Overall message is nice, but its deceptive too, where he phrases the violent almost genocidal actions against the Palestinians as the work of a few Israeli extremists… instead of it being the party line of the entire IDF.
These are placating words at worst, but I can sense that he does feel genuinely nervous about public support for Palestine… as he should.
I think the problem is it feels like he’s doing political damage control. It’s better than nothing, but doesn’t give me any renewed hope in the administration regaining any kind of moral authority in this conflict.
Can you show me where in this OpEd Biden “phrases the violent almost genocidal actions against the Palestinians as the work of a few Israeli extremists?” I don’t see anything like that in there. Instead, his messages seem directed to Israel as an entire country:
While in Tel Aviv, I also counseled Israelis against letting their hurt and rage mislead them into making mistakes we ourselves have made in the past.
From the very beginning, my administration has called for respecting international humanitarian law, minimizing the loss of innocent lives and prioritizing the protection of civilians. Following Hamas’s attack on Israel, aid to Gaza was cut off, and food, water and medicine reserves dwindled rapidly. As part of my travel to Israel, I worked closely with the leaders of Israel and Egypt to reach an agreement to restart the delivery of essential humanitarian assistance to Gazans. Within days, trucks with supplies again began to cross the border. Today, nearly 100 aid trucks enter Gaza from Egypt each day, and we continue working to increase the flow of assistance manyfold. I’ve also advocated for humanitarian pauses in the conflict to permit civilians to depart areas of active fighting and to help ensure that aid reaches those in need. Israel took the additional step to create two humanitarian corridors and implement daily four-hour pauses in the fighting in northern Gaza to allow Palestinian civilians to flee to safer areas in the south.
Its a but further down, but I interpreted this part:
I have been emphatic with Israel’s leaders that extremist violence against Palestinians in the West Bank must stop and that those committing the violence must be held accountable.
To me that’s saying, its just a few extremists carrying out the massacres and those few extremists will be held accountable.
Here’s the actual OpEd Biden wrote. I think he has good takes on very complex topics
Overall message is nice, but its deceptive too, where he phrases the violent almost genocidal actions against the Palestinians as the work of a few Israeli extremists… instead of it being the party line of the entire IDF.
These are placating words at worst, but I can sense that he does feel genuinely nervous about public support for Palestine… as he should.
I think the problem is it feels like he’s doing political damage control. It’s better than nothing, but doesn’t give me any renewed hope in the administration regaining any kind of moral authority in this conflict.
Can you show me where in this OpEd Biden “phrases the violent almost genocidal actions against the Palestinians as the work of a few Israeli extremists?” I don’t see anything like that in there. Instead, his messages seem directed to Israel as an entire country:
Its a but further down, but I interpreted this part:
To me that’s saying, its just a few extremists carrying out the massacres and those few extremists will be held accountable.
I prefer a one state solution VS two state one, but i guess this is better than no state.