In a statement, Biden said that while Israel has taken responsibility for her death, the U.S. government expects continued access as the investigation continues over the circumstances of the shooting. “There must be full accountability. And Israel must do more to ensure that incidents like this never happen again,” Biden said.

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    Reuters not honest enough to write “killing” much less “murder”.

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      Exactly. Her ‘death’. Did she have a stroke?

      No, she was shot in the head by a zionist extremist in the Israeli occupation forces.

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      Remember when he had those words about sanctioning high ranking members of Israel’s government if the genocide continued?

      Then he sanctioned some broke ass “settlers” for a week or two and pulled it back once everyone had clapped for him.

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            The overwhelming majority of Democratic voters and the majority of all Americans support a permanent ceasefire and even conditional arms sales (a plurality for a full arms embargo). Biden and Harris are jeopardizing a significant amount of votes, especially in swing states, by not pivoting on Israel/Palestine. If Harris did pivot, she would get significant gains

            Polls:

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            When I hear that, who is Israel defending it self from if Gaza and the West Bank are not separate nations? Are they part of Israel and Israel is defending itself against itself?

            ‘Defend itself’ makes sense in the context of Iran or Hezbollah, but the thousands of men, women, and children killed in Gaza that are not invokved in the fighting aren’t external threats. They are victims of apartheid.

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              She literally clarified that she was going to provide weapons for defense from Iran and its puppets, that she will fight for a 2 state solution, and called for a cease fire. Like a sentence later.

              Jfc. Race to the bottom, though I don’t blame you when this guy is purposely taking things out of context.

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                Biden has been saying that for the duration of the war. And everyday there’s a new war crime and all he does is repeat the same practiced sentences with no actions to back them up. Harris has given 0 indication that she would be any different. There comes a point where their words are meaningless on this topic and we are long past it.

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                  My optimistic rose tinted guess here is that it’s very tough to speak out after what happened last Oct. Hamas was wrong and went too far in that, unjustifiably so.

                  It’s a bit ironic, from what I understood at the time Netanyahu was forced into a coalition and losing power. Then the Oct attack happened and suddenly a bunch of folks stepped out of Netanyahu’s way and gave him full control again.

                  Today there are many Israelites - including family members of hostages - who think things are going too far and that Netanyahu should stop.

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                To the best of my recollection she was asked in the context of Gaza and the Oct 7th attack during the debate, not attacks from Iran. The ‘Israel must defend itself’ argument comes up constantly in the context of the massive death toll in Gaza.

                I know the situation is complex and foreign states like Iran fund and supply Palestinian resistance, but it seems like a an easy way to deflect criticism by changing the focus from Palestinians to hostike nations like Iran.

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              More precisely the Palestinians are illegally occupied and occupied people have a right to defend themselves against the occupation.

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            I would agree with that statement if over 40,000 confirmed deaths of civilians in 8 months wasn’t what was happening.

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                Are you trying to justify America arming and funding a colonial state intent on wiping out the entire native population in addition to the routine execution and murder of international aid workers and journalists by saying “Well wouldn’t America do the same thing?”

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                And what actions has she taken to make us believe she actually means to protect Palestinians? Don’t give me quotes, give me actions.

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    “I will continue to support policies that hold all extremists – Israelis and Palestinians alike – accountable for stoking violence and serving as obstacles to peace,” Biden said.

    Considering there have been no consequences so far, I expect that this statement is true, in that he will continue to “hold them accountable” by not actually doing anything.

    No, wait, it’ll probably be more money and weapons.

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    If I were that person’s family and got invited to the whitehouse, I’d probably sock him in the jaw lol.

    Already a line from all the surviving veterans of the USS Liberty.