In exchange for the resettling of Palestinians, the administration would potentially release to Libya billions of dollars of funds that the U.S. froze more than a decade ago, those three people said.

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      Ehh. Is there a meaningful difference between “we’ll help you do genocide and pretend to feel bad about it” and “we’ll help you do genocide and build a casino on top of the bodies”? One feels worse, for sure, but the functional distinction is marginal.

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      To me, this is an unscientific position. What actions on Gaza has the Trump regime taken that are demonstrably worse than what the Biden administration allowed? Are you forming your judgements based on faith or actual critical thought and observation?

      Yes, Trump says a lot of things that are worse than those Biden said. But politicians lie all the time. Biden lied about trying to rein in Israel, and Trump so far has blustered a whole lot about mass atrocities he would like to do. But he hasn’t actually done those.

      Again, forget the rhetoric. Trump is a dancing rage clown and you’re getting distracted by by the clown.

      What has Trump done, MATERIALLY, in Gaza, that is any worse than what Biden did? Again, not rhetoric, actual real-world actions.

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        I am one hundred percent convinced that you have zero interest in this, other than to be an agent of chaos.

        If you cared at all in any capacity, you’d be intensely aware that Jared Kurschner has spoken about sales of beachfront Lebensraum.

        I suspect that Donald Trump’s son in law discussing real estate sales of Palestine shows up nowhere in your online outrage.

        I one hundred percent expect that you will pivot back to Democrats Bad.

        If the US ever gets to have another presidential election, the account you are using here will never scrutinize what the Trump administration has done, but you will do your utmost to say Both Parties Same.

      • 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.dev
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        What actions on Gaza has the Trump regime taken that are demonstrably worse than what the Biden administration allowed?

        I often see this question asked, and I wonder if those asking have been asleep the past few months?

        Under Biden:

        • Israel was still negotiating with Hamas for a ceasefire and release of hostages. A ceasefire deal was even reached.
        • Israel limited the amount of occupation zones at the request of the Biden administration.
        • Mass deportations weren’t being planned (at least not openly, and not by the US).
        • Israel reduced but still allowed some foreign aid.

        Under Trump:

        • Israel broke the ceasefire and resumed hostilities with even greater military force.
        • Is creating very large occupation zones and “kill zones” where Palestinians are forced to leave.
        • Is openly planning mass deportations and ethnic cleansing, in collaboration with the US.
        • Israel has blocked foreign aid completely.

        As a result people now face mass starvation and the prospect of being fully ethnically cleansed.

        I understand Biden was extremely disappointing. I thought he was too. But we shouldn’t kid ourselves that he was in any way equally bad as Trump has been. And given what Trump and Israel have been saying, the worst is likely to come.

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          Israel was still negotiating with Hamas for a ceasefire and release of hostages. A ceasefire deal was even reached.

          As I recall, Israel almost always said they would go to these, and then didn’t, without even telling the Biden administration they were going to miss it. They’d just dead ass no show and leave the Biden team twisting in the wind. Then team Biden would say “well, okay, I guess we have no choice but to give them more bombs.”

          Israel reduced but still allowed some foreign aid.

          My dude, the way I remember it, we had to build a float dock because Israel wouldn’t allow any aid to come in by ground, and for the little bit they did, they murdered the people who tried to get it. Then, the float dock broke up, and we all just kind of shrugged.