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It is almost unheard of for US representatives to publicly criticise Israel. Is she quitting next election or something?
She’s very very safe here in Seattle, I can tell you that.
Awesome. Let's keep her around a while.
Trump upset the balance. Support for Israel used to be bipartisan, but Trump was so extreme in his pro Israel support that Democrats took the opposite position.
Edit: not sure why people are downvoting for this. Support for Israel used to be nearly unanimous in Congress before Trump. The Squad and others came into office as a result of Trump, and they weren’t afraid to criticize Israel. Trump told Israel to ban them and they did, blocking Rashida Tlaib from visiting her family and causing a wave of criticism in Congress, creating a visible rift between the parties. Democrats weren’t punished for criticizing Israel and the Israel lobby wasn’t able to pressure them as much anymore for fear of angering Biden.
Absolutely. It’s become harder and harder to justify the pure evil that is the Israeli state. And the fact that so many Israelis are open about killing women and children.
Maybe it's less about Trump and more about Netanyahu and his very conservative buddies dismantling the only checks to his power while stepping up settlements. There are lots of reasons to criticise Isreal that have nothing to do with American political divisions. The Israeli's themselves were protesting in large numbers just last week.
I think it's more that people are catching onto israel's BS. If it was actually trump's doing then it'd be one of the few good things he has done but I think it's just a timing coincidence.
Far right trolls everywhere damn. We need a feature that hides severely downvoted comments.
I sure hope you’re not referring to me as a far right troll lol.
I think he's referring to the people who downvoted you.
Edit: nevermind, I misread. He was referring to you somehow.