Extremely interesting development. Do you think it's simply because he sees popular support globally for Palestine and wants to piggy-back some of it?

[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 49 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

weapons sent to the Zionist entity are weapons not sent to the Banderite entity

[–] Diuretic_Materialism@hexbear.net 23 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Do you think it's simply because he sees popular support globally for Palestine and wants to piggy-back some of it?

Honestly, yes, I suspect this is more his motive than being angry that Israel is getting more aid than him. Him recognizing Palestine isn't going to divert any aid to him, if anything the opposite. However his foreign support comes mostly from western Libs, most of whom are at least somewhat Palestinian sympathetic. They've been losing focus on Ukraine so he's hoping this statement wins him some more support from them and gets him back in the news cycle long enough that US public opinion swings back in his direction a bit.

[–] zed_proclaimer@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago

I think it has more to do with the opinions of the global south than the collective west. He’s been trying to court “neutral” nations like Saudi Arabia, Turkey, The Philippines, etc. and get them to come to his peace summit in Switzerland.

This is him saying opportunistic shit to try and get some of them back onside, since basically none of them what anything to do with Ukraine