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Thread #172755 Message #4190832
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
21-Oct-23 - 12:16 PM
Thread Name: BS: Hamas attacks Israel
Subject: RE: BS: Hamas attacks Israel
The first thing Trump did when he was foisted on the American people in 2017 was to place a ban on Muslim travel to the US. He must have thought he could get away with it because he supported Israel. It was overturned as soon as it could be done legally. In reading the American attitude I would suggest that while there is a general recognition that anti-semitism exists, many Americans make a strong distinction between Jews in general as a religion or a tribe of people, and the Israeli government, which consistently works against its best interest in how it treats Palestinians. The growing understanding of the Palestinian and Muslim position in the world is separate from what is understood about the zealots behind 9-11 terrorism and Isis and Hamas and their ilk.
It is more nuanced and there is a much stronger groundswell of Palestinian support than might appear to the rest of the world. Netanyahu and Hamas are conducting a war that they people they purport to represent want no part of. The growing support of a two-state solution (and are reparations in there?) is on the table for a lot of people here.
Will Biden move the US Embassy back to Tel Aviv? He should, but I don't know if he has the time to address that issue with all else that is going on.