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Israel is not only starving Gazans, they've BEEN starving Gazans for DECADES.
That's been the whole point of the blockade.
Why does Biden support genocide?
Because he's a self-proclaimed Zionist and the end goal of Zionism has always been genocide. Now, why is he a Zionist? shrugs
why is he a Zionist?
Also notice that he taken more money since the start of the Gaza slaughter
Because the calculation has been made, he will lose more votes from people who support Israel than people who support Palestine because the first ones don't mind the alternative which will support Israel even more and the second ones will be in deep shit if Trump gets elected so they have no choice.
This is genocide denial plain and simple.
Also remember that whenever anyone tries to tell you that you shouldn't be bringing up Biden's genocide support because it might hurt his chances in the US election, they are also doing genocide denial. They are genocide deniers.
They may not be denying that the genocide is happening, they're just denying that we should talk about it. They're denying its importance.
And sure, Trump would probably be worse at this, so vote. But if Biden genuinely needs widespread genocide denial to win then that is not only not an acceptable thing to ask of voters, it is also unhinged. People know about the genocide, they know Biden is dragging his feet on the issue and pretending that's not happening just to protect him makes his case look extremely weak.
If you really think that no amount of denouncement and excoriation will influence him to stop supporting genocide then again, you are saying awful things about him without realising it.
He also claimed there's no genocide
Why did he build the pier for aid?
To give the appearance of caring while not actually trying to improve the situation
Well, true. Pretty much everything he's done pro Palestine has been 99% performative. But my point was that it's bizarre to claim that Israel is not starving Palestinians while also building a pier because aid (including food) isn't getting rhrough
Several of the ships sent have been doing similar operations to the region for over a decade, so it probably wasn't a difficult move to make.
My point was that it shows he clearly understands that aid, mainly food, wasn't getting through. He's a liar
And mine was that he hasn't done much in general about the situation. I like the pier and airdrops as concepts but I don't think they were impactful to the scale of what we could accomplish if we really tried.
If he really wanted change he would pressure Israel. The US is the sole reason this situation hasn't ever resolved
Id trust the people on the streets there before any out of touch government second guesser
Yeah, but in typical c-suite fashion they (e.g., Biden in this case) listen but don’t hear or care what the people who are actually in the shit of it all think/say because agendas.
Says the guy who literally built a fucking pier to delivery food because Israel won't let trucks go through on the road.
