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biden faces a serious, two-fold challenge going forward: - large numbers in his own party increasingly sympathetic w/ palestinian civilians - very little leverage over bibi (or the israeli govt) GZERO Media
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Walt and Mearsheimer will be happy to cite you as evidence of the validity of their thesis--that the Israeli lobby is a domineering power in Washington, DC. You are wrong: Biden does have plenty of leverage to pressure Netanyahu and to steer Israeli policies in a manner that serves American interests--or at least do not harm our interests. Biden could make a public statement, could 'secretly' stop shipping 'offensive' weapons to Israel, could withhold the veto power in the SC, could and could and could, in a subtle or direct manner or a combination of both. But, you forgot to mention that Biden holds similar Zionist views to the Israeli war cabinet and that Biden and his administration and nearly the entire US political establishment and the various American power structures have been 'active participants' in the ongoing genocide. We are beyond complicity now.

@gzeromedia - he could stop funding them and providing arms through side-deals. He’s done EVERYTHING to support Israel’s genocide and further land stealing of the Palestinians.

@gzeromedia The vast majority of Americans don’t care about the war. He’d probably win more votes by pivoting to focus on just about anything else. Or he could talk up his support for our ally’s generous fight against the terror group that killed Americans & *still* holds American hostages.

@gzeromedia Yeah..It's more than that, as Polling shows over 70 percent of America supports Israel. So burn that bridge if you will, but its not going to help your general election hopes.

@gzeromedia I really don’t understand the little leverage part.

@gzeromedia Serious question- how does Biden have very little leverage over Bibi? All of Israel’s weapons of war come from the US not to mention the billions in aid. Why can that not be used as leverage.

@gzeromedia Little leverage? They literally wouldn’t be able to fight longer than a week without American arms.

@gzeromedia He needs to pick a side that’s not Hamas and have the courage of his own convictions. Otherwise he will lose the Jewish vote and still not appeal to the far left fringe of the party. People respect a leader who doesn’t waffle.

@gzeromedia Biden has an extraordinary amount of leverage over Bibi if only he would use it Maybe he could start by flying back to Israel and take his hug back

@gzeromedia Biden has tons of leverage. He just won't use it.
