Israeli officials suggested that the increased military aid was part of a deal to get Netanyahu to agree to the Gaza ceasefire deal. Trump’s envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, has said he’s pushing for the full implementation of the agreement, but the ceasefire is very fragile as Netanyahu doesn’t want to implement the second phase.

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      It was a hill Biden & the democrats didn’t need to die on. The last year in Gaza was inexcusable and gaslighting potential voters was embarrassing. Shame on the democrats for making genocide a wedge issue

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          Look I voted dem, my state is still blue & I can for once in my life say I’m proud of my governor. Biden was complicit in genocide and it was one of many major factors that cost the election. Remember Biden could have simply enforced the Leahy Act and stop providing mutinous at any point. Everyone could see the war crimes and bs like temp piers. He could have kept his promise and only run one term, allow for an engaging democratic primary and a graceful exit. BUT here we are

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          BlueMAGA once again demonstrating that they don’t think foreigners are human.

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            I’m sure the foreigners Trump puts into the concentration camps he is building will thank you for thinking of them.

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              As ever, the future crimes you’re imagining Trump committing matter more to you than the crimes democracts already committed.

              Spare me, you’ve already said that genocide doesn’t matter compared to what colour of fascist is running the USA, don’t pretend you care about foreigners being put in camps beyond being a vector to crow about orange man bad.

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      Manipulate? Trump is so 40000 IQ that he forced Biden to look like a fucking puppet on the world stage, giving in to every single one of netanyahu’s demands.

      Trump WAS the harm reduction candidate, he got a ceasefire brokered before he was fucking president. All while Biden was licking israel’s asshole begging for scraps.