Biden is now regularly confronted by demonstrators waving Palestinian flags and chanting slogans against "Genocide Joe," his speeches constantly interrupted.
With Biden, there’s at least some attempts being made to rein Israel in. They’re not particularly strong attempts and we’re still selling them weapons like its candy, but there’s at least something is being done to try to slow them down, even if ineffective. I think the general fear among leaders from pushing too hard is that if we completely cut off Israel, they’ll just saddle up with Russia or China and we’ll be largely cut off from the Middle East or even being able to influence the peace process (I’m not sure how much we’ve really helped anyways). It’s not like there’s many other partners we can work with in the Middle East that don’t have blood on their hands or questionable values. I would’ve hoped with America being actually rich in oil now that we could just walk away from that region altogether and stop supporting Israel so hard, but for whatever reason we just can’t quit them I guess.
With Trump, the gloves come off and he’ll probably even give Israel full approval to start committing genocide in the West Bank next. Letting Trump take power seems worse for the Palestinians than anything, there won’t even be a chance at peace in that scenario. Hell, I’m sure he’d probably love to start a war with Iran because he believes war benefits the economy . We had a nuclear deal with Iran that seemed to be working well for both parties that could’ve eventually led to a thaw in relations until Trump killed that deal. Everything he does just seems to be to inflame tensions and ratchet up the chaos.
Shit sucks for the Palestinians, but handing the keys back to Trump isn’t going to make things any better for them or the region in general.
With Biden, there’s at least some attempts being made to rein Israel in. They’re not particularly strong attempts and we’re still selling them weapons like its candy, but there’s at least something is being done to try to slow them down, even if ineffective. I think the general fear among leaders from pushing too hard is that if we completely cut off Israel, they’ll just saddle up with Russia or China and we’ll be largely cut off from the Middle East or even being able to influence the peace process (I’m not sure how much we’ve really helped anyways). It’s not like there’s many other partners we can work with in the Middle East that don’t have blood on their hands or questionable values. I would’ve hoped with America being actually rich in oil now that we could just walk away from that region altogether and stop supporting Israel so hard, but for whatever reason we just can’t quit them I guess.
With Trump, the gloves come off and he’ll probably even give Israel full approval to start committing genocide in the West Bank next. Letting Trump take power seems worse for the Palestinians than anything, there won’t even be a chance at peace in that scenario. Hell, I’m sure he’d probably love to start a war with Iran because he believes war benefits the economy . We had a nuclear deal with Iran that seemed to be working well for both parties that could’ve eventually led to a thaw in relations until Trump killed that deal. Everything he does just seems to be to inflame tensions and ratchet up the chaos.
Shit sucks for the Palestinians, but handing the keys back to Trump isn’t going to make things any better for them or the region in general.
Not even a little.