Israel / Palestine

[Psamathe]

They're taking advantage of the fact that the US foreign policy is pretty much paralysed by the forthcoming election. The USA is the only country with the financial and political clout to effectively intervene (if they wanted to).

In not that many days all votes will have been cast at which point actions by the US won't jeopardise any election result.

That said, Biden seems to be going above and beyond when it comes to enabling Israel to do what it wants when it wants and to whom it wants so I suspect things will just continue as at present except without the excuse of needing votes from any particular group.

Ian

 

[C R]

In not that many days all votes will have been cast at which point actions by the US won't jeopardise any election result.

That said, Biden seems to be going above and beyond when it comes to enabling Israel to do what it wants when it wants and to whom it wants so I suspect things will just continue as at present except without the excuse of needing votes from any particular group.

Ian

In the best possible scenario it will take months before the US has a functioning government after the election. By that time there may not be any Palestinians left to protect, even if the US cared.

 

[Psamathe]

In the best possible scenario it will take months before the US has a functioning government after the election. By that time there may not be any Palestinians left to protect, even if the US cared.

I was thinking more of if Biden wanted to eg stop all arms supplies for Israel he can't now as he'd probably lose more Democratic votes than he'd gain. But once all votes cast he could next day say to Israel "unless you ... navy leaves, no more arms, etc.". But I suspect the "could" would only happen in a parallel universe.

I agree with you but see end of voting meaning existing incumbents no longer have to worry about gaining/losing votes. Then we'll see their true morals.

Ian