Inspecting its involvement in the ceasefire efforts, some believe the US is really interested in the ceasefire and reaching an end to the bloodshed and Israel’s genocide in Gaza. However, the reality of the situation is the opposite: hypocrisy. The US had only been buying the time needed for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to complete the mission: getting rid of the Palestinian resistance in Gaza.

Examples of affording enough time for the Israeli occupation forces to complete its planned destruction of the Gaza Strip and continuing to kill as many civilians as possible are beyond being counted. One of the clearest examples is the political support for the Israeli aggression on Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of displaced people gathered from different parts of the Gaza Strip.

In the beginning, the US claimed that they had suspended arms support for Israel, and they would not cancel this suspension before obtaining a detailed plan for a “limited operation” in Rafah that would guarantee the safety of civilians and displaced people. US officials continued repeating these remarks in response to regional and international rejection of the aggression on Rafah, giving a cover-up for the destructive Israeli attacks on the southern Gaza city.

Another example is Biden’s ceasefire proposal, used to synthesise the world for months, claiming that Hamas rejected it. The US used to justify the Israeli genocide and blame Hamas for it; however, the Israeli occupation was the perpetrator. When Hamas accepted it, they continued to claim that there were gaps between Israel and Hamas that would be closed through negotiations where Netanyahu did not give meaningful power to the Israeli negotiators in order to delay reaching a deal.

  • just_another_person@lemmy.world
    1911·
    3 months ago

    I think your ideas are quite flawed here. You’re thinking like three parties sitting down at a table and talking, but that’s not how this works. You’re also making logic leaps without any evidence, which is just foolish.

    Let’s use Occam’s Razor to see what’s more likely here:

    • Netanyahu is a piece of shit trying to cling to power and stalling to get one last show of force out the door to inspire his crazy ass base
    • The US and Israel and all of their diplomats, representative bodies, and armed services scheming together in a room to keep this thing going with zero benefit to anybody but Netanyahu

    I think most reasonable people would probably say it’s the second choice. The you might say “Well, then the US should just stop supplying them”, to which most would probably agree…except all the people who don’t. So then you’re pissing off the other side of the aisle.

    It’s a lose-lose for the US here for anything except a ceasefire. Suggesting otherwise makes zero sense whatsoever unless you have a deep seeded belief the US is out to get Palestinians for some reason, which would also be pretty insane, and I’ve seen no evidence of that either.

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
      711·
      3 months ago

      The you might say “Well, then the US should just stop supplying them”, to which most would probably agree…except all the people who don’t.

      And Democrats would rather be wrong than popular.

      • just_another_person@lemmy.world
        84·
        3 months ago

        Don’t think that has anything to do with it, because if I’m reading your statement correctly, and that “The Democrats” are doing the least popular thing, you’re wrong.

        The Democrats would be worried about the electors in the US. This is just based on super generically available data, and making an assumption about allegiances, BUT:

        • US Jewish population: 7.5 million
        • US Planestinian population: 172,000

        So if you’re saying that “The Democrats” are all in lock-step and support the same things - which is demonstrably false - then they are doing the popular thing.

        Whether or not you’re a Democrat and supporting what is happening would probably be the whole “Genocide is bad” thing, which I’d like to believe most people agree with.

        • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
          19·
          3 months ago

          Don’t think that has anything to do with it, because if I’m reading your statement correctly, and that “The Democrats” are doing the least popular thing, you’re wrong.

          I’m sure it’s popular among people you agree with.

          • just_another_person@lemmy.world
            63·
            3 months ago

            And probably the same for you, but if you’re just being snarky and not outwardly saying “The Democrats are doing the wrong, because it’s clearly unpopular.”, I’m showing you that you’d be wrong.

              • just_another_person@lemmy.world
                51·
                3 months ago

                I didn’t say those words at all. I said that I, as a person, would hope that the majority of people think “Genocide is bad”. There is a large Pro-Israel segment of the population in the US who seem to be fine with what is happening right now, though I never said anything about their political leanings.

                I’d like to believe that the majority of Democrats abhor Netanyahu and his bullshit, and I’d say the number of them that purposely skipped his stupid speech (and those that showed in protest) to Congress was a show of that.