Ex-president says decision threatens to worsen humanitarian crisis, undermine peace effort and erode global support for Israel

Some of Israel’s decisions in its war against Hamas – including cutting off food and water for Gaza – could “harden Palestinian attitudes for generations” and weaken international support for Israel, Barack Obama said on Monday.

In rare comments on an active foreign policy crisis, the ex-US president said any Israeli military strategy that ignores the human costs of the war “could ultimately backfire”.

“The Israeli government’s decision to cut off food, water and electricity to a captive civilian population [in Gaza] threatens not only to worsen a growing humanitarian crisis – it could further harden Palestinian attitudes for generations, erode global support for Israel, play into the hands of Israel’s enemies, and undermine long-term efforts to achieve peace and stability in the region,” said Obama.

    • NielsBohron
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      121 year ago

      Excellent work; I’m gonna have to add this to my emoji meme collection (which up until now has consisted entirely of one meme)

      “wait, it’s all projection?”

      “Always has been”

      🌎 👨‍🚀 🔫 👩‍🚀

    • @CoffeeJunkie
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      71 year ago

      Man, idk, I like this meme too but if everybody involved knows the meme, I think the open hand plays better. Good one, though… I’m going to use: Is this _____ ? 🤔🫴🏻🦋

      • @[email protected]
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        1 year ago

        Yeah it’s definitely improvable, what with the glasses and the book… Perfection demands mucho toil as they say… probably somewhere

        🤓📕🫴🦋

        👨‍🏫🫴🦋

        • @CoffeeJunkie
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          31 year ago

          Ooo, I like the first one even better, thanks