Washington, DC ā Vice President Kamala Harris says she will ānot be silentā in the face of Palestinian suffering, as Israelās war in Gaza rages on.
But Palestinian rights advocates want to know exactly what that means for United States foreign policy.
The vice president ā and the Democratsā likely nominee for the presidency ā emphasised the plight of Palestinians in Gaza after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday. Nevertheless, she pledged ongoing support for Israel.
Activists say expressing sympathy for Palestinians without pursuing a meaningful shift away from the USās policy of unconditional military and diplomatic support will not help Harris win back voters alienated by President Joe Bidenās approach to the war.
āWithout an actual commitment to stop killing the children of Gaza, I donāt care about her empathy for them,ā said Eman Abdelhadi, a sociologist at the University of Chicago. She stressed that the US bears āresponsibilityā for the atrocities committed against Palestinians.
āTo be empathetic to someone that youāre shooting in the head is not exactly laudable. We donāt need empathy from these people. We need them to stop providing the weapons and the money that is actively killing the people that theyāre supposedly empathising with.ā
Basically same difference.
It was a preliminary ruling. Thatās the closest to ādefinitely committing genocideā you can get in a preliminary ruling.
I wonder what your deflection will be when the ICJ warrants are granted and Netanyahu canāt go to most of the world without being arrestedā¦
No, all it states is there are grounds to investigate. That is how law works. Innocent until guilty. They would have convicted by now had the evidence been as cut and dry as you think it is.
Guilty? Good. Arrest them. Until then due process is paramount in a civilized society that doesnāt execute people for being gay or trans.
Bullshit. āGrounds to investigateā doesnāt come with orders.
Theyāve been proven guilty again and again for 75 years. That the US keep vetoing every resolution doesnāt make the fascist apartheid regime innocent.
No. As alluded to above, thereās a shitload of pressure from the likes of the US to never hold Israel accountable for their countless atrocities.
You canāt be this fucking obtuse. You literally canāt think that itās that simple. š¤¦
Whereās the due process for the 200k Gazans Israel has killed since October, most of whom were innocent civilians?
Israel kills a LOT more gay and trans Gazans than Hamas does. Also, itās not very LGBTQ+ friendly to blackmail LGBTQ Palestinians into informing on their neighbors
I wonāt reciprocate your personal attacks. Perpetual revenge isnāt my kink. Iāll just leave your comment there as a monument to your sideās ability to see reason, seek and accept true justice, and not excuse reprehensible behaviour with false tu quoques.
I guess you just back the world champions of oppression and disproportionate retribution for nonsexual reasons, then. Thatās slightly better, I guess š¤·
Your version of āseeing reasonā is genocide denial. Stop trying to gaslight me with your Hasbara nonsense, please.
Thatās exactly what Iām doing ffs š¤¦
Such as genocide with a side of deliberately targeting aid workers, healthcare workers and journalists trying to show the world whatās happening? This you?