Israel Declares War For The First Time Since 1973.

Then why does Biden, and about half the Democrat party, continue to support them? It is true that the other half of Democrats, largely college students, continue to march and protest anything Israel does at places like Harvard, and many other universities. It's interesting that these students are brainwashed by college professors, most of whon aren't Muslims, but are atheists. There seems to be an increasing camaraderie and unification of Muslims and atheists. It's the "enemy of my enemy is my friend" pharse. They're unified in their hatred of Judeo-Christianity.

You should find someone who actually made the arguments you're responding to.--Percy

How is this question a reasonable follow-up to what I just said, or even make sense? Why are you putting this in a purely American context? You've been watching too many YouTube videos again.--Percy

There are more important considerations than a public opinion popularity contest. And you know this. You're just trying to throw more bombs. Powder puffs. Duds. It is interesting that those taught to think freely, unencumbered by religious demagoguery, chose against your violent religious preference. Fancy that. If there is hatred toward some specific religious nation, you might want to consider what, of their actions over the last 70 years, has so offended the world society.

Because you put it in a purely American context with the following, from Message 222Your five words that I bolded show how YOU put it in a purely American context. Actually, I watched Fox News during lunch today, as they showed video footage of the protests, complete with college students saying anti-sematic things into microphones. And amazingly, ABC World News Tonight actually showed police in New York in riot gear, to protect against Israel hating disruptions during the upcoming Christmas tree lighting, disruptions that happened during the Thanksgiving day parade. They spent about two quick minutes on that, before moving on to GEORGE SANTOS!!!!!! STORMY WEATHER IN LATE NOVEMBER!!!!!!!!

Yes, I do know that. Too bad my question did not have a thing in this world to do with popularity.

Message 226Again, you are a disingenuous ass. What do you think the "court of public opinion" is? Just a plaything for your fantasies? It's a popularity contest and your side is sucking hind tit. That means it ain't doing so good in the "we believe/support you" categories.

BBC:

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The Israeli military says the six-day truce in Gaza will continue in light of mediators'
efforts to continue the process of releasing hostages

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Ten more Israeli hostages - and four Thai citizens - returned to Israeli territory after the group's release from Gaza on Wednesday evening

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Israel earlier said two Russian-Israeli women were also back in Israel - having also been released on Wednesday

Israel's prison service says it has freed a further 30 Palestinian prisoners

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Wednesday was the sixth day of a truce between Israel and Hamas in Gaza; talks are ongoing in an effort to extend this before it expires

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Earlier, two boys aged 8 and 14 were shot dead during an Israeli raid in the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank

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The Israeli military hasn't commented on the two boys specifically, but says it killed a senior Islamic Jihad commander and arrested 17 others during an operation targeting a refugee camp

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Lets hope the truce continues until all hostages are released.

You combined two different conversations, one with Phat, one with you. They have two different contexts. Phat was talking of world opinion, or so it seemed, so I replied in that context, and then you replied to that as if it were a purely American context, not to mention assigning me leanings and views I do not hold.About your issues with WNT, that's a continuing theme for you. Maybe you should open a thread about it where it would be on-topic.--Percy

The truce has not been extended.Differing reports come in about which side broke the truce, but in any war there will always be two sides. The side that Israel is on includes the United States and as a result, brands us differently than the role we played (and still play) in the War in Ukraine. We in the West are not fulfilling our duty to secure human rights in this war, and it has caused us to lose all sorts of credibility globally.
Israel has lost the war of public opinion

Al Jazeera Opinion:

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In the age of social media, Israel is no longer able to conceal the truth about its conduct in Palestine.

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I am not there, either as a journalist or a soldier. I am only one of many globally who form an opinion based on what the media tells us is happening. This media includes social media and footage from peoples smart phones. If there ever is a World War III, I do not want to represent the wrong side of History.

Al Jazeera:

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Dozens of Palestinians killed since Israel resumed attacks on Gaza after expiration of truce, according to health officials.

Israeli army drops leaflets telling people in parts of already bombarded southern Gaza to evacuate, signalling an expanding offensive.

International mediators, including Qatar, Egypt and the United States, had pushed for another extension of the pause, which expired at 7am local time (05:00 GMT) on Friday.

More than 15,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since October 7. In Israel, the official death toll stands at about 1,200.

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Since the United States is basically the only global power whom Israel listens to, it is our responsibility to stop the killing.Critics will say that Israel is resolved to eliminate Hamas, but it appears that this is impossible. As a matter of fact, the next generation of Hamas recruits are being birthed out of this violent conflict as we speak. The unity party needs to kick the far right out of their government. The Israeli people will only do that once they suffer "too many deaths" as Palestine now has. War is Hell. I hate this war. We all need to write our congressmen.

I somehow missed this and it deserves an answer: I believe we should cease all military and diplomatic support for Israel while they are committing war crimes. We should recall our ambassador. We should introduce a declaration of condemnation in the UN Security Council.We should also provide humanitarian support for the Palestinians. If there's a practical way to defend them militarily then we should do that, too.--Percy

Moose

I think we should stay out of it. We should neither support nor defend either party.Of course in today's world that is impossible. And if we backed out, Russia or Iran would quickly fill the void. As a believer in a higher power, (higher than humanity or the UN)
I realize that many "believers" support Israel and many humanists support Palestine (though not Hamas). I also realize that you are a believer though not conservative nor fantasy-based.We would never go against Israel in support of Palestine. That's all I know.

I think we as a nation should support life, peace, liberty, freedom and prosperity throughout the world. Those are impossible ideals, of course, but would probably serve very well for guiding policy decisions.--Percy

I agree with your statement. The world demands that we pick a side. Why are there two sides in today's world?