Netanyahu reportedly met this month with three foreign policy envoys working with former president and current presidential candidate Donald Trump — who could yet win the election despite being convicted Thursday on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in his New York state hush money case.
Netanyahu, who benefited immensely from Trump’s first term, is arguably hoping for a similar dividend in the event of a second. In the interim, he has openly rejected the Biden administration’s hopes for the Palestinian Authority to take the lead in the postwar administration of Gaza, and he and his allies have shown no interest in even engaging in the White House on reviving pathways for a Palestinian state. And contrary to the Biden administration’s wishes, Netanyahu may soon act on a Republican invitation to address a joint session of Congress.
It’s not just Netanyahu who is waiting for Trump. The evidence is more clear that Russian President Vladimir Putin is holding out for a Trump victory, which would probably help the Kremlin consolidate its illegal conquests of Ukrainian territory. My colleagues reported last month that Trump and his inner circle have outlined the terms of a potential settlement between Moscow and Kyiv that they would attempt to usher in if in power. “Trump’s proposal consists of pushing Ukraine to cede Crimea and the Donbas border region to Russia, according to people who discussed it with Trump or his advisers and spoke on the condition of anonymity because those conversations were confidential,” they reported.
Such a move would fracture the transatlantic coalition built up in support of Ukraine’s resistance to Russian invasion. It would cement the Republican turn away from Europe’s security at a time when Western resolve around Ukraine is flagging. And it would be yet another sign of Trump’s conspicuous affection the strongman in the Kremlin.
The world is waiting for all three to die.
War criminals of a feather need to stick together.
Trump isn’t really a war criminal yet. Although selling out our spies and operatives to Russia was a dick move.
Does it count that his follower flew a confederate flag in the Capitol?
I mean, I wouldn’t exactly call him not a war criminal (same as Obama tbh). He continued our various foreign involvements and often made them worse.
He’s was a US president, war criminal is part of the job description
Weird. Mention putin and all his employees show up in the comments
Hint; They cosplay as leftists
I fear that both situations will get uglier after the US election, regardless of who wins. If Trump wins, Biden will try to force things to a definitive conclusion before he leaves office, and if Biden wins, Putin and Netanyahu will give up on trying not to provoke the US in hope of working with Trump again.
If Trump wins, Biden will try to force things to a definitive conclusion before he leaves office
He’ll only have two months. What do you suppose he could do in two months that can resolve this conflict which has taken years?
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Yes… like what?
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The bombardment triggered a blaze that swept through parts of a makeshift tent camp in the environs of Rafah, the territory’s southernmost city, killing at least 45 Palestinians and injuring hundreds more.
Images of charred bodies and screaming children proliferated in the aftermath, adding to the already considerable pressure on President Biden to change course in its staunch support for Israel’s campaign.
Tzachi Hanegbi, national security adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, told local radio this week that his government expected to wage its operations in Gaza for “at least another seven months.” He said the extended mission would be “to fortify our achievement and what we define as the destruction of the governmental and military capabilities” of Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups in the territory.
Netanyahu reportedly met this month with three foreign policy envoys working with former president and current presidential candidate Donald Trump — who could yet win the election despite being convicted Thursday on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in his New York state hush money case.
“In his eight years as the GOP’s standard-bearer, Trump has led a stark shift in the party’s prevailing orientation to become more skeptical of foreign intervention such as military aid to Ukraine,” my colleagues wrote.
My colleagues reported this week about growing tensions between Kyiv and officials in the Biden administration, with Ukraine pushing its Western allies to loosen rules over the usage of some of their weaponry on targets on Russian soil.
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Bibi would for sure be elated for Trump presidency 2 because he’d get not only zero pushback but probably a sharp escalation in military aid, but I don’t think he’s waiting for shit. Vladi probably needs Trump to destroy NATO from within and then start pushing further into Eastern Europe.
That’s not necessarily true for Bibi, and to be clear I’m not doing a ‘genocide joe’ thing, but if something wild happens like Trump stroking out before the election I think he’ll actually try to finish his war crimes before the election is over.
Can’t the administration deny Netanyahu a visa/entry?
Like, yes there will be political cost to this, but letting him grandstand propaganda in the house is also going to cost politically. Which would be worse? Especially when there’s an ICJ arrest warrant potentially dropping soon - “we want to avoid a potential international incident regarding the Israeli PM” plays better imo than headlines like “King Bibi lauded by Congress, garnering more US support and friendship” whilst the MAGAs get/give handshake photo opportunities
Netanyahu pretty obviously is not being held back by Joe “give them multiple billions in genocide aid” Biden.
Putin, yeah, probably.
Could their attempt at gaslighting be any more blatant, the claims of Biden wanting peace and Palestinian authority are BS
I’m not sure how this is gas lighting.
Here’s the Wikipedia article so we can make sure we’re using the same vocabulary.
