• @Linkerbaan
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    1322 days ago

    Did he call for a weapons embargo on israel or is he “trying to appeal to Netanyahu’s good side”?

    • @homura1650
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      3822 days ago

      I have not listened to his DNC speach, but back in january he introduced a resolution that would have invoked the legal requirement that US assistance not be used to commit human rights violations. It failed 72-11.

      Back in April, he spoke in the senate opposing the $8.9 billion offensive military aid to Israel; after having introduced amendments to cut those provisions out. (If you read 1 link from this post make it this one).

      As early as October 11, he was calling for the US to force Israeli restraint, and explicitly calling Israel’s responce a violation of international law

      On October 25, he demanded information on how Israel was going to use the first aid package before it went to a vote in the senate, which was formally sent to Biden November 1.

      At this point I stopped going through his press releases, because at this point, he just sounds like a Cassandra.

      • @[email protected]
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        421 days ago

        just sounds like a Cassandra.

        I don’t have much to add, but thanks for showing me a new expression! I had to look it up because I had no idea what you meant ending like that lol