@tobie1 Along with Biden winning the election, I also want Hamas decisively crushed and think Biden should quit trying to save them, to say nothing of attempting to shove a Palestinian state down Israel's throat because he wants to solve the Middle East. And he's absolutely capable of being crude, so no I'm not buying the "He's better than Netanyahu" bit. I get that you hate Netanyahu because it's the only lens you seem able to view any of this through. So after this I'm done with this particular thread.
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>> I also want #Hamas decisively crushed
Me too
>> Biden should quit trying to save Hamas
He’s NOT
>> attempting to shove a #Palestinian state down #israel‘s throat
#TwoStateSolution has been #US position for 80 yrs. That’s the ONLY solution that will work. The sooner #Israel accepts that a Palestinian state is inevitable, the faster this conflict will be over.
>> because he wants to solve the Middle East
Of course Biden wants to “solve the #MiddleEast.” Who wouldn’t?
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@rameshgupta @tobie1 Israel should not be asked to accept a Palestinian state immediately after October 7, and definitely not without conditions being met on the Palestinian side. Israel already tried this, up to and including complete disengagement from Gaza, and it got October 7 for its trouble. It’s still trying to rid itself of Hamas, which Joe Biden is trying to prevent for some reason, otherwise he wouldn’t have thrown such a fit about Rafah. And if he wants to solve the Middle East, he can quit trying to appease Iran and tell the PA to knock it off with the pay-for-slay crap and to knock off the incitement of their society’s kids to violence or they lose all funding for a start. Instead he wants to put all his considerable pressure on Israel and none on Hamas or any of the other non-Israel entities involved.
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>> #Israel should not be asked to accept a #Palestinian state immediately after #Oct7
No ally, incl #US asked for that
>> definitely not without conditions being met on the Palestinian side
Definitely.
>> Israel already tried this, up to and including complete disengagement from #Gaza, and it got Oct7 for its trouble.
It is the fault of #Palestinians — and NONE other — to let #Hamas fight #inTheirName.
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>> [#Israel] is still trying to rid itself of Hamas, which Joe Biden is trying to prevent for some reason, otherwise he wouldn’t have thrown such a fit about Rafah.
You are misinformed 🙂
US approved of a military plan to eliminate #Hamas in #Rafah, but #Netanyahu unilaterally enlarged the scope of that approved plan to eliminate civilians along with Hamas, and that’s why #Biden had to throw such a fit.
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