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Bibi and Likud are right wing extremists. He played the Hamas card to keep Palestinians divided. The Palestinian Authority is weak and deeply corrupt. Hamas are Islamic extremists. Divided they are nothing. But then internal Israeli politics took over. National security suffered. They became complacent. And Hamas took advantage and invaded Israel. Absolutely breathtaking incompetence on part of the Israelis. But after the attacks, Israelis became more right wing then ever. Might not help Netanyahu. People do blame him. But the Hamas attacks were a gift to the Israeli right wing. |
Tax cents? Well, the objection U.S. taxpayers have to supporting an apartheid regime that will not stop dragging us into its pathetic orbit of misery is based on a lot more than just financial considerations, but just to be clear about something … Inflation-adjusted annual average of $4.2B in direct financial welfare to Israel from 1946-2022 (which will be 4-5x that figure in 2023), divided by total U.S. income tax revenue of 2.6T in 2022. If any taxpayer had as little as $625.00 in federal income taxes remitted to the U.S. government in 2022, their contribution to this abomination of a welfare state was at least $1.00 - and that’s from someone earning less than $15K annually. For a taxpayer earning at least $100K, the contribution is closer to $28.00, and for a taxpayer earning at least $250K, the contribution is closer to $92.00 annually. It’s not “tax cents” for most Americans. And, of course, we cannot put a proper price tag on the fact that the U.S. has wasted full 1/2 of its security council dry powder at the U.N. running veto interference on Israel’s behalf, or the fact that OIF cost Americans over $750B but also countless active duty lives, all thanks to intentionally false “intelligence” manufactured by “our ally” Israel. Now, then. STFU. |
“I plead for an end to the military operations with their appalling harvest of innocent civilian victims” Pretty clear who he’s talking to. |
Bravo. |
They don’t want to take Palestinian refugees because all of Gaza would have left, leaving Israel to just claim it. |
They attacked to prevent Saudi Arabia from screwing them over by signing a peace deal with Israel |
It's sanitized ethnic cleansing. Netanyahu is now pushing for "voluntary migration" from Gaza. 6 weeks ago this was a proposal by the far right wing, such as Smotrich. Not it's being pushed by Netanyahu. |
STFU? Why someone is making commands to an internet stranger and being vulgar at the same time! You don't have to work, then you won't pay taxes, your problem solved. I guess that can be your form of protests? The rest of us will work. Also, people who don't pay taxes have no say in your U.S.? so in your world the rich would have a bigger say in things? Note, we vote for people and entrust them to make decisions using their judgment--politicians do not take polls of taxpayers. |
Well, that worked out well. Gaza lies in ruins. Big thinking. |
Impressive, except the premise that the American taxpayers are against aid to Israel. Most Americans despise Palestinians after the brutality of 10/7. The useful idiots supporting intifada stateside strengthen this sentiment. |
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Ok, go take part in this protest, and see what the immediate and near-term results are. Go for it. But it would be better to think things through. What is this protest going to accomplish? You are going to go express yourself? Why would that change anyone's heart and mind? Yes, I know you think it should, but will it? Again, think this through, to what will probably happen, not to what you want to happen. |
First, America is a global outlier, for obvious reasons, and second, support for Israel decreases here with every younger generation. Israel is now undoubtedly a global pariah and it will not be long before it is politically untenable for an American politician to keep subsidizing and arming Israel. When Biden loses next year it will be a massive wake-up call to Democrats. |
You are in a bubble. Total delulu. Americans are not happy about supporting israel’s destruction of Palestine. The polls show it. It will just continue to rise as Biden shows how weak he is cowtailing to Bibi. Refugee camp in southern gaza bombed this morning - keep it up IDF - you are all barbarians. |