Prem Thakker's first day on the ground included the DNC’s panel on Palestinian human rights – but did it mean anything? Plus, a quick exchange with Josh Shapiro.

“What was very shocking was that while we were all in the room discussing and listening to people impacted by what’s happening in Gaza, we’re not certain that that message will get across to the people at the top of the party,” Khader added. “You look at the themes of the party’s convention – today, tomorrow, Wednesday, and Thursday – there’s nowhere where Palestinians are included in that narrative.”

While the platform condemned former President Donald Trump for refusing to “endorse the political aspirations of the Palestinian people,” it made no divergence from the status quo policy of vetoing UN Security Council resolutions this year that moved towards Palestinian statehood.

While the platform boasts of being opposed to settler violence, it makes no acknowledgment of the International Court of Justice finding the Israeli government’s occupation and illegal expansions of settlements constitute apartheid.

And to that end, while the platform condemns UN efforts that apparently “single out” Israel, and the Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions movement for the same – apparently ignoring the historical precedent of Americans also boycotting and pushing divestment against fossil fuel companies and apartheid South Africa.

    • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOP
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      2 months ago

      So you’re saying you don’t believe israel is committing Genocide with American weapons?

        • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOP
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          2 months ago

          Israel cannot commit Genocide without American weapons. You were linked an article proving that on r/Politics, surely you read that article.

          But even that is entirely irrelevant as the Democrats could be not-complicit in Genocide by not sending weapons to israel. Can you explain why they are sending 2,000 pound bombs to israel?

            • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOP
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              2 months ago

              I’m not sure why you keep pivoting to ‘they could do it without Democrats’. But at least try not to be wrong in every example you give

              The IDF Caterpillar D9 — nicknamed Doobi (Hebrew: דובי, for teddy bear) — is a Caterpillar D9 armored bulldozer used by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). It is supplied by Caterpillar Inc. and modified by the Israel Defense Forces

              Whether israel can commit Genocide without American weapons is not relevant to Democrats giving them weapons to commit Genocide with.

              If Adolf Hitler could commit Genocide without Krupp manufacturing weapons and Zyklon B it does not make Krupp “not complicit” for doing so. Sending 2000 pound bombs to an active Genocide makes

              • jordanlund@lemmy.world
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                2 months ago

                Because, Israel is intent on illegally occupying every square inch of Gaza and the West Bank and they don’t care how many people they have to kill to seize that territory. US policy has nothing to do with it, they do not care what we think, they’re doing it anyway.

                • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOP
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                  2 months ago

                  America is proving the weapons and legal cover for israel to do that.

                  You keep doing that magical leap to somehow the Democrats not being complicit despite them clearly being complicit in the Genocide israel is committing.