r/politics • • 6d ago

No Paywall Obama: Israel 'took the land' from Palestinians, 'ceded moral ground' in Gaza

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-911851
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u/Think-Explanation-75 6d ago edited 6d ago

Only those with a bias will sit here and ignore how many times Obama stood up to Israel during his tenure

https://westerman.house.gov/media-center/blog-post/obama-has-undermined-us-relationship-israel

https://imeu.org/resources/key-issues/ten-egregious-israeli-snubs-of-the-obama-administration/243

I can keep going, but quite frankly, you guys either weren't paying attention because you were still in your anarchist phase or were just oblivious.

Edit: since y’all are too dense to do any more research for yourself here’s a full frontline documentary going over the relationship. Maybe this might be a good enough source for you. Why you couldn’t find this for yourself I will never know

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/netanyahu-at-war/

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u/No_Pizza_9831 5d ago

You know that attempting to make a point about how one sided/extreme an opinion is while simultaneously throwing out insults like "anarchist phase" to unfairly degrade a point that otherwise has merit just proves you're the same thing you're criticizing right?

Both sides have valid points. You are correct he did stand up to Israel at times, but he also heavily armed Israel and actively worked against Palestine, while simultaneously bombing the middle east (including to "defend Israel") with drones and bombs more than any president in recent history (including Trump). He may have stood up to Israel sometimes, but his policies disproportionately supported Israel (as all US presidents do) and are directly responsible for the events we see in that region of the world today. To argue otherwise just proves you are as ignorant as those you criticize, especially when you accuse others of not "paying attention" while ignoring all of the other evidence yourself.