The Biden administration is pressing Israel to restore telecommunications access to Gaza amid a massive blackout that has stretched a record six days and left millions of Palestinians without power or internet.
Administration officials fear the blackout will make it difficult for anyone to know what is happening between Hamas and the Israeli military as the war in Gaza continues, potentially worsening an already dire humanitarian situation. The U.S. has “been in touch with the government of Israel over this blackout and have urged them to turn telecoms back on,” said a U.S. official at the White House, speaking anonymously due to the sensitivity of the discussions.
Israel: “No.”
Like, does anyone expect anything else?
Israel is well-aware that they have the US government by the balls. Not because the provide anything of exceptional use to the US government, but because their propaganda efforts and political bribery can make or break a politician’s career.
Sometimes I wonder: Could a president forcefully standup to Israel and live out a term? I seriously feel that between the insane volume of lobbying by AIPAC and the implication of having caused such a rift in the political paradigm that no politician would ever dare be as firm as I’d hope they would.
And the GOP alternative will say to Netanyahu:
Stop being a bitch and finish them already.
I’m not being an apologist. I just have become really sad about all this. Feeling pretty hopeless since this all started. Not that the feeling is new, just really turned up.
Israel has no incentive to stop. Even cutting funding won’t. They’ve made so much headway in their genocide they want to finish and set up their new canal through Gaza to rival Suez. (Surprise surprise another colonial asset to defend next time they want to do a massacre).
There needs to be a massive surge of BDS and frankly nations sending peacekeeping troops willing to check IDF aggression while rebuilding.
Would help if you stopped supplying weapons
It’s like asking a maniac to stop punching someone but also offering them free boxing gloves
Administration officials fear the blackout will make it difficult for anyone to know what is happening between Hamas and the Israeli military as the war in Gaza continues, potentially worsening an already dire humanitarian situation.
That’s literally why they’re doing it: to stop their victims from showing the world what’s actually happening rather than having it all filtered through Times of Israel and other pro-apartheid propaganda outlets.
Boycott Israeli goods. Boycott US companies that invest in Israel. Until Israel is a pariah state it will have no incentive to change.
Download the “NoThanks” app on Android to see which brands to avoid.
Or just boycott the brands suggested by BDS which makes it more impactful
I find that many of those brands are impossible to avoid. But I’ve always done my casual best. But holy shit it’s crazy how hard it is to avoid certain things google and Amazon completely. They’re services are imbedded into everything. Probably this websites services are paying google or Amazon in some fashion.
I just pick a few tbh. Mainly fast food and snacks which are bad for you anyway
Picking a few especially those recommended by BDS makes it more impactful
