Jfc this was the easiest out for him possible. Just a nice off ramp to cut ties.
I hate this man. I won't say more unless I risk a ban. Fuck you joe.
This begs the question that I would hope any logical person would ask after watching this: what is it if not genocide? Collateral damage? Even if you were to entertain that notion how the fuck could any reasonable person accept this much civilian death as collateral damage? It's just absurd.
I'm glad it's officially on record he is a genocide denier.At least he's saying it so no one can say he believes otherwise. Soulless.
View: https://x.com/amanpour/status/1790868724464947558
Its really hard to see so many child amputees. These kids' attitudes are just so inspirational despite their horrific circumstances.
I don't think for a damn second that the former "top cop" believes in actual justice.i legitimately wonder if kamala would be ANY better on this front
oh i know that, i'm just wondering if she'd be trying a different PR tactic here than bidenI don't think for a damn second that the former "top cop" believes in actual justice.
View: https://x.com/BabaUmarr/status/1792697342728310801
View: https://x.com/justfp/status/1792743426657775826
(first video is the whole 30 min interview, second is the specific section)
WOW. Western leaders are really the worst fucking kind of trash, but this one was trying to get an award. Words are not enough to describe this, and hell won't be hot enough either. Racist pieces of shit, this really made my blood boil. Ugh.
I don't know how anyone could possibly justify voting for this ghoul. Trump is an existential threat to democracy, but Biden is very publicly funding a genocide. Truly disgusting.
How can Biden officially acknowledge the Armenian genocide and less than 2 years later deny the existence of this one? Is it a numbers game? Not enough Palestinians have died yet? Do we, as a species, need to wait for decades to pass in order to look back and see things for what they were?
The mental gymnastics and effort required to try and change the meaning of "genocide" can be put to better use.
Good luck in November, piece of shit.
Compilation of statements by leaders/foreign ministries on the ICC proposal:
View: https://x.com/Alonso_GD/status/1792554249924042865
Respectful/supportive: Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, France, Maldives, Slovenia, South Africa, Ireland, Chile
Respectful but complains about "false equivalence" (because Palestinian lives are clearly worth less to these ghouls): Germany, Austria
Against: Czech Republic, Israel, US, Hungary, UK
Nonsensical middle ground that says nothing.
oh i know that, i'm just wondering if she'd be trying a different PR tactic here than biden
I see the "false equivalence" talking point has gone global.
Wonder what Canada is gonna do
✅ Covers up report showing Israel is not complying with international laws
✅ Admonishes student protestors, doesn't speak up when they're subjected to violence and scolds them instead
✅ Praises the police after weeks of horrific brutality by them around the country against pro palestinian students and other peaceful protestors
✅ Genocide denial
✅ Sowing distrust in the ICC, casting doubt on IHL
The lines between Biden and the worlds despots are slowly blurring. This is the type of response you'd expect out of Trump or another foreign fascist.
He is truly an irredeemable, racist piece of shit.
Looks like Biden decided that being more pro-Israel will give him more votes than it costs.
But that said, the USA was never fan of the ICC. I believe under Bush an law was made that allow the us to invade the Hague to free US citizens that are brought to the ICC
What kind of invasion are we talking about? Like a real war invasion?
The Act gives the president power to use "all means necessary and appropriate to bring about the release of any U.S. or allied personnel being detained or imprisoned by, on behalf of, or at the request of the International Criminal Court".
Individual members of Israel's security forces are tipping off far-right activists and settlers to the location of aid trucks delivering vital supplies to Gaza, enabling the groups to block and vandalise the convoys, according to multiple sources.
Settlers intercepting the vital humanitarian supplies to the strip are receiving information about the location of the aid trucks from members of the Israeli police and military, a spokesperson from the main Israeli activist group behind the blockades told the Guardian.
The claim of collusion by members of the security forces is supported by messages from internal internet chat groups reviewed by the Guardian as well as accounts from a number of witnesses and human rights activists.
Those blocking the vehicles say the aid they carry is being diverted by Hamas instead of being delivered to civilians in need a claim relief agencies reject.
