Middle East crisis: Lammy to visit Bahrain and Jordan – as it happened
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Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Lebanese people that they could face “destruction and suffering” like the Palestinians in Gaza if they don’t “free” the country from Hezbollah.

“You have an opportunity to save Lebanon before it falls into the abyss of a long war that will lead to destruction and suffering like we see in Gaza,” the Israeli prime minister said in a video address directed to the people of Lebanon.

“I say to you, the people of Lebanon: Free your country from Hezbollah so that this war can end.”

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  • Sundial@lemm.eeEnglish
    114·
    2 个月前

    If he did actually support a ceasefire, he would have enforced it. Israel is America’s proxy. Biden holds the cards here.

      • Sundial@lemm.eeEnglish
        82·
        2 个月前

        The popular opinion is to force Israel to make a ceasefire agreement. Biden hasn’t done it though. So you’re wrong.

        • yeahiknow3@lemmings.worldEnglish
          13·
          2 个月前

          If young people voted there wouldn’t be a single Republican anywhere. But they don’t. So you get the government you deserve.

          • Sundial@lemm.eeEnglish
            3·
            2 个月前

            I’m not American.

            And this isn’t exclusively a Republican issue. A lot of Democrats support the war to continue, despite something like 80% of Democratic voters supporting a ceasefire.

              • Sundial@lemm.eeEnglish
                41·
                2 个月前

                Biden is fully capable of halting arms and funding to Israel himself if he actually wanted to. We saw him pause shipments temporarily to halt an Israeli invasion into Rafah a few months back. He also has valid legal justification to do it as well given the level of documentation available proving Israel is using US weapons to perform war crimes, since it’s illegal to sell weapons to countries committing war crimes as per US law. He can do it. He just chooses not to. He doesn’t even actually denounce the actions either.

                • yeahiknow3@lemmings.worldEnglish
                  12·
                  2 个月前

                  Yes, Biden could do many things, of course, but actions cost political capital and Biden’s first priority is to keep the democrats in power.

                  Moreover, opinions are changing. Right? We’ve seen the polls shift. Once public sentiment reaches a tipping point then the democrats will magically spring into action.

                  • Sundial@lemm.eeEnglish
                    21·
                    2 个月前

                    A majority of the population already supports a ceasefire and has been for the better part of the past year. So it is the popular opinion, Biden does have the power to enforce it, and he chooses not to. Therefore, he does not support a ceasefire and is not actually representing the will of the majority in this case.