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Eugene

(62,767 posts) Sun Dec 24, 2023, 04:34 PM Dec 2023

US sees new isolation from Israel support

Source: Agence France-Presse

US sees new isolation from Israel support

Issued on: 24/12/2023 - 02:33
Modified: 24/12/2023 - 02:31

Washington (AFP) – Nearly three years after President Joe Biden took office vowing "America is back," the country's international image is taking a beating as his administration backs Israel in its war with Hamas.

In one step back from the newfound isolation, the United States on Friday, after painstaking negotiations, let through a UN Security Council resolution on humanitarian aid for the beleaguered Gaza Strip, after vetoing two earlier calls to halt the fighting.

But the United States still remained apart from some of its closest allies -- Britain, France and Japan -- which backed the resolution. The United States abstained, joined only by Russia.

A week earlier in the full General Assembly, the United States was joined by only two European partners, Austria and the Czech Republic, and none of its Asian allies in voting against a nonbinding ceasefire call in the war triggered by an October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas.

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US sees new isolation from Israel support (Original Post) Eugene Dec 2023 OP

If only it were a war with hamas. Lunabell Dec 2023 #1

This war could have been executed radically differently. David__77 Dec 2023 #2

And how about letting the Palestinians have a homeland too? Lunabell Dec 2023 #3

Israel knows ... muhamed g Dec 2023 #4

Lunabell

(7,064 posts)

1. If only it were a war with hamas.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun Dec 24, 2023, 04:40 PM

Dec 2023

Only hamas. That's the problem. So many who just want to live in peace, beside their Israeli neighbors, are getting killed. I don't have any answers to this madness at all. Hamas doesn't care about the Palestinians or the Israelis. And vice versa. It's a stupid war between two immovable governments.

David__77

(23,879 posts)

2. This war could have been executed radically differently.

Reply to Lunabell (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 24, 2023, 05:48 PM

Dec 2023

Just for instance, by creating corridors for non-combatants to go to areas within Israel at the start.

The thing is, that would have been contrary to the basic purposes of the war.

Lunabell

(7,064 posts)

3. And how about letting the Palestinians have a homeland too?

Reply to David__77 (Reply #2)

Sun Dec 24, 2023, 05:50 PM

Dec 2023

I'm sorry, but Israel can't claim it all. They need to realize that the historical Zion is gone. They need to share their toys and play nice.

muhamed g

(31 posts)

4. Israel knows ...

Reply to Lunabell (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 27, 2023, 10:40 PM

Dec 2023

that it has to kill 2 civilians for every Hamas soldier. And it deliberately accepts this ratio. There is no such thing as a war without collateral damage, and most of the world says Israel has used disproportionate force.

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