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.” "

  • Floon@lemmy.ml
    14·
    3 hours ago

    The US has a lot of citizens in Israel, and a lot of Israeli citizens with families in the US, so it’s hard to turn from the historic unconditional support to conditional support or even lack of support. No matter who is in office, the reality of this is strong.

    Just the same as the NATO countries are finding it complicated decoupling from the MAGA US. It’s not so simple to unwind national relationships. It would be nice if it was easy, but it just isn’t, especially in a democracy where there’s a significant fraction of voters who are unmoved by the Gaza disaster. It’s sad but true.

    • Keeponstalin@lemmy.world
      41·
      3 hours ago

      Christian Zionists far outnumber Jewish Zionists

      The vast majority of people want a weapons embargo and an end to the genocide, even a majority of Republican voters.

      The reality is that the US is funding genocide. That by the requirement of both international law and domestic law, they have an obligation to cease all weapon transfers to Israel. That’s on top of the popular position and morally correct position of opposing genocide.

      Anyone making excuses for why the US needs to continue funding Israel is supporting this genocide.