It was the Democrat president that bypassed congress twice to send munitions to Israel during it's active genocidal campaign so no, it's not Republicans.

[–] zeppo@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Also, Republicans want to send weapons and money to Israel and not to Ukraine, while Congressional/Biden admin Democrats want to do both. So with Republicans you get double the genocides.

[–] zeppo@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Politicians, yes, constituents, no.

[–] explodicle@local106.com -4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If you vote for Democrats, you de facto are one.

[–] zeppo@lemmy.world -2 points 9 months ago

That's not the point. I was saying that national Democratic politicians are not properly representing what their voters think on the Israel issue.

[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I wanted to but changed it to "Americans" on the last minute.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 27 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think the majority of Americans don't really see a dilemma there.

[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think replacing it with "American Politicians" would work, but accuracy, in my Polandb... meme?

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It would work. Senator Sanders forced a vote to require the State department to report on Israel's humanitarian violations or immediately withhold aid, and the Senate quickly voted 72-11 against the proposal. That is probably the most bi-partisan vote we've seen in decades. But don't go thinking that the enormous American political machine actually represents the will of the American people. They represent corporate interests, and hardly even try to hide that anymore.

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Did anyone call Sanders anti-semitic?

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 months ago

Yes, a number of users on Lemmy have made that claim, and this article shows references of it being done by various media outlets and other political pundits.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Sanders is Jewish.... I guess that wouldn't stop people from throwing baseless accusations around.

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Wait till you get a load of this:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/19/jewish-protest-israel-gaza-washington-dc

David Friedman, the conservative former US ambassador to Israel during Donald Trump’s presidency, went further, tweeting before Monday’s protest: “Any American Jew attending this rally is not a Jew – yes I said it!”

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

That's par for the course for the GOP. Toe the line or you're not whatever we say you're not (republican/American/and apparently now Jewish too).