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Protesters calling for cease-fire in Israel-Hamas war block freeway in Seattle for several hours (apnews.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Can someone please calmly explain how blocking a freeway across an ocean and a country on a different continent, is supposed to have any effect on a political issue in the middle east?

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The idea is of course to bring attention to the fact that the US is funding Israel and giving them weapons. We also have some pull in the world and if we wanted to make it a thing, we could no doubt get all support for them in the area put on hold until they turned their shit around and stopped shooting/bombing anyone not in an IDF uniform.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Some pull? The US is funding this war. Israel is getting so much in free money from your taxes it should make you sick to your stomach

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I said some pull because the UK and others would still need to get on board to do a blanket "cease-fire if you want aid" type statement. The US alone would only be a bump for them, but since they already have weapons they have bought from us for years, and aid coming in from other countries it would mean they wouldn't need to pay any attention right away.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Choking out the sugar daddy money would be a massive swing for their budget that they could not afford. We give them a disgustingly disproportionate amount of aid money.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

We also have some pull in the world

Which is currently being used to defend Israel. Can't forget that part.