Five Gazans Killed by US Aid Airdrops as Biden Faces Backlash Over 'Gimmicks' (www.commondreams.org)
from CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca to world@lemmy.world on 08 Mar 2024 16:55
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nokturne213@sopuli.xyz on 08 Mar 2024 19:31 next collapse

“Enough w/ the gimmicks of dropping food from the air & building a pier in two months,” Josh Ruebner, an adjunct lecturer at Georgetown University and former policy director of the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights, wrote in a social media post directed at Biden.

Since when is air dropping aid a gimmick?

CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca on 08 Mar 2024 19:42 collapse

70,000 meals have been dropped in Gaza over the past week, which is a small portion of what’s needed considering the territory has a population of more than 2 million people.

It’s theater. US could force Israel to comply and let the aid in, but instead this is a cheap trick to try and win back voters who think Biden is a failure on this issue.

CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca on 08 Mar 2024 19:43 next collapse

And now this genocidal apologist is talking about building some stupid pier. More theater.

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 09 Mar 2024 02:38 collapse

US could force Israel to comply

how? cutting support would cause hamas to be emboldened. using force would be throwing decades of treaties away (and remember this started because israeli civilians were killed in a terrorist attack) and alienate a nuclear power… just like cutting aid to ukraine, all that would happen is israeli civilians and gazans would continue to suffer

netanyahu isnt going to moderate because the un passes a non binding resolution and hamas isnt going to moderate because the us pulls funding

CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca on 09 Mar 2024 03:13 collapse

Apparently you were too lazy to read my previous reply, so I’ll repost it for you. Save your speculation as to whether or not Hamas would be emboldened, it’s meaningless nonsense.

What tactics has the West utilized against Russia that they have not employed against Israel?

Economic sanctions. Apply them to Israeli leadership in the military and in politics. Plus Business leaders and bankers. Prevent Israeli banking institutions “from accessing SWIFT, the international system for financial transactions, and restricting access to Western financial markets.” Ban Israeli access to international goods and services import as well as export. Let’s see how long their military can go without oil.

remember this started because israeli civilians were killed in a terrorist attack

This started because Israel is illegally occupying Palestinian territory and has violated every cease-fire over the last 15 years. If you think it started on October 7 you don’t have a clue what you’re talking about.

CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca on 08 Mar 2024 21:30 next collapse

The President sends bombs that kill Palestinians and now the airdropped aid kills Palestinians as well. This is atrocious and it has to stop. - Ilhan Omar

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 09 Mar 2024 02:34 collapse

what even is this source? delivering humanitarian aid is a gimmick now?

CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca on 09 Mar 2024 03:08 collapse

Dropping humanitarian aid from airplanes, or building a stupid pier is incredibly inefficient and costly. It’s theatre to appease the liberals. It’s designed to win back voters who are pissed off that genocide Joe won’t take meaningful action.

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 09 Mar 2024 03:14 next collapse

this is the same kind of attitude that republicans have against ukraine or dr fauci…

CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca on 09 Mar 2024 03:18 collapse

No it isn’t. People are starving to death and the best they can come up with is to parachute 30,000 meals to 1 million people? I’ll ask you again how many weeks would it take to provide one meal to each of the over 1 million people there? Does that seem even remotely efficient to you?

Children are starving to death and genocide Joe is providing political theater.

CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca on 09 Mar 2024 03:17 collapse

I find it truly amazing that brain dead liberals actually believe air lifting food is a viable alternative to opening the roads and sending in convoys of trucks. Do you understand they delivered just 30,000 meals in one week? Now do you also understand there are over 1 million people waiting for food. Do the math, how many weeks would it take provide 1 million people with one meal?