Being pro-peace is not being pro-Hamas and being anti-Likud is not being anti-Israel.
If I could convince the Palestinian muqawama to not use those water pipes to make weapons and release the Israeli hostages, I would.
If I could convince the Likud leadership to stop the Nakba before they reach the 50,000 body count, I would.
As of 23 Dec 2024, the IDF has killed at least 45,317 Palestinians and wounded 107,713 since 7 Oct 2023. The IDF maintains 17,000 of them were militants. At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the attacks on 7 Oct 2023 and more than 200 were taken captive.
If I could convince the Likud Party to release thousands of Palestinians being held in security detention, I would.
According to Israeli human rights organization HaMoked between 1 Oct 2023 and 1 Nov 2023, the total number of Palestinians held in administrative detention, without charge or trial, rose from 1,319 to 2,070.
This IDF soldier was filmed viciously grabbing Issa Amro by his neck and throwing him to the ground. (Photo: Lawrence Wright)
Why else would armed Palestinian gangs seize Israeli hostages on 7 Oct 2023? Prisoner swap.
At least two trades took place in Nov 2023 thanks to D/Mossad David Barnea who pushed for it in the cabinet.
And the former D/Mossad, Yossi Cohen, suggests a future prisoner swap deal should be carried out in a single stage. (Photo: Yossi Zeliger / TPS)
As a Democrat and American taxpayer, I do not want to see my hard-earned money sent to an ICC indicted war criminal who has no intention of establishing a two-state solution so Israelis and Palestinians can co-exist, a central Democratic Party tenet.
The American Democratic Party and the Israeli Labor Party must stand together against Likudniks and Republicans on both sides of the Atlantic. That some people on Democratic Underground could defend the Likud Party pogrom in Gaza and not support a two-state solution staggers the imagination.
Sources:
https://amnesty.ca/human-rights-news/israel-mass-incommunicado-detention-torture-palestinians-gaza/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/12/23/live-israeli-forces-kill-50-people-in-gaza-including-seven-in-tent-attack
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-premier-green-lights-intelligence-chiefs-for-prisoner-swap-talks/3178674
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384615
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