"One person who spoke with Biden said the president felt Netanyahu had humiliated both Blinken and Biden with his back-and-forth about a cease-fire proposal with Hezbollah.
Netanyahu at first told U.S. officials he supported a pause in fighting with the ... militant group, then roundly rejected the cease-fire proposal once it was made public."
It's okay to feel frustrated.
The world is run by warmongers & those who keep trying to reason with them. 🫂
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/27/israel-targeted-hezbollah-nasrallah-beirut-bombing-00181439
I feel terrified for the Israeli people and all those connected in this war. But if feels like #Netanyahu is completely out of control and won't stop the bombing until he's eliminated thousands more.
My concern is that we continue to support Israel- but not keep sending weapons & ammunition to a leader who is ignoring all the rest of the world.
I think Americans support Israel, but not Netanyahu.
Many Westerners don't understand that a far-right coalition pushed the already extreme Likud Party even further to the right. Their goals are an expansion of borders to regain the greater Israel they see as their holy entitlement, & right from Oct 7, they've been using this as their chance--at cost to fellow Israelis, who were fighting right-wing corruption long before Oct.
US Evangelicals love this. Everyone else is in pain, helpless to do more for human decency & peace. 🫂
Now I understand... it's disgusting how "holy entitlement" isn't "holy" or "entitled." And it's killing people and destroying countries. Never in all my years, did I think our country would support a trump in politics. Here we are and our country is burning.
I listened to trump speaking to the Israeli American Conf & he was really hitting on the borders they "deserve" instead of the "teeny tiny DOT where Israel stands". That's the HOT BUTTON and the crowd cheered.
I should caveat the "holy" part with an critical element:
Many militant Israelis are *secular* - including Netanyahu! Since the 1930s there's been a strain of Jewish nationalism that looks with contempt on "weaker" Jews (a little like how "warrior Christianity" looks with contempt on people who follow a "meek" Christ), and they've joined with the messianics.
The consequence? *In Israel*, devout Jews praying for peace are bullied by secular militants. A true abuse of faith.