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edhopper

(37,407 posts)
Thu Mar 28, 2024, 09:18 AM Mar 2024

It is time for the US to withhold aid to Israel. [View all]

Let me start by saying I firmly supported Israel after the brutal, unprovoked attack by Hamas. I saw the need to destroy Hamas as an effective organization, and I accepted the sad fact that there would be civilian causalities.
But that was then. Israel has the worse possible leader for this, and it is clear that Netanyahu is not after Hamas, but wants to make Gaza uninhabitable. I refuse to say it is genocide, because it is not. But it is an effort to destroy the territory.
It is time for the US to threaten to withhold aid to Israel if they don't change their campaign in Gaza.
A cease fire and allowing all aid would be a good start. I still place the blame with Hamas in this, but the respond has gone beyond what was justified.

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"but wants to make Gaza uninhabitable" Ferrets are Cool Mar 2024 #1
True edhopper Mar 2024 #5
I agree with your title. lark Mar 2024 #2
No RandySF Mar 2024 #3
As I said edhopper Mar 2024 #7
Then Hamas can release the hostages and turn themselves in RandySF Mar 2024 #11
They do need to. edhopper Mar 2024 #13
Including whoever fired those rockets from inside a refugee center. RandySF Mar 2024 #14
As I said edhopper Mar 2024 #17
Sorry, but Israel does not have an unfettered hand to do whatever they want, and they have overplayed their hand. Celerity Mar 2024 #37
I oppose the policies of Benjamin Netanyahu. ProudMNDemocrat Mar 2024 #4
The only way to a two state solution edisdead Mar 2024 #38
If they go that route, I'd rather a two country break. That way both sides don't have to deal with each other. jimfields33 Mar 2024 #54
It was 6 months ago... Let them go it alone. Chakaconcarne Mar 2024 #6
No edhopper Mar 2024 #9
It is well past time. Most of we people have no desire to support genocide. Autumn Mar 2024 #8
I do not accept that this is genocide edhopper Mar 2024 #12
That is your view. i see it as genocide. Nothing will convince me it isn't. I see what is being done. Autumn Mar 2024 #15
No it's not edhopper Mar 2024 #16
Maybe you better look up the definition of genocide . Israel is slaughtering the Palestinians and their Autumn Mar 2024 #18
You have seen my thread on that edhopper Mar 2024 #21
If you don't want responses to your OP there are tools you can use to take care of that. Autumn Mar 2024 #22
I did respond edhopper Mar 2024 #23
I already responded to that idea of yours in this thread. I told you it is genocide. The very definition. Autumn Mar 2024 #24
So what edhopper Mar 2024 #25
You clearly do not wish to accept the actual definition of genocide. edisdead Mar 2024 #39
What's missing is intent EX500rider Mar 2024 #27
Past time. marble falls Mar 2024 #10
Yes GoodRaisin Mar 2024 #46
I have stood with Israel Johnny2X2X Mar 2024 #19
I doubt if the tunnels have been destroyed enough to prevent a fairly rapid insurgence. LeftInTX Mar 2024 #32
They have been decimated Johnny2X2X Mar 2024 #40
self-erased Tetrachloride Mar 2024 #20
Ethnic cleansing, mass starvation, mass displacement, a huge percentage of the population of Gaza slaughtered... Sky Jewels Mar 2024 #26
" a huge percentage of the population of Gaza slaughtered" EX500rider Mar 2024 #28
Wow, way to minimize the deaths of tens of thousands of innocents, Sky Jewels Mar 2024 #31
You're the one that said a "huge percentage" EX500rider Mar 2024 #35
World pariah? former9thward Mar 2024 #44
Yup Bibi sucks. Joinfortmill Mar 2024 #29
Succinct edhopper Mar 2024 #30
In for a penny, in for a pound. maxsolomon Mar 2024 #33
Last Israel PM who wanted peace they killed him RANDYWILDMAN Mar 2024 #34
The "peace now" group is a minority LeftInTX Mar 2024 #43
This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Mar 2024 #36
Absolutely NOT! beaglelover Mar 2024 #41
No, there can be no peace as long as Hamas exists Amishman Mar 2024 #42
Damn Israelis. Just go away already. We know you're the worst government in the world and Israelis are the AZLD4Candidate Mar 2024 #45
Not even close edhopper Mar 2024 #47
The Japanese did the same after Pearl Harbor. They wanted war, they got it. AZLD4Candidate Mar 2024 #49
They are wrong because edhopper Mar 2024 #50
Don't want a war, don't start one. Don't celebrate when your government slaughters 1200 people AZLD4Candidate Mar 2024 #52
If you see ANYWHERE edhopper Mar 2024 #56
Netanyahu is just trying to save his own ass. elocs Mar 2024 #48
If you agree that the intention is to depopulate Gaza, then Voltaire2 Mar 2024 #51
At s minimum, funding can't stop until 2025 jimfields33 Mar 2024 #53
My main point edhopper Mar 2024 #55
I'm sure they are negotiating just about everything jimfields33 Mar 2024 #57
one hopes edhopper Mar 2024 #58
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