President Joe Biden said Tuesday Israel’s prime minister needs to change his hardline government and support for the country’s military campaign is waning amid heavy bombardment of Gaza.

President Joe Biden said Tuesday Israel’s prime minister needs to change his hardline government and support for the country’s military campaign is waning amid heavy bombardment of Gaza. … “This is the most conservative government in Israel’s history,” Biden said, adding that the Israeli government “doesn’t want a two-state solution.”

It’s mind-blowing how thoroughly Netanyahu has bungled this. They had damn near the entire world in full support after Hamas’ horrific attack on Israeli civilians, and they’ve managed to lose it.

  • Alien Nathan Edward@lemm.eeEnglish
    315·
    11 months ago

    Biden said Tuesday Israel’s prime minister needs to change his hardline government and support for the country’s military campaign is waning

    Thing is, he later went on to say “I am a Zionist.” So while he’s trying to play both sides in the end he’ll keep sending your money to kill Palestinian children for as long as there are Palestinian children to murder.

    • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      135·
      11 months ago

      What Genocide Joe says is that he will ALWAYS support israel’s Genocide no matter what, but that they’re starting to lose Europe and the rest of the world.

        • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          11 months ago

          Yes of course. Israel actually fulfilled every single of the five ways to commit genocide.

            • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
              5·
              11 months ago

              https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide_Convention

              any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, as such:

              (a) Killing members of the group;
(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
              • samokosik@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
                17·
                11 months ago

                Okay, so the general issue with calling this a genocide would be that Israel does not systematically kill Palestinian civilians. There are no detention camps, they don’t purposefully bomb Palestinians with the aim of killing as many civilians as possible. Whilst I believe Israel can potentially do more to protect civilians, their main aim is not to destroy Palestinian population. At least that’s been the case of the last 70+ years.

                Also, based purely on numbers, there are no signs of elimination attempt.

                The most debatable point could be C but the result of terrible life quality of Gazans is mostly presence of Hamas because Israel lets money in and even supported Hamas (which is quite funny)

                • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  5·
                  11 months ago

                  Israel is holding like 4000 hostages they kidnapped without any process from the west bank.

                  "The goal is damage not accuracy " are literal IDF words on bombing Gaza.

                  They targeted infrastructure and cut off food and water.

                  They have blocked ambulances to hospitals to force women to miscarry even before oct7

                  They have kidnapped children for multiple years and tortured them in prison.

                  Have you been living under a rock?

                  • Olgratin_Magmatoe@startrek.websiteEnglish
                    2·
                    11 months ago

                    Have you been living under a rock?

                    To be completely fair, if they’re in the U.S., the amount of propaganda flying around coupled with the complete lack of history being taught about the issue is more than enough to leave the average person unaware of these genocidal actions.