Israel/Hamas War Superthread

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(03-21-2024, 12:25 PM)Dill Wrote: In the Obama era, Schumer was, I think, the only Dem who listened to Netanuahu's address to the Senate.

He has until now been one of the strongest, "no-strings-attached" supporters of Israel and Netanyahu.

But he balks at the wholesale destruction of Gaza and the impending attack on all the citizens ordered to
gather in Rafa, and Trump immediately calls him an "Israel hater." And a self-hating Jew. 

I think that works against Trump in the long run, but there is a market for that style of denunciation via label,
at least in his own base. 

As I said on another thread, it is interesting how the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians maps onto
our own political divisions. The propaganda/press war, at the local and global level, is the most complicated
I have ever seen.

Schumer basically said he didn't want him playing politics and one side against the other.

Netanyahu, from what I have read about him, is not only dirty but pretty bad.  He has no plan beyond "destroy Hamas" and the US should realize what those open ended wars are like when there is zero exit strategy.