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In reply to the discussion: Blinken signals no immediate US press for Mideast cease-fire [View all]Lonestarblue
(9,963 posts)Israels firepower is far greater than that of Hamas and they are using it to rain destruction on civilians and militants alike. The US gives Israel a lot of their arsenal. The current US stance of wait and see what happens disregards all the deaths of Palestinians, as if those people have no importance. How many people have to get killed before the US is willing to say enough?
Thomas Friedman has an excellent piece in the NYT about Netanyahu and his use of this conflict to blow up any chance of a new government being formed that would include Israeli Arabs for the first time and would cause him to lose his position. Netanyahu doesnt care how many Palestinians he kills because he is power hungry and knows he can now stay in power until another election can be called.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/16/opinion/israel-netanyahu-hamas.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage