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Mike Huckabee suggested any future Palestinian state should be carved out of ‘a Muslim country’

Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel, has said that the US is no longer pursuing the goal of an independent Palestinian state, marking what analysts describe as the most explicit abandonment yet of a cornerstone of US Middle East diplomacy.

Asked during an interview with Bloomberg News if a Palestinian state remains a goal of US policy, he replied: “I don’t think so.”

The former Arkansas governor chosen by Donald Trump as his envoy to Israel went further by suggesting that any future Palestinian entity could be carved out of “a Muslim country” rather than requiring Israel to cede territory.

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[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 18 points 4 days ago (3 children)

You got worse than what you were protesting. Good job. Huge success!

[–] hark@lemmy.world -3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Congrats to the democrats for prioritizing genocide over beating trump, I guess.

[–] archonet@lemy.lol 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

the fact I made this months ago and people like you are still proving it relevant is hilarious, though I suppose the second panel should be "third party/not at all/for trump" in this context

[–] hark@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

"but one of them will explicitly make it worse"

Biden was making it worse for over a fucking year. Your comic is not clever or informative or even truthful, sorry. I voted for Harris, but I cannot control how others vote. If democrats want votes, they should actually try to get them. Democrats running on "other guy will make it worstester!!!!" while still making things worse themselves is a losing strategy and yet here you are defending it. That's truly a stick-in-spokes maneuver.

[–] fosho@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

the contentious point has never been that democrats should have run a better campaign. on that we all agree. the relevant issue has always been that not voting democrat would result in a worse outcome.

surprise surprise. it did.

[–] hark@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Democrats being better than republicans wasn't a contentious point either, it's the lowest bar to clear. The problem is how do we get democrats in office? Clearly, democrats doing the bare minimum and then shaming voters is not working. Telling voters that one pile of shit is better than another is meaningless to the average voter when they're eating shit regardless.

[–] fosho@lemmy.ca 1 points 15 hours ago

it would work if the average American wasn't such a weak minded ignoramus incapable of seeing the greater good, voting for their self interests or remembering further than the last month of their pathetic existence.

[–] Bravo@eviltoast.org 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] hark@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Can we raise the bar higher than the ground, please?

[–] Bravo@eviltoast.org 1 points 3 days ago

Evidently not, since some voters thought (and still think!) that the solution was to elect Trump. That's evidently where the bar is, as determined by the voters.

[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 0 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

In their defense, it's very expected that some people can be so stupid as to think Trump was not going to be worse for Gaza. And Ukraine. And Europe. And US. But I guess you are.

That's why they can you "useful idiot"

Edit: to be clear, I don't mean "you" in particular, but those like you in general.

[–] hark@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

it’s very expected that some people can be so stupid

But I guess you are.

It's obvious that you're calling me stupid and an idiot. You assign behaviors that you think apply to me and then say that those behaviors make one a useful idiot. I know you're just trying to skirt rule 5, but this has got to be one of the most pathetic attempts I've seen.

[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Why am I skirting any rule? Those like you include you. I've even said explicitly on your quote.

You were fooled and you're trying to defend it as some form of moral superiority. You don't care about Gaza, you care more about not admitting you were wrong.

Go ahead and report me, just be careful to not fall from your high horse.

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I've reported you, but not "you" in particular, but those like you in general

[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Which app are you using? The official one only let's you report one person at a time, I don't see "all those not fooled by fascist in general" as an option.

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Oh you have to get the other app, the one that lets you invent functionality as you go. Ineffective, but liberating

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world -4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

All this time Kang was the right choice! Down with Kronos!!!

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

You understand what you already know, and nothing more