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The West Bank is not off limits, it's had incursions regularly. And Israel has tried to annex it in the past and was stopped by Trump, funnily enough. I guess we'll find out if they can convince him this time. Don't think for a second that the West Bank is some sort of off-limits zone. They'll annex it when they can. Just like they will with the Golan Heights and all their other occupied territories. It's how colonies function.
PLO, Hamas and any Palestinian are not in any way expected to respect Israel's sovereignty or current borders. A 2 state solution will lead to nothing but more divisiveness and create more tensions. It's ironic how we in the western nations like to preach about how we are all equal and things like religion and race don't matter. How this is one nation and we are all equal. And then we turn around and preach about some kind of ham-fisted 2 state solution for another country halfway across the world to resolve a conflict that we enforced on them. Also, PLO does recognize Israel's right to exist. You know since they have a gun to their head and were told accept it or else.
Those 2-3 million Palestinians are being killed and starving to death because of Biden's spineless inaction. Not Trumps. Biden has paid for 70% of this conflict so far. Biden has allowed Israel to ban UN envoys and agencies such as the UNWRA. And all the other stupid bloodthirst crap that I'm too lazy and tired to write down that we both know happened. Don't pretend that Biden or America had any intention of saving them.
I'd like to remind you that this 44K number is confirmed deaths only. Actual deaths are expected to be much higher, in the hundreds of thousands. Israel's onslaught has not slowed down. Only the ability to report it has. All infrastructure including healthcare and their ability to dig through the rubble has been destroyed and journalists are not able to actually go in and report anything because Israel is killing them all in targeted assassinations. Don't delude yourself into thinking they've slowed down.
Harris didn't have to override Biden. She just had to take a firmer stance. Biden dropped out last minute due to his unpopularity. This should have been a massive sign that Harris needed to diverge from his path and make her own. But she didn't, and Biden's unpopularity weighed her down. On this topic and others.
A lot of Americans could have demanded that Biden and Harris to do more. You wanting to do more is irrelevant when you just accept it. You were too afraid of demanding more from your leaders when you had the most bargaining power out of fear of promoting Trump and in the end you handed Trump the white house, the senate, and congress. Because Democrats settled for mediocracy and wanted to appear as moderates when running against a fascist wanna-be dictator.
I'll say it one last time. Harris had no intention of saving the Palestinians. That entire demographic was written off as an acceptable casualty in the name of international politics and foreign lobbying. She couldn't even admit to say there was a genocide, but only that Israel has a right to defend itself. And then her VP nominee openly says that Israel has a right to expand it's borders. She would have been better than Trump on virtually every other topic, but this one there is very little difference.
We've been going around in circles for some time so I'll refrain myself from responding to you if you choose to. It's clear neither of us are going to convince the other of anything. Just a note for the future, it'll help if you didn't reduce someone's viewpoints as being childish or that they know only the basics when they've actually just pointed the series of events that led them to the conclusion they've articulated. I know you mean well but you just come across as condescending and dismissive.
You say that but then go on to equate what's happened in the West Bank with what's happened in Gaza, which is downright insane. It's like saying "I had a paper cut, not much different from being the victim in a Saw movie." Like, you think it's a coincidence they announced plans to annex just hours after the election? ffs
Admittedly, I do love the silliness of "Harris just had to have a harder stance." Trying to picture how she'd campaign like that has kept me giggling for awhile. "So, do you oppose the current administration of which you are a part?" "No, I just... We need to do things differently." "Are you making Biden a lame duck president in August? What other policies of his do you think are wrong? Do you think Biden doesn't value Palestinians? Why do you think Biden won't do this? If you disagree with your administration, why did you wait until you were a candidate to take a stand? Should foreign leaders just deal with you directly instead of bothering with Biden these days?" "Damnit guys, can we please just talk about Rampart? "
Goodness. I get that you want to care etc but you're digging yourself into stranger and sillier positions. As you grow up, you'll find it's not just useful to admit you weren't entirely correct, it's actually a really mature response which people respect that. Doubling down on sillier and sillier claims just makes you and your side look foolish.