An increasing number of Americans want Joe Biden to encourage Israel to stop military actions in Gaza; and Mr. Biden’s handling of the situation is now down to its lowest levels yet.

In the poll, conducted before Iran’s drone and missile attack on Israel, there wasn’t much clamor among the U.S. public for U.S. military action against Iran, were Iran to strike Israel. More would instead have the U.S. support Israel’s next actions.

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    That’s simple; because I don’t.

    Opposing israel doesn’t actually require you to be a pathological liar. That’s only when people defend israel.

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      You don’t lie? Your mod log of removed posts because of misinformation shows otherwise-

      Unless you have redefined what misinformation means.

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        You mean when I posted links debunking fake israeli rape Hasbara from the NYT that turned out to be completely false but the mods didn’t like non Western sources debunking israeli propaganda?

        Turns out I was very much correct on that one.

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              You’re not right. And that’s why your shit was removed. You spread misinformation a lot. This isn’t an opinion, this is backed up by the mod logs.

              And if you have to accuse people of bias just to defend your point, you might want to rethink your point, because a good point regardless of biases- that can be validated with facts, generally won’t be removed.

              If you want to test this theory. Go ahead share an unpopular but true article and note how it will not be removed. And if you’re lazy, just note how many others have shared that still remain.

              You’re just wrong man. You need to accept that. Reevaluate things and approach it from a more nuanced position. Because this militant bullshit isn’t cutting it with a lot of people anymore it seems.

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                No I was right the UN report confirmed that NYT lied about the fake rape stories.

                You defending israel in every thread doesn’t add to your credibility.

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                    They did not. The UN report actually confirmed that multiple claims made in the NYT article were falsified. Need I remind you that NYT did not just claim there was a single rape (and we don’t have evidence for even ONE) but claimed that Hamas used systematic rape as a weapon of war. A claim we now know is a blatant lie.

                    The UN report stated that there were only testimonies and no evidence for any rape happening. And that a forensic investigation would be necessary to conclude if any rape happened as the UN team sent did not have an investigatory mandate.

                    Israel is still blocking the UN forensic team to collect evidence to this day (the UN team asked to investigate shortly after oct7)

                    For more information Normal Finkelstein wrote a good article about it:

                    Pramilla Patten’s rape fantaties

                    The Patten mission states that it was “unable to establish the prevalence” of sexual violence “during and after the 7 October attacks,” and that a “comprehensive assessment … would require a fully-fledged investigation by competent bodies with adequate time and capacity.”

                    The report further states that “While the mission team was able to meet with some released hostages as well as with some survivors and witnesses of the attacks, it did not meet with any survivor-victim of sexual violence from 7 October despite concerted efforts encouraging them to come forward (emphasis added). Doesn’t it give pause that, more than three months after the attack, none of the alleged victims of—according to the Israeli government and the New York Times—rampant, systematic sexual violence on 7 October stepped forward to testify before the mission? Not one. The report endeavors to paper over this glaring lacuna by pointing up “the lack of trust by survivors” in the United Nations. But in the instant case, it was the Israeli government itself that orchestrated this UN mission’s visit. It’s hard to fathom that in a country celebrated for its tribal closing of ranks in the face of external danger, and—not incidentally—in a culture known for its libertine sexual frankness, not a single victim of not just rape but sexual violence of any type was willing, and couldn’t be coaxed, to testify before a Government-blessed mission at such an existential moment in the nation’s history.

                    The Patten mission’s mandate perplexes. Its initial press release (24 January 2024) states that its purpose was to “gather, analyze and verify relevant information regarding allegations of” sexual violence. But it also emphatically states that, although it included a small team of technical experts, the “mission is neither intended nor mandated to be investigative in nature.” If, on the one hand, the mission was mandated to “gather, analyze and verify” evidence of sexual violence, and refers in the report to its “findings” and to having “verified” alleged instances of sexual violence; yet, on the other hand, the mission emphatically declares that it wasn’t “investigative in nature”

                    In this regard it can’t but be wondered why Israel extended the “invitation” to Pramila Patten in the first place and why the Patten mission “benefited from the full cooperation of the Government of Israel.” This was unprecedented, a first. In the past as well as in the instant case, Israel has consistently and categorically refused to cooperate with formal UN investigations.

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                  ROFL! I’ve never once defended Israel. Not once. And you have zero evidence to offer otherwise. So this just illustrates my point on how you love spreading misinformation and manufactured bullshit.

                  You create a narrative in your head and you roll with it. And now, your need to make shit up about me is only serving to validate my point.

                  And don’t think we don’t know you’re using alt accounts to upvote yourself.