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Top UN legal investigators conclude Israel is guilty of genocide in Gaza

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1332 points Qem | 1 comments | 16 Sep 25 08:24 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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yieldcrv ◴[16 Sep 25 09:31 UTC] No.45260020[source]▶
Useless except if the following done on the US side:

Remove exception to AIPAC political status

Reevaluate AIPAC non profit status entirely

Replicate EO 14046 for Israel which adds the entire ruling party and head of state and spouses and military and affiliated business to the OFAC list

all of this is easy and doesn’t require Congress

but nobody is close to considering those actions with regard to Israel. Notably, other nation’s organizations do not enjoy this courtesy

(Don’t sorry guys, Hamas is already on these lists too)

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therobots927 ◴[16 Sep 25 19:26 UTC] No.45266764[source]▶
Voters can take a stand and refuse to vote for anyone complicit in this atrocity.
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imglorp ◴[16 Sep 25 20:09 UTC] No.45267315[source]▶
In the US, both parties were supportive in the last election. Not many choices.
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JumpCrisscross ◴[16 Sep 25 23:27 UTC] No.45269625[source]▶
> both parties were supportive in the last election. Not many choices.

Primaries.

The truth is that foreign policy rarely flips American elections. Particularly when we don't have our troops on the ground.

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jjk166 ◴[17 Sep 25 01:40 UTC] No.45270561[source]▶
Last election the democrats didn't have a primary, and the republicans barely had one. Political change requires more than one day at the polls; it demands large scale sustained effort by many people, including those in positions of prominence, and even with that success takes time and luck.

Part of being in a leadership position is taking responsibility for what happens on your watch. The electorate can't be blamed for its leaders not doing their jobs when the their leadership is needed.

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JumpCrisscross ◴[17 Sep 25 03:49 UTC] No.45271452[source]▶
> Last election the democrats didn't have a primary, and the republicans barely had one

Now do down ballot.

> electorate can't be blamed for its leaders not doing their jobs when the their leadership is needed

Pro-Palestinian voters who swung for Trump explicitly endorsed the war. Even if they thought they were just throwing a tantrum. That includes the war’s repercussions, including the dissolution and incorporation of Palestine.

If you care about net effect, the answer is obvious. If how one feels reigns supreme, yes, that voting bloc is excused. (But still irrelevant.)

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1. jjk166 ◴[17 Sep 25 15:00 UTC] No.45276675[source]▶
> Now do down ballot.

As I stated before, changing a political party from the bottom up takes time. While a good endeavor, it doesn't affect who is currently in the drivers seat. Either Harris or Trump were going to be making the decisions about the current Gaza situation regardless of what the electorate did.

> Pro-Palestinian voters who swung for Trump explicitly endorsed the war.

Pro-palestinian voters didn't swing to trump. Virtually no one swang to Trump; his election results in 2024 were basically the same as in 2020 plus the increase in population of areas that voted for him in 2020. Exit polls indicate that Trump voters were overwhelmingly pro-israel. I'm sure some individuals did, but not enough to make any difference one way or the other. Trump won because 6 million democrats who showed up in 2020 stayed home in 2024. If they had gone out and voted for Harris, and then Harris supported Israel's efforts, as she publicly said she would, you would still be saying they endorsed the war.