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Thread #148232   Message #4210148
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
20-Oct-24 - 09:25 PM
Thread Name: BS: Israel & Hamas & gaza strip 2024
Subject: RE: BS: Israel & Hamas & gaza strip 2024
This is a hot topic in American politics right now. I listened to an interview with a Michigan lawmaker from Dearborn on the radio - they are experiencing the proverbial "rock and a hard spot" (the scholar in me wants to also point out these would be Scylla and Charybdis). And the person being interviewed even referred to "Israel" in a way to suggest he thinks it doesn't belong there at all - so there is a lot of heat under the light we're seeing about that political turmoil.

Harris has said she supports a two-state solution, but as long as the Israeli government is resisting it, I don't know that there is enough pressure to put to bear to make it happen. After the election if Biden stops the weapons completely (he gave them a 30-day notice that expires one week after the election) maybe Netanyahu will shift, but the Israeli far right will then disassemble the government. So of course this is happening during the American Presidential election season because Netanyahu hopes to come out ahead by continuing the war or gaining Trump's support.

Oy.