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The Biden administration has told key lawmakers it is sending a new package of more than $1 billion in arms and ammunition to Israel, three congressional aides said Tuesday.

It’s the first arms shipment to Israel to be announced by the administration since it put another arms transfer — consisting of 3,500 bombs — on hold this month. The administration has said it paused that earlier transfer to keep Israel from using the bombs in its growing offensive in the crowded southern Gaza city of Rafah.

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

So why didn't we do anything when Israel is doing even worse?

Literally, right now they're doing worse to a lot more people...

And before 10/7, they were still doing worse to even more people...

So why focus on that one day and ignore literally everything else?

Like, you realize the people from Hamas on 10/7 are the families of Israels prior victims?

If Israel is justified in what they're doing because of 10/7, why wasn't 10/7 justified?

If none of it is acceptable, why are you only focusing on the one day Israel's were the victim over every other day they were the attackers?

[–] zerog_bandit@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Sure, so you want to treat this conflict like it didn't start on 10/7. Ok.

Do you believe that the 20 year campaign of suicide bombing perpetrated by Palestinian militants was a valid form of protest? Did you grow up seeing the charred skeletons of buses on TV? Did you know that this terror campaign was so vicious that Israel had to forcibly relocate Jews that had lived in Gaza their entire lives, who's families had lived in Gaza for generations? Would you define this as ethnic cleansing by Palestinians?

Do you believe that the Yom Kippur war surprise attack was a valid form of protest? Did you know that the Arab countries position was to refuse any peace deal with Israel, even when they were offered the return of the Sinai and the Golan?

If you think that Israel has a responsibility to ensure aid enters Gaza, then surely you believe that closing the Suez to Israeli shipping was a casus belli for the 6 day war?

Do you believe the attempted genocide of Jews by their Arab neighbors in 1948 was a valid form of protest? Do you think that Arabs have the right to enforce a racially pure population? Have you thought about why 20 percent of Israelis are Arab? Is it possible that these were honest folks who did not attempt to commit a genocide against Jews?

Have you stopped to think why Jews, who have existed in the area for thousands of years, no longer have extant populations in Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Yemen, or Iraq? Have you considered the possibility that they were ethnically cleansed by their Arab neighbors? Have you heard of the Farhud? Do you have any idea what you're talking about?

Edit: the instant downvote without any rebuttal demonstrates how inconvenient the truth is pro-Hamas supporters.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago

Sure, so you want to treat this conflict like it didn’t start on 10/7. Ok.

I don't know why a logical peraon wouldn't...

Or why I should continue conversations with people who do