cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/29824159

Bernie Sanders May 08, 2025

[based on speech given to US Senate]

"Thursday marks 68 days and counting since ANY humanitarian aid was allowed into Gaza. For more than nine weeks, Israel has blocked all supplies: no food, no water, no medicine, and no fuel.

Hundreds of truckloads of lifesaving supplies are waiting to enter Gaza, sitting just across the border, but are denied entry by Israeli authorities.

… Defense Minister Israel Katz said, “Israel’s policy is clear: No humanitarian aid will enter Gaza, and blocking this aid is one of the main pressure levers.” "

  • blakenong@lemmings.world
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    12 hours ago

    Literally every country on earth is doing nothing. Where is your precious China, ML? Why don’t you harp about that? Oh right, it’s because you don’t actually care about Gaza or genocide.

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            5 hours ago

            But Australia tho.

            But the entire EU tho.

            But Canada tho.

            But Brazil tho.

            No one does anything. The US is crippled on the international front, this is literally the best time to stand up. Any country could go in and provide aid to Gaza. Any of them could stand up to Israel.

            But none of them are, and no one cares. Especially here on lemmy where the only genocide that we talk about is the kind we can blame the US for.

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              3 hours ago

              The article posted mentions the United States. You are free to post articles about other states’ complicity and start that conversation in a thread about the state/s you choose.

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                3 hours ago

                Oh it’s you. I can talk about whatever I want wherever I want in the comments. So can you. That’s the point of the internet.

                If you want to have a polite discussion where neither of us make personal insults or say “so you’re saying….” or

                focus on random quotes to insult instead of making rational counterpoints

                Then let me know.

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                  3 hours ago

                  Sir, between the two of us, only one of us has been rude and insulting. I’d welcome any url of any thread where I’ve done that.

                  Secondly, isn’t this the red herrings and whataboutery people upset with any criticism of their exceptionalim constantly bang on about?

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                    3 hours ago

                    I’m not saying you have, I’m saying if you can have a conversation, let’s do it. We can see who breaks first.

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              5 hours ago

              Especially here on lemmy where the only genocide that we talk about is the kind we can blame the US for.

              The thread is about how the US congress is silent about its complicity in the Gaza genocide. If you want to talk about how much you hate .ml and china (but actually just ml) that’s fine, but don’t pretend it’s out of like to talk about the US’ involvement in genocide in a thread about the US’ involvement in genocide.

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                5 hours ago

                Right the entire topic is asking why a group of people aren’t talking about something. I’d like to expand that circle a little wider and ask, why the fuck as no one talking about it?

                But I guess complaining about humanity is too broad for these people. They need something specific to hate. So let’s blame Israel the US.

                I have no problem with China—just hypocritical ML, who don’t actually care about human lives in Gaza, just crushing the west.

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                  5 hours ago

                  I have no problem with China—just hypocritical ML

                  You mean you support China’s genocide of Uyghurs? You’re consistent, I guess.

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      9 hours ago

      I didn’t realise China was providing arms to Israel. Because if they were, like they are providing arms to Russia, then they would be being at harped on, as they are. But there is one cuntry in particular that is enabling genocidal Israeli monsters. The US of fuckwitt A. Fuck Trump, Genocide Joe and every American who has allowed and continues to allow this heinous crime against humanity. You are the worst version of yourselves yet.

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        I don’t see Australia providing aid. Or even offering. Everyone wants to point a finger but the entire human race seems to not give a shit. Yeah, the largest arms manufacturer in the world provides arms to a lot of places, and that should stop being an export. The whole world should stop making guns.

        And yeah we are a shitty version, and we are going to learn the hard way real soon.