• queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    The uncommitted votes are having an effect! All of the little worms telling me that pressuring Biden was pointless and I should just support him to stop Trump can eat my ass. This is a result of the public pressure his administration is facing. Our voices matter.

    This isn’t good enough. We need an unconditional ceasefire to then negotiate on hostages, but this is another step in the right direction.

    We did that.

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    UN released an analysis of satellite imagery showing that 35% of buildings in Gaza had been damaged or destroyed during Israel’s offensive, which has claimed almost 32,000 Palestinian lives.

    I am speechless, in what world this is justifiable. Just for perspective, before the war only 30K of the Palestinians were believed to have links to Hamas. That’s less than 1.5% of the population of Gaza.

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      Apartheid Israel has killed more than 1% of Palestinians in Gaza (70% are women and children) in 4 months. This is equivalent to killing 3 million Americans in 4 months. The death toll is now past the Bosnian Genocide. More needs to be done than just a ceasefire; they need to be sanctioned like Russia and other pariah states are.

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    repeatedly vetoes every UN resolution against Israel

    drafts resolution for Ceasfire on US (and Israel) terms against Gaza

    ???

    “progress” and profit

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    Took the genocidal shitbags long enough. They get no credit for doing it now; especially bc it’s obvious they’re only doing it to salvage Democrat chances at the polls.

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    8 months ago

    Fucking finally. Enough people got Biden scared enough to make a serious move. It’s horrifying that it took this long, with countless lives lost, for it to happen.

    I hope this will meaningfully improve the situation, and not serve as a slap on Israel’s wrist. Permenent peace is a necessity, but I’ll take a ceasefire at all any day of the week.