Anyone who imagined that US President Donald Trump would be the Stop the War president the Middle East had been waiting for, should have a look at what is currently underway in the Occupied West Bank.

The images from the hostage release in Gaza City shocked an Israeli public fed on myths of total victory. “After a year and four months, in which the public’s eyes have been flooded with information and baseless narratives of stories of total victory and revenge, the Israeli public sees from Gaza images of Toyotas, armed Hamas members and Gaza rising from the ruins,” journalist Israel Frey told Middle East Eye.

That said, the large-scale ground assault on the West Bank refugee camps was preplanned. But its timing was enough to keep Bezalel Smotrich, Israel’s far right finance minister and de facto consul general of the occupied West Bank, in the cabinet when he threatened to resign over the ceasefire in Gaza. The other item in Smotrich’s sweetie bag was the promise to clear out the army leadership.

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    Bruh, if support of genocide isn’t the line that separates good and evil for you…

    What is?

    And why are you so mad at people who couldn’t ignore it, instead of the people supporting it even tho vast majority of the people who vote for them was against it?

    How is that representation?

    Vote for me and I’ll do what I want, fuck your values

    Doesn’t work with the left. How have people not realized this by now?

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      I never said I support genocide, don’t put words in mouth. But, you’ve seen what Trump has done, and he has barely been in office a few days. How is this better?

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        I never said I support genocide

        You never said it.

        But you weren’t on the ballot.

        Biden did support it, and Kamala literally said she’d be the same as Biden.

        And that was the largest issue people who voted D in 2020 gave for not voting in 2024. It definitely wasn’t the only reason, but when people were asked for the biggest contribute it was Biden and Kamala’s support of genocide.

        Quick edit:

        According to the poll, 29% of that voter group said “ending Israel’s violence in Gaza” was the “most important issue” for them in the election.

        Gaza was followed by the economy (24%), medicare and society security (12%), immigration and border security (11%), healthcare (10%) and abortion policy (9%).

        https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/new-poll-shows-gaza-conflict-a-key-factor-in-kamala-harris-defeat-after-ceasefire-deal/ar-AA1xjvCn