Tag: Israel
If You’re Not for a Two-State Solution, ‘You’re Not Morally Serious’
“There’s only one solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Two states for two indigenous people between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean. And if you’re not for that, if you’re not for ending the violence and for hostage release, if you’re only condemning one side and not the other, you’re not morally serious.”
— Thomas Friedman, quoted by CNN.
Netanyahu: Israel Can Go It Alone
“If we have to stand alone, we will stand alone.”
— Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel was strong enough to fight alone as the United States warned that it could cut military aid to the country, the Washington Post reports.
Support for Israel Aid Drops in Swing States
51%
A new Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll find 51% of registered voters “in the seven states that will decide the 2024 presidential election said they either strongly or somewhat support aid to Israel. … That’s down 11 percentage points from November, when 62% of respondents said they supported the aid.”
Netanyahu Declares War on Hamas
“Citizens of Israel, we are at war. Not an operation, not a round of fighting, at war. I am initiating an extensive mobilization of the reserves to fight back on a scale and intensity that the enemy has so far not experienced. The enemy will pay an unprecedented price.”
— Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, quoted by the Times of Israel.
Predictably, Republicans Blame Biden for Hamas Attack on Israel
“Republican 2024 presidential candidates blamed the Biden administration for the attacks Hamas terrorists launched against Israel on Saturday, pointing to the deadly developments as evidence of U.S. weakness on the world stage and claiming that the administration is partially responsible.”
— NBC News
How Much Does Obama Hate Israel? 1.9 Billion Times
One of the many persistent right-wing lies about Pres. Obama is that he hates Israel. It may be true that he’s not fond of the country’s leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, a despicable figure who is closely aligned with Republicans in the U.S. Congress, a cabal that makes no secret of its contempt for the president. But there’s no evidence that Obama loves or hates Israel any more than he likes or dislikes any of America’s allies.
Writing in the Atlantic, Conor Friedersdorf summed up this particular right-wing myth about the president last summer:
