History will not forgive our complicity. The time is long overdue for us to end our support for Netanyahu’s destruction of the Palestinian people.

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.worldEnglish
          45·
          9 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.

          • Maeve@kbin.earth
            6·
            7 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.

            • blakenong@lemmings.worldEnglish
              15·
              7 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.

              • Maeve@kbin.earth
                5·
                6 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?

                • blakenong@lemmings.worldEnglish
                  12·
                  6 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.

                  • Maeve@kbin.earth
                    3·
                    6 hours ago

                    Post the article in a thread. I’m sure many of us will have plenty to say, if it posts in our feeds.

          • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
            82·
            9 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.

            • blakenong@lemmings.worldEnglish
              35·
              9 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.