I’ve often assumed Harris didn’t want to insult her boss by going against him, because I got the impression she was planning to give Netanyahu what for once she took over - especially with him escalating things further and further. Did anyone else get that vibe, or was it just wishful thinking on my part?
They really aren’t negotiating an end to the conflict though. That’s the problem. Biden wasn’t seriously trying to end the conflict, as he isn’t using to use a single ounce of US leverage to force Israel to the table. The Gazans are being massacred; they have plenty of incentive to come to the table and negotiate in good faith. The Israelis currently have zero incentive. Their territory is expanding while their adversaries are being exterminated; they’re doing great by this conflict. Israel has zero reason to come to the table, and the talks are just stall tactics and charades.
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I’m not claiming things I have no evidence for. The Biden administration has repeatedly and explicitly refused to make any US aid to Israel contingent on any improvement on the situation in Gaza.
The Biden administration has openly refused calls to use US aid as leverage against Israel, and all you can do is wave your hands and say, “hrr, umm, actually, you can’t know what went on behind the scenes, so maybe Biden did do that, but we just have no evidence of that.”
You are asking me to prove a negative. You are demanding that I prove that Biden HASN’T secretly used US leverage to rein in Israel. That is not how this works. If you want to claim that the US actually has tried to put the screws on Israel, YOU need to produce some evidence of that claim. So far, a least according to everything publicly available from all sources, Biden has given Israel a complete blank check. If you want to claim something contrary to all evidence, then you need to supply that evidence.
After all, it’s also possible that the Gazans aren’t being killed by Israel at all. Maybe the Martians are just coming and abducting all the Palestinians to Mars. And we don’t see the Martians, because they’re invisible. You have no evidence that there AREN’T Martians killing all the Gazans, so I guess it would be foolish to write off the idea.