Biden walks back sanctions on Israeli settlers following Smotrich's threat

Sanctions just 7 settlers instead of the state directly backing settlements and can't even keep that up. Fucking pathetic.

Because Israel will blackmail the USA and expand their genocide even more.

The American folding comes in the wake of Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's threat to collapse the Palestinian economy, as revealed in Israel Hayom

And now these fascists will use that as a threat to extort the USA at every step. They must be completely cut off from US aid.

The world power needs to understand that it has crossed the line

So showing any backbone is crossing the line? Wow.

He's got a "complicit in genocide" reputation to upkeep after all.

Settler colonialism is one of the most vile, disgusting crimes against humanity, and it is our duty to move in favor of liberation for all peoples.

If I'm reading this correctly, this decision was made because Smotrich threatened to sever all Israeli banking relations with the Palestinian Authority, which since the PA depends on Israeli banks to function, would have ruined the Palestinian government in the West Bank. I don't like that this is how it's going down, but definitely see the rationale, and don't think the Biden Admin is wrong to protect the PA. There's plenty criticism to heap on the US for their relationship with Israel, but I don't think this is one of them. The problem here is Smotrich and the Netanyahu government.

If people took half of the energy they spend shaming people for not adhering to the two-party system and turned it to pressuring Biden to be a better candidate he'd have switched positions by now

Lots of Russian trolls in here trying to get Trump elected. Hey guys, how’s the pay at the Internet Research Agency?

Just don't blame the voters with spines when he loses the election.

Edit: To all the geniuses saying Trump is worse, you are no different than MAGA. Saying you'll vote for Biden regardless of a fucking genocide means that he'll get away with anything. If you morons actually cared you would have protested instead of trying to make people vote for a genocidal zionist cuck. Yet here we are.

Joe Biden isn’t catering to me and my friends

Apparently not wanting to fund a genocide with my tax dollars is the same as me bitching about gas prices. The funniest part is that these people think that they are so much better than MAGA.

Ah the USA capitulating to terrorists and war criminals all in the name of money.

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The world's biggest military power bending backwards to a small country like Israel should be enough proof that the US is run by the Zionist Diaspora. they have captured power in the US from both political parties.

Do you want to vote for genocide or for genocide because either way your are getting genocide.

Tell you what - I'm surprised how many people think Trump of all people is going to somehow handle to both Ukraine and Israel better than Biden...

For one, Trump is so overtly a Russian asset it isn't even funny. No enemy of Russia would speak of them the way Trump has both during and after his presidency. Combined with negative comments he has made about Ukraine and the war, he absolutely will cut any and all US assistance to Ukraine - his best effort to hand Ukraine to Russia on a silver platter.

And you'd be mistaken if you think the Palestinians would fare much better considering in the few public statements he's made about Gaza show him openly supporting both the actions of Israel and Netanyahu, calling on them to finish it quicker.

If your reaction to Biden's weak descalation of Gaza is to allow someone who's public intentions are even worse to take office, then all I can say is I hope that high-horse was worth it.

People still going to act like somehow Israel controlling Dems is completely different than Russia controlling republicans.

If we had standards we could have politicians that dont belong to foreign genocidal fascists.

But when you say that, assholes that defend either party no matter what both accuse you of stupid shit online. Because they literally can't fathom having standards instead of blind loyalty. They're so far gone they can't process that's a valid option.

Trump 2024 anyone (edit: I'm not cheering him on, just stating a fact)?

Edit: I only read the headline then came back and read the article and just... What the actual fuck?

Did Biden, the president of the most power country in the world, just listen to a threat from their protectorate? What the fuck is going on here? How do people see shit like this and think "oh yes this is fine"?