Comment by SpicyLemonZest

Comment by SpicyLemonZest 4 days ago

The question is whether it's a ruinous empathy thing. It's much too early for me to be confident that the current ceasefire is actually going to work better than the last one. But if it does, it's a pretty strong data point for the idea that credibly taking either side is better for the Palestinian people than flailing around trying to support both.

spencerflem 4 days ago

Is this in favor of a one state solution, with Israel being the one state?

genuinely confused - Biden has not been remotely empathic towards Palestine.

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SpicyLemonZest 4 days ago

Biden has been as empathetic towards Palestine as it's possible to be without opposing Israel. That's how we ended up with things like the crazy floating aid pier. Trump's position is much less empathetic, complete with overt threats of "all hell to pay" if they don't release the hostages soon, and if the current ceasefire holds then it's hard to avoid concluding it's better for the Palestinian people overall.

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