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Defiant Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu doubled down on opposition to Palestinian statehood, deepening the divide with Israel’s closest international allies, as cracks in his wartime “unity” government became increasingly evident.

Anger with Netanyahu is also increasingly visible on the streets, even though there is broad public support for the war. On Saturday, protesters gathered in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Caesarea and Kfar Saba, some calling for bolder action to secure the release of hostages, and others demanding the prime minister step down.

One in Jerusalem held a placard that read: “Mothers’ cry: we will not sacrifice our children in the war to save the rightwing.”

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[–] ultranaut@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Yes? There's a huge amount of inertia in US-Israeli relations but it's very clear at this point that Biden is yanking the leash and trying to reel Netanyahu into a path towards peace. They aren't going to stop supplying weapons any time soon (if ever), the first step would be explicit restrictions on what the weapons could be used for, and we're still a very long ways from that being considered publicly.

[–] TheBananaKing@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

Israel doesn't give a shit what anyone else wants them to do. They're going to continue slaughtering the Palestinians and taking their land until someone physically prevents them.

[–] Muyal@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

How is Biden yanking the chain?

He hasn't done anything to stop the funding and the sales of weapons.

[–] ultranaut@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

How is Biden not yanking the chain? You are commenting on an article about Netanyahu bitching about Biden telling him he must allow a Palestinian state. Diplomacy and international relations and all of that mostly moves kind of slowly for a bunch of reasons, it's not like the movies, but there's a very obvious and public rupture between Netanyahu and Biden at this point. Stopping funding is way down on the list of responses, and it's very unlikely to escalate to that even being threatened in public.

[–] Muyal@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Telling him anythin is not yanking the chain. As long as the US keeps supplying him with weapons and money he knows he can keep doing what he wants.

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 8 months ago

Biden is attempting to look compassionate for Leftist voters who are willing to abstain in November. The agenda is still to have a foothold in the middle east by supporting Israel. There's sizeable oil shipments that will be coming through Gaza soon, hence why Israel had to clear out all of the Palestinians from their homes to make way for the new pipeline installation.