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Hamas releases Israeli hostages, US President Donald Trump gets standing ovation in Israel's parliament
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‘Everything is legitimate’: Israeli leaders defend soldiers accused of rape (2024)
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Israel and Hamas agree to first phase of peace plan to pause fighting and release hostages
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Donald Trump administration intervenes to secure woman’s rescue from Gaza
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Gaza aid Global Sumud Flotilla: more than a dozen vessels intercepted by Israeli forces; Greta Thunberg arrested – live
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Donald Trump says Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to US-sponsored Gaza peace proposal
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War and military news September 25-26
There is some alarming news, I didn't want to post every headline and flood Tildes, so I'm making this post. If anyone feels any are important enough to post one separately, do feel free. Hegseth...
There is some alarming news, I didn't want to post every headline and flood Tildes, so I'm making this post. If anyone feels any are important enough to post one separately, do feel free.
- Hegseth orders rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals, admirals
- Hungarian drones breach Ukraine's airspace, Zelensky says
- Boat strikes, warships and Venezuela rhetoric raise questions about Trump’s goals
- Chinese drone experts worked with sanctioned Russian arms maker, sources say
- Germany considers offensive space capabilities as Russia tracks its military satellites
- Trump says he will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank
- Palestinians in West Bank stranded as Israel shuts only international crossing
- North Korea is close to having an ICBM that can hit the U.S. with a nuclear weapon, South Korean leader says
I check in on https://www.newsminimalist.com/ sometimes, I might have it bookmarked from here originally, but anyways, most of this news is from there
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Sweden recognised Palestine eleven years ago – more than a decade on, here is what France and other Western states who have recently followed suit can learn from Sweden's experience
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United Kingdom, Australia and Canada officially recognize a Palestinian state
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Benjamin Netanyahu vows there will be no Palestinian state ahead of UN meeting
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Israel targets Hamas leadership in military strikes on Qatar, officials say
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The unforgivable sin of Ms Rachel. The biggest threat to Western Civilization: compassion. Makes perfect sense.
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UN-backed experts declare famine in and around Gaza City
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In Norway we see ourselves as ethically virtuous – so why is our oil wealth enabling genocide?
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US State Department halts 'medical-humanitarian' visas for people from Gaza
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Israel’s plan to take over Gaza City stirs fears for civilians and hostages
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No evidence Hamas stole Gaza humanitarian aid, USAID report shows
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Mass starvation stalks Gaza as deaths from hunger rise
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'It's a killing field': IDF soldiers ordered to shoot deliberately at unarmed Gazans waiting for humanitarian aid
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Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg and eleven other activists set sail on Sunday afternoon for Gaza on a ship aimed at “breaking Israel's siege” of the devastated territory
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Multiple people burned in apparent antisemitic attack on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall
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According to online poll, calls for genocide have migrated from the margins to the mainstream in Israel
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My family's daily struggle to find food in Gaza
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Family mourns boy killed by Israeli strike as he searched for bread
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US President Joe Biden never pressured Israel for ceasefire, according to Israeli investigation
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Pro-Palestinian protesters occupy Columbia University library
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Drones hit ‘Freedom Flotilla’ Gaza aid ship in international waters near Malta
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Israeli and recent Columbia graduate Mikey Baratz speaks about his friend, the recently arrested Palestinian student Mohsen Mahdawi
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Two UK MPs 'astounded' after being denied entry to Israel
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A letter to Columbia
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio boasts of canceling more than 300 visas over pro-Palestine protests
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Turkish student at Tufts University detained, video shows masked people handcuffing her
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US Immigration agents arrest Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests
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Donald Trump administration cancels $400M in grants and contracts with Columbia University
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US President Donald Trump shares bizarre AI vision of what Gaza will look like under his rule
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TikTok ban fueled by Israel, not China: US Congressional insiders spill the beans on how the law was passed
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Morocco, Somaliland and Puntland named as locations under discussion for Gazan relocation per US President Donald Trump’s plans; Israeli official says any talk of destinations is ‘extremely premature’
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Donald Trump won’t rule out deploying US troops to support rebuilding Gaza, sees ‘long-term’ US ownership
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Hamas reemerges in Gaza, badly bruised but still with influence
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Gaza ceasefire deal agreed by Hamas and Israel, Qatari PM says
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Israel and Hamas agree to a ceasefire in Gaza, Qatari and Hamas officials say
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It can be lonely to have a middle-of-the road opinion on the Israel/Palestine conflict
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Race Science Inc. | Undercover in The Human Diversity Foundation, the million-dollar race science company
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A year after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, four Americans are still being held hostage
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An Israeli and a Palestinian discuss 7 October, Gaza – and the future
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At the University of Michigan, pro Palestinian protestors have "Shut Down" student government, by being elected to it
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What is the motivation to keep sending Benajmin Netanyahu military aide while the Gaza crisis continues?
I hope it is kosher to post this under ~talk. I know people are sick of this topic, so I put plenty of tags in to help those not interested avoid seeing this thread. FWIW, you can go into your...
I hope it is kosher to post this under ~talk. I know people are sick of this topic, so I put plenty of tags in to help those not interested avoid seeing this thread. FWIW, you can go into your Settings and enter keywords to filter threads on ( via tags ).
To my question.
Netanyahu has been killing people with no means of defense.
What is President Biden's motivation to keep sending military aide to Israel while Netanyahu continues to do this?
I have a few guesses, but none of them on their own or together seems to justify the political or humanitarian costs:
- Somehow it is in the geopolitical interest of the U.S. to do so
- Israel would be destroyed without military aide ( but defensive weapons can still be sent )
- The U.S. benefits from Israeli intelligence
- Congressional republicans aligned with Christian Nationlists want to see Israel live out a Biblical prophesy and it would cost President Biden politically if he were to push a decrease in military aide - assuming he could.
- President Biden might have lost Jewish American votes, BUT Jews are a minority in America and many American Jews are against what Netanyahu is doing.
Those are the possibilities I could come up with. Am I missing anything? All of these possibilities together do not seem to be worth the political cost President Biden incurred. Is there something I missed?
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Digital apartheid in Gaza: Unjust content moderation at the request of Israel’s cyber unit
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Joe Biden administration sued over US sanctions against Israeli settlers
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