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Joe Biden has done more than arm Israel. He’s complicit in Gaza’s devastating famine
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 16 May 2024
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Horrific. What can we as individuals do to help alleviate this situation?
The college protests actually seem to have raised the pressure on Israel, and have started to spread in Europe. I think that joining with that effort is probably the most impact that average citizens can have. That and donate to charitable organizations bringing aid to Gaza, even if that aid is currently being blocked.
The boycott movement on tiktok and other social media seem to be doing something as well. Considering McDonald's is starting to issue statements bemoaning the boycott and how they have never supported Israel, or something like that.
Yeah, getting tiktok banned.
How have they changed the way Netanyahu pursues genocide?
Just the fact that he felt the need to address them himself on TV is evidence that he feels pressure. I never claimed they were changing the course of history, but if you have better suggestions then please make them.
I keep making it: Biden should stop sending Netanyahu weapons for genocide.
The question was what can we as individuals do? Anyways, US aid generally accounts for around ,15% of Israel's defense budget, and there are plenty of other countries from which to buy bombs.
Gloat harder that the only thing we can do is vote for one of two pro-genocide candidates.
So let Netanyahu buy from them. And where possible, sanction those who sell to Netanyahu. Why are we being complicit? And "it's complicated, so shut up" isn't an answer.
Funny how that's almost the exact opposite of encouraging people to get involved with protests, which was my actual answer to that question.
That's a great example of pressure being raised on schools. But OP said there was pressure on Israel, for which I see no evidence.