a Cease-Fire. The Media Isn’t Telling Us. (jacobin.com)

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[-] Hegar@kbin.social 1 points 1 month ago

I am guessing their calculation is that losing support of Israel lobby is 100% loss?

Yeah, I've been presuming that's a significant part of it. That and the importance of a dependent and dependable ally to help anchor US security architecture in a vital region. Israel needs US imperial presence in the region. Saudi just benefits from it.

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