cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/25627002

By Yasmine El-Sabawi in Washington
Published date: 5 February 2025 02:09 GMT

"On Tuesday, at a stunning joint press conference alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump announced the US will be taking over and running Gaza, potentially for the foreseeable future.

“Everybody I’ve spoken to loves the idea of the United States owning that piece of land, developing and creating thousands of jobs with something that will be magnificent,” Trump told reporters after a three-hour meeting with Netanyahu. "

  • gi1242@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    the geniuses who said “im not voting for Harris because of Palestine” must be feeling really smart right now

    • Chainweasel@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      They still blame it on Biden and Harris.
      One argument I see a lot is that it’s somehow Kamala’s fault by not trying hard enough to win their votes.

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        18 hours ago

        It makes me angry that you used the word ‘a lot’, because this means you’re seeing multiple instances of something so stupid I struggle to believe even a single person has ever had that thought.

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      They will tell you that this result was inevitable and to look at the positive side of things (what ever this may be). Which is easy to do or say since they are not Palestinians

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          No, their protest votes were not meaningless

          They actively put trump in the whitehouse.

          The American electoral system gives a voter the choice of potentially improving things (Dem) or actively making things worse (Rep). Given FPTP and the heavy use of propaganda, all other options (spoiling, abstaining, third party voting) equate to a republican vote, there is no other reality.

          If an American did not vote Democrat in the election that just passed, they voted for complete ethnic cleansing of Gaza and the gutting of human rights in the USA—they didn’t even try to hide what they were going to do this time. There is zero excuse.

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            22 hours ago

            all other options (spoiling, abstaining, third party voting) equate to a republican vote

            no, only a republican vote is a republican vote.

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              21 hours ago

              Equate doesn’t mean it’s literally a republican vote, I see what you’re trying to say but mathematically they’re correct.

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                21 hours ago

                mathematically, a republican vote is +1 for Republicans. any vote that is not for Republicans is +0 for Republicans.

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            1 day ago

            Sorry, to clarify, I mean they were meaningless in terms of doing anything about stopping any genocide.

            And now we can add more genocide in the U.S. to what is going on in Palestine.

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            22 hours ago

            If an American did not vote Democrat in the election that just passed, they voted for complete ethnic cleansing of Gaza and the gutting of human rights in the USA

            this just isn’t true. even most republicans weren’t voting for that.

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              20 hours ago

              “I voted the fascist megalomaniac because eggs were too extensive. Who could have seen this coming?”

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      1 day ago

      Well, those who were payed to got their pay and don’t care, and those dumb enough to fall for their logic and regurgitate it will just pick up on whatever The Next Big argument being regurgitated is. Something something this only server to support my argument something something was needed to show how flawed the system was something something.

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      1 day ago

      Those people are too busy foaming at the mouth over the gulf of America. They never gave a shit about Palestine, it was nothing more than a convenience for them.

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      Well in some twisted way. They might get a free out of open air jail card and start a new life somewhere else. So it was beneficiary for them after all.

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      Harris got more votes than Biden did in the majority of the key swing states. Stop directing your anger at people other than those who actually voted for him.