Rachel Touitou, a spokesperson for the Israeli group Tzav 9, said the group had been blocking trucks as they made their way through Israel since January, on the grounds that the aid they carried was "hijacked" by Hamas once it reached Gaza.
"When a policeman or soldier's mission is supposed to protect Israelis and instead he is sent to protect humanitarian aid convoys – knowing it will end up in the hands of Hamas – we cannot blame them or civilians who notice the trucks passing by their towns for providing intel to groups trying to block that aid. Yes, some of our intel comes from individual members of Israeli forces," Touitou added.
Videos last week showed aid convoys blocked and vandalised by Israeli settlers at the Tarqumiya checkpoint, west of Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The incident, in which activists threw boxes of supplies to the ground, sparked outrage, with the White House condemning the attack as "completely and utterly unacceptable behaviour".
Palestinian lorry drivers delivering aid to Gaza have described to the Guardian "barbaric" scenes" after their vehicles came under attack, claiming that Israeli soldiers escorting the convoy did nothing to intervene.
Yazid al-Zoubi, 26, a Palestinian lorry driver who was attacked by the protesters last week at Tarqumiya checkpoint, said: "There is full cooperation between the settlers and the army. We are shocked and surprised that the army did not provide us with any kind of protection. Even though they were present and watching what was happening. The army was at the service of the settlers."
Two soldiers from Israel's Home Front Command refused an order to evacuate protesters who blocked aid trucks in the Makhash area last week, according to the IDF. One of them was sentenced to 20 days in prison, Israel's national broadcaster, Kan, reported.
An IDF spokesperson said: "A female reserve fighter refused to carry out a task to maintain order in an area that was defined as a closed military area and as a result she was brought to disciplinary proceedings accordingly. The fighter was convicted of the crime of refusing an order. This is an incident that is not consistent with what is expected of IDF soldiers while fulfilling their mission."
Footage of the incident obtained by the Guardian appears to show Israeli soldiers escorting the convoy, taking no action against the settlers.
The same settlers and far-right activists often notify their members in advance about the times and locations that aid trucks are heading towards Gaza, citing that they receive this information from the Israeli police and military.
In one such message seen by the Guardian, far-right activists alerted members that they would "receive preliminary information about the planning of moving trucks, from border crossings' soldiers and police".
In another message in a settler WhatsApp group, a member wrote on Sunday: "I received information from an officer in the IDF that they bring the trucks in front of Ofra [a settlement] into Bitin [a Palestinian village]."
Sapir Sluzker Amran, an Israeli human rights lawyer who last week visited the Tarqumiya checkpoint to document the settlers' actions and to prevent the aid from being looted, said she was beaten and slapped by a settler and that Israeli security forces did nothing to stop the assault.
"The settlers had guns and knives," Sapir said. "I asked the IDF soldiers to stop them as what they were doing was illegal, but they asked me to leave. At some point, as I was trying to prevent an aid truck from being vandalised, a settler slapped me very hard and went away. I filmed him and took photos of him. I went to the police and asked them that I needed their help as I wanted to press charge against the man. Again, they asked me to leave. The Israeli forces let the man who attacked me free to vandalise the trucks."
I don't know how anyone could possibly justify voting for this ghoul. Trump is an existential threat to democracy, but Biden is very publicly funding a genocide. Truly disgusting.
I'm reading the text of the bill and it's interesting that the claimed main sticking point is that US nationals would be subject to jurisdiction for actions taken in signatory countries even though the US hasn't ratified the treaty. While they're right, isn't usual for international treaties to apply that way, it does align with the philosophy of foreign nationals being subject to local law.
Compilation of statements by leaders/foreign ministries on the ICC proposal:
View: https://x.com/Alonso_GD/status/1792554249924042865
Respectful/supportive: Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, France, Maldives, Slovenia, South Africa, Ireland, Chile
Respectful but complains about "false equivalence" (because Palestinian lives are clearly worth less to these ghouls): Germany, Austria
Against: Czech Republic, Israel, US, Hungary, UK