UN Security Council passes resolution calling for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza, as US shifts position by abstaining from vote

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    Passed. US Abstaining with no veto. BTW it also calls for immediate and unconditional release of hostages.

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        Biden is playing diplomatic chess. Netanyahu warned the US before the vote that Israel would not participate in a meeting if the US didn’t use its veto. So, now the US didn’t. BTW, Hamas launched rockets at Ashdod right before the Security Council voted confirming its status as an equal fighting party in the war before a ceasefire.

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          What you mean to tell me geopolitical diplomacy is more complicated and delicate than the people screaming “genocide Joe” think it is??? Shocking.

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            No. It means enough people screaming genocide Joe loudly enough had a small but tangible impact on American foreign policy.

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              No

              So you’re unironically arguing that geopolitical diplomacy IS actually simple? Really?

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                  That sentence isn’t relevant though is it?

                  Do you think geopolitics is that simple or nah?

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                    Of course the sentence is relevant. I’m not sure why I should bother writing a reply to you when you apparently stop reading them after the first word. Have a good day.

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            Do you suppose that Bibi believes there are ramifications for going into Rafah now?

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          So you’re saying that Biden had another motivation here: telling Netanyahu, “the US ain’t nobody’s bitch, and you don’t tell me what to do.”

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        I said elsewhere, “just in time for November.” Didn’t be fooled.