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minus-squareNatanael@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down6·8 months agoThey have reversed their veto now, that’s what the article is about that you’re commenting on. Biden has tried negotiating directly with Netanyahu, and because that has stopped working the WH is starting to change how they’re dealing with them.
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·8 months agoAnd this invalidates the several months of holding up the process?
minus-squarenieminen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·8 months agoFor real, had they not vetoed the ceasefire in the first place, how many innocent lives might have been saved?
minus-squareNatanael@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·8 months agoIsrael have broken previous ceasefires
minus-squarenieminen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoI 100% believe that. But might it have done some good anyway? Just because “they’ll just do it anyway” is a terrible excuse not to try to better the situation.
They have reversed their veto now, that’s what the article is about that you’re commenting on.
Biden has tried negotiating directly with Netanyahu, and because that has stopped working the WH is starting to change how they’re dealing with them.
And this invalidates the several months of holding up the process?
For real, had they not vetoed the ceasefire in the first place, how many innocent lives might have been saved?
30,000 or so.
Israel have broken previous ceasefires
I 100% believe that. But might it have done some good anyway? Just because “they’ll just do it anyway” is a terrible excuse not to try to better the situation.