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Why are the displaced and oppressed minority always described as militants? Fuck Israel.
Hamas is technically a militant group.
Israel made their bed, they should lie in it
Aint Bibi a criminal? You're gonna finance the war hes gonna use to dissolve more of the protections that should have kept him out of office?
Unfortunately, skilled politicians never let a good crisis go to waste.
wow...I get the feeling that this this community is quite against Israel.
I'll speak for myself but I'm not against the Israeli people other than the settlers. Israel keeps grabbing up Palestinian land and moving settlers in. It's already an apartheid state situation. What Hamas did today was terrible, and Israel did what it always does- blow up civilians. Hamas and the increasingly dictatorial government of Israel are both shitty, but Israel provoked this shit by backing desperate people into a corner.
Personally I'm not against Israel specifically, just any Etho/religious state, any state commiting war crimes, any state commiting genocide and any colonialist power.
Zionists can go pound sand.
I'm against spending money on pointless and futile efforts
I wonder how the American people would respond to this if it were put to a vote.
Something tells me we wouldn't get 50% of the nation to agree to funding Israel.
After seeing videos recorded by militants themselves, it is really hard to support Palestine. It looks like likely Gaza strip (controlled by Hamas) might be no more after this and there might be little international opposition.
I think Hamas fucked Palestinians hard with this move.
I normally don't support Israel, but there's no way I support this.
I'm not saying support Palestine.
I'm saying remove funding for Israel, one of the wealthiest nations in the world.
If they need more money, they can take it from their ruling class instead of our taxpayers.
Isn't that a bit patronizing? I would guess Israel is well equipped to deal with the situation on it's own.
But maybe it's more about US internal politics or media?
Are you serious? An ally declared war, you expected what? A get well card?
Good point, maybe that's all there is to it, and I'm reading too much into it. I stumbled over sentences like this one:
“Over the coming days the Department of Defense will work to ensure that Israel has what it needs to defend itself and protect civilians [...]”
That seems to imply Israel currently, without benevolent help, does not have what it needs, and cannot protect it's own civilians. The wording can be seen as a way to stylize Israel as a dependent weakling. Also note they talk about a proactive, unilateral action. US takes steps to ensure that Israel can defend itself. That's quite different from coming to help, or offering assistance.
There are other ways to react and phrase things. They could firmly reassure their ally of their unconditional support by offering it, whenever Israel wants to request it. Maybe even prepare steps but emphasize it's Israel's call. While expressing confidence Israel is well equipped to deal with the situation.
But maybe the servant role does not sell so well to the domestic audience. Again, I don't know. I just found this odd.
I think I read somewhere that Israel is the largest cumulative recipient of US foreign aid since WWII....so there's that
Ally or dependant?
God dammit pentagon, shut the fuck up
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the U.S. stands squarely by Israel and will ensure it “has what it needs to defend itself” after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared war against Palestinian militants that launched a surprise attack on his country.
Austin said in a statement he was “closely monitoring developments in Israel” and extended his condolences to families of the victims who lost their lives in the Saturday attack.
“Over the coming days the Department of Defense will work to ensure that Israel has what it needs to defend itself and protect civilians from indiscriminate violence and terrorism.”
Netanyahu declared war on Saturday against Palestinian militant groups after Hamas launched a surprise, multi-frontal attack inside Israel.
The U.S. has condemned the recent violence and White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has discussed the situation with his counterpart.
The latest clashes come after decades of violence between Palestine and Israel, which has only picked up in recent months following more controversial policies under Netanyahu’s far-right government against Palestinian communities.
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