I don’t understand how Israel’s excuses always boil down to Hamas was hiding there.
Israel’s population does compulsory military service, does that make them all IDF and fair game as a military target? Of course not. So why is “Hamas = Everywhere” a valid excuse when “IDF = Everywhere” isn’t.
This headline is biased towards Trump.
It’s inviting right wingers to think that Gold Star families should be able to do whatever the hell they want and isn’t it sad that they had to get the Speaker to intervene.
Reality: Trump’s team is manufacturing fake outrage over gold star families visiting Arlington when the campaign was insistent on breaking the rules.
I really don’t think Netanyahu and his genocide cabinet would stop even if they stopped receiving weapons and/or funding. You could prosecute under the ICC but he’s not going to attend any sort of trial. Sanctions will likely never happen.
I’m not saying what the west (it’s not just the US) is doing is right in backing Netanyahu’s cabinet. What I am saying is this leader’s actions are a prime example of evil if I’ve ever seen it in my lifetime.
What happened to Israel on Oct. 6 was evil beyond comprehension. It is not ok to genocide a whole population on that basis.
Additionally, it’s disheartening that Trump would be even worse amid reports he’s counseled the Israeli PM to avoid a ceasefire for his own political aspirations. Dangerous fascist dictators flock together, it would seem.
Oh it’s only a matter of time until he does this in public.
Online literacy is really impacting boomers and elder gen x. Like QAnon or Covid Vaccines - some of them flip and just go psycho to the point it impacts their lives.
He could pay to go there. He’s all horny for space anyway. So go. Don’t let the door hit you on the ass on your way out.
Well yeah it’s the only chance he has to get out of jail.
Not a lawyer or American but here’s the text of the law. I’m guessing it depends on how you define dispute, controversy and whether is “with” the US, or whether this constitutes “defeating the measures of.”
Playing devil’s advocate I could see an argument of he’s just looking for alternative solutions in America’s best interest.
§ 953. Private correspondence with foreign governments.
Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
This section shall not abridge the right of a citizen to apply himself, or his agent, to any foreign government, or the agents thereof, for redress of any injury which he may have sustained from such government or any of its agents or subjects.
Is there wiggle wording here? For example, would the Supreme Court be like “welllllll the dispute isn’t with the US”
This guy’s so weird. Him and his wife give creepy vibes. Why are they always awkwardly sitting together on a couch.
“Oh yeah? Well I’ll make my own NATO. With blackjack! And hookers!”
To be honest though it’s happening everywhere - Canada and the US have had cases of this too. They got super mad when our PM called them out on it.
We would have to solve it through sanctions / diplomatic action, but that’s politically sticky right now, at least for the US and Canada.
And we still get idiots saying “I don’t understand why we’re sending billions of dollars to foreign countries.”
These are the same “secure the border” people.
It hurts my brain make it make sense.
Show me where I said “he couldn’t possibly be connected to Hamas?”
But technically if you want to make the argument that Israel is responsible for Hamas, shouldn’t they be stopping every Israeli at the border in the US?
No, it seems they’re targeting this guy in particular because he advocates on behalf of Palestine.
Idk what you’re trying to say here.
He’s an Israeli scholar who writes about the ethnic cleansing of Palestine.
I drive this road a lot. There are moose warning signs often in the park.
I avoid driving early in the morning or after sundown on this road for exactly this reason.
This one I’m not so scandalized about. I’m sure every White House admin does this - they have hard and punishing international work where they need to be sharp. Ronnie Jackson was there during Obama too.
(that’s what railing means)
I’m using a hyperbolic comparison to point out that Israel’s justification for killing Palestinian civilians is wrong. October 7th doesn’t give the IDF carte blanche to genocide a whole civilian population.
I’m pointing out that Israel often claims that Palestinian civilians are connected to / harbouring / being used as shields for Hamas so it’s basically fair game to kill them (they are enemy combatants).
Given that stance, shouldn’t the opposite also be true because Israel has compulsory military service. Because of this, all of their civilians are technically connected to the IDF so are they not also enemy combatants?