• rockSlayer@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Just so it doesn’t get understated, there has literally never been a single change in US relations with Israel since 1948. This is the single biggest policy change the State department has ever made.

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      7 months ago

      What policy change are you referring to? I didn’t see any mentioned in the article. Looks like business as usual despite the clear evidence of genocide aided by US weaponry

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        7 months ago

        This is a public signal by the State department, which has influence backed by federal law. It’s a warning that the bombs will dry up if any US arms are used in the aid of war crimes. Yes. Everyone knows that US arms have been used in Israeli war crimes. That’s the point of the message, and will have enormous shifts in foreign policy by the entirety of NATO.

        Edit: the direct answer to your question is that the US has never warned Israel like this. They have never threatened to end military aid.

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      7 months ago

      That won’t stop a huge amount of people from complaining that this “isn’t enough” and failing to appreciate what a monumental victory that this is.

      Not satisfied that this doesn’t go far enough? Keep protesting! It works!

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        7 months ago

        I genuinely don’t understand what victory you’re referring to… much less some monumental victory. Am I missing something?

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        7 months ago

        Half assing a report saying that Israeli maybe used US weapons against civilians after 6 months of Israel blatantly murdering civilians with US weapons is definitely not enough lol.

        Israel seems to be going ahead with their full assault on Rafah which means the ceasefire deal is probably down the gutter.

        So it would be enough if Biden actually follows through with serious consequences for Israel. He stopped one shipment as a threat so far, so I’m patiently waiting to see how he reacts.

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          7 months ago

          Vote for Trump then, since you’re willing to ignore any concept of reason or sense

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        7 months ago

        That won’t stop a huge amount of people from complaining that this “isn’t enough” and failing to appreciate what a monumental victory that this is.

        Came back here just to tell you this halted shipment lasted a whopping 3 days before Biden approved a new 1.1 billions arms sale to Israel.