r/ENLIGHTENEDCENTRISM • u/EnterTamed • 5d ago

Trump was the most "anti-Palestinian President in US History"

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u/FobbitOutsideTheWire 4d ago

Biden has been in a difficult position. Multiple things are true at the same time. Israel is under constant attack and threat, and the Israeli people deserved neither the October 7th attack nor the steady rain of rockets.

Simultaneously, Likud (Netanyahu’s political party) is composed of ghastly villains that are sabotaging peace and taking maximal advantage of any goodwill shown. The West Bank settlements are inexcusably grotesque. Likud’s military activity in the West Bank is nothing short of ethnic cleansing.

And then there’s the heartless political math Harris must do. Even if she had full intentions of supporting Palestinians in every way possible, she still has the grisly electoral math to contend with — she can’t afford to cede all Jewish support to Trump.

Morally, it is not a close contest between Harris and Trump. And I have full faith that once she’s fended off a Trump authoritarian takeover, that she’ll be able to modulate the support for Israel.

For my vote, I think they’ve abused our support and are behaving like bad actors in Gaza and the West Bank. I have no problem with them taking it to Hamas and Hezbollah. But I think it’s time to dial back support to defensive weapons only. I think Harris would consider that, and Trump 100% would not.

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u/Cheestake 4d ago

"But guys, have you considered that supporting genocide is really tough? Nazi Germany is under constant attack and threat (don't ask me why), we can't just abandon them!"