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White House urging Democrats to reject progressive push to block arms transfers to Israel (www.timesofisrael.com)

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With legislation almost certain to fail given bipartisan backing for Israel, administration’s decision to weigh in shows desire for party to maintain pro-Israel stance after election

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[–] timewarp@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Considering the Biden admin just vetoed a UN Security Council resolution for a ceasefire and release of hostages, the idea that this is a "trust us bro" situation is willful blindness. At this point I'm just going to assume either Biden will do whatever Israel wants on his own free will, or they have some serious blackmail on him.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 1 points 16 minutes ago

He's following decades of US State Department foreign policy. At this point nothing short of Israel attacking the US will change the stance.