In last month’s US presidential debate – or “Who Supports Israel’s Genocide More” – Donald Trump criticized sitting president Joe Biden, “thusly:”
“He’s become like a Palestinian, but they don’t like him because he’s a very bad Palestinian. He’s a weak one.”
While Trump intended this as an insult to Biden, as a Palestinian I found it offensive to be compared to the US president.
“I’ve never heard so much foolishness,” Biden responded to Trump, for once correctly. Trump’s statement was completely inaccurate. Throughout this genocidal war, the US administration under Biden has indulged Israel like a spoiled child.
Beyond a single delayed shipment of arms, US support for Israel has been total. To cite just two examples, Biden signed a military aid package worth billions of dollars this year alone and the United States used its veto power at the United Nations in support of Israel’s continued slaughter….more
