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The US veto against Palestinian statehood does not reflect opposition to Palestinian statehood: US Ambassador to UN (m.youtube.com)

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Yes, it simply represents the leverage Israel holds over the US.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

No, the US supports Israel because it’s in the interest of their own capital class, which is also why the Brits supported the creation of Israel in the first place.

The idea that the US supports Israel because of Israeli leverage also sounds quite a bit like antisemitic conspiracy theories, and I’m surprised people throw it around willy-nilly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

To add, the US supports Israel because Israel is still their #1 ally in the region.

Israel is the primary foil to Iran, whose government is a belligerent to America.

It doesn’t all have to be Capitalism vs your ideology; sometimes it’s just old-fashioned geopolitics.

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