• queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    The uncommitted votes are having an effect! All of the little worms telling me that pressuring Biden was pointless and I should just support him to stop Trump can eat my ass. This is a result of the public pressure his administration is facing. Our voices matter.

    This isn't good enough. We need an unconditional ceasefire to then negotiate on hostages, but this is another step in the right direction.

    We did that.

    • wewbull@feddit.uk
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      9 months ago

      Please keep going. The US needs to turn on the Netanyahu government. If the west has any principles it needs to show that nobody is exempt from justice. Not even a "strong ally" who's people have suffered from historical horrors.

      They need to be tried for war crimes.

  • Amerikan Pharaoh@lemmygrad.ml
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    9 months ago

    Took the genocidal shitbags long enough. They get no credit for doing it now; especially bc it's obvious they're only doing it to salvage Democrat chances at the polls.

  • Doubledee [comrade/them]
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    9 months ago

    "It said an “immediate and sustained ceasefire” was “imperative” adding that “towards that end” unequivocal support should be given to the hostage negotiations."

    Read the danged article folks, it's just saying "a ceasefire would be good, they need to agree to our hostage deal to do that." They're not calling for a ceasefire unequivocally, it's a continuation of the Biden position from a new venue in the hope that it will, aesthetically, look like they're doing something.

    At least until we see the resolution we should be careful about just granting Joe credit foe this.

    Edit: That is the resolution, it's literally just the Biden-Israel line of "agree to our deal and we'll stop for 6 weeks" which they are peddling as if that amounts to a durable ceasefire.

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    9 months ago

    Pretty wild how the nation that vetoed calls for a ceasefire calls for a ceasefire, but I'll take it.

  • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    Fucking finally. Enough people got Biden scared enough to make a serious move. It's horrifying that it took this long, with countless lives lost, for it to happen.

    I hope this will meaningfully improve the situation, and not serve as a slap on Israel's wrist. Permenent peace is a necessity, but I'll take a ceasefire at all any day of the week.