With legislation almost certain to fail given bipartisan backing for Israel, administration’s decision to weigh in shows desire for party to maintain pro-Israel stance after election

  • @finitebanjo
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    31 month ago

    Meanwhile, the Biden administration has been privately working to push back against the Senate legislation, with officials from the White House, State Department and Pentagon reaching out to various lawmakers on the fence about how they might vote, one US official told The Times of Israel.

    Source remained unnamed, basically “trust us bro.”

    • John Richard
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      151 month ago

      Considering the Biden admin just vetoed a UN Security Council resolution for a ceasefire and release of hostages, the idea that this is a “trust us bro” situation is willful blindness. At this point I’m just going to assume either Biden will do whatever Israel wants on his own free will, or they have some serious blackmail on him.

      • @apfelwoiSchoppen
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        01 month ago

        He’s following decades of US State Department foreign policy. At this point nothing short of Israel attacking the US will change the stance.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 month ago

      Do you think the Times of Israel is making things up? Because anonymous sources aren’t anonymous to the reporter, they’re anonymous to us. Granted, Israeli newspapers are quite a bit less trustworthy than most, but it’s hard to see how a fabrication is valuable to them.

      • @finitebanjo
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        1 month ago

        I see very clearly how making a fabrication is valuable to them. What I don’t see is why a US Lawmaker would do an exclusive interview with a foreign newspaper and remain anonymous on this issue, or why many other supposedly stayed silent.

        • @[email protected]
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          -11 month ago

          How? The thing they wanted to happen happened, and the guy they’re trying to portray as having their back is a lame duck. The quote is an “official”, not a lawmaker and could be from the administration itself or any of a host of pro-Israel lawmakers who would happily reassure an Israeli newspaper that the Democratic establishment is still with them all while maintaining the faux confidentiality that intra-party lobbying has.

      • @kreskin
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        09 days ago

        trust the mouthpeice of zionism, good plan.