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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
If only things were as black and white as you make things to be, but they are not. There is a lot more nuance to what the Biden administration is doing and the legacy laws which provide support to Israel.
The Biden administration (hose pesky Democrats) have to abide by the 2016 agreement where the United States will $3.8 billion yearly in military aid to Israel. This deal will not expire until 2026. His hands are tied on this issue.
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There is also the 2008 law which requires all military aid to Israel to be considered through the lens of guaranteeing Israel a "qualitative military edge" over its enemies.
To be fair to Azure's point, this legal requirement was sponsored by a Democrat and passed by a fully Democrat-controlled Congress, to be signed into law by Republican George W. Bush.
Were I a one-issue voter, concerned solely with the welfare of Palestinians I would probably be protesting the Biden-Harris government as well. Though I'd be hoping for the Harris-Walz ticket to win the election, I probably wouldn't be planning to vote for them. I imagine that Palestinian-supportive protest groups see the Democrats as much more receptive to, and capable of being influenced by, their message.
They're yelling and screaming and trying to influence the policy of the group that they might be willing to support in order to get a policy that they can support. As opposed to yelling at a group of people who aren't going to listen to them at all.
Unfortunate for those of us who are not single-issue people and hoping for a Harris-Walz victory, but it's probably the most influential thing for these protesters to do.