Washington, DC – Vice President Kamala Harris says she will “not be silent” in the face of Palestinian suffering, as Israel’s war in Gaza rages on.
But Palestinian rights advocates want to know exactly what that means for United States foreign policy.
The vice president — and the Democrats’ likely nominee for the presidency — 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 US’s policy of unconditional military and diplomatic support will not help Harris win back voters alienated by President Joe Biden’s approach to the war.
“Without an actual commitment to stop killing the children of Gaza, I don’t care about her empathy for them,” said Eman Abdelhadi, a sociologist at the University of Chicago. She stressed that the US bears “responsibility” for the atrocities committed against Palestinians.
“To be empathetic to someone that you’re shooting in the head is not exactly laudable. We don’t need empathy from these people. We need them to stop providing the weapons and the money that is actively killing the people that they’re supposedly empathising with.”
You misspelled “commit Genocide”
I don’t recall the ICJ ruling it was a genocide.
They ruled that it was “likely genocide” and ordered Israel to stop several specific genocidal behaviors.
Israel of course just called ICJ illegitimate and kept on committing genocide.
Plausible, not likely.
Basically same difference.
It was a preliminary ruling. That’s the closest to “definitely committing genocide” you can get in a preliminary ruling.
I wonder what your deflection will be when the ICJ warrants are granted and Netanyahu can’t go to most of the world without being arrested…
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 doesn’t execute people for being gay or trans.
Bullshit. “Grounds to investigate” doesn’t come with orders.
They’ve been proven guilty again and again for 75 years. That the US keep vetoing every resolution doesn’t make the fascist apartheid regime innocent.
No. As alluded to above, there’s a shitload of pressure from the likes of the US to never hold Israel accountable for their countless atrocities.
You can’t be this fucking obtuse. You literally can’t think that it’s that simple. 🤦
Where’s 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, it’s not very LGBTQ+ friendly to blackmail LGBTQ Palestinians into informing on their neighbors
I won’t reciprocate your personal attacks. Perpetual revenge isn’t my kink. I’ll just leave your comment there as a monument to your side’s 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. That’s slightly better, I guess 🤷
Your version of “seeing reason” is genocide denial. Stop trying to gaslight me with your Hasbara nonsense, please.
That’s exactly what I’m doing ffs 🤦
Such as genocide with a side of deliberately targeting aid workers, healthcare workers and journalists trying to show the world what’s happening? This you?