Diplomatic theater, and this newspaper is complicit in selling it. The U.S. doesn't have "limited" influence here. It is actively supplying the very weapons that are making the genocide in Gaza possible.
With Israeli forces pounding targets in northern Gaza and Lebanon despite U.S. objections, Secretary of State Antony Blinken embarked Monday for the Middle East to try to bring about a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas amid signs of Washington’s limited influence over Israeli policy.
Officials view the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar as a chance to revive hostage-release talks, but the Biden administration’s sway with Israel has waned.
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Can't get the press to ask about that $10M bribe from Egypt to Trump but they'll ask Arnold Palmer's kid about her dead dad's dick
In other words the Israelis want to reoccupy southern Lebanon for another twenty years only for Hezbollah 2.0 to expel them.
NEWS Israel has given Biden admin conditions for a diplomatic solution in Lebanon. Among conditions: — Israeli Air Force have freedom of operation in Lebanese air space. — IDF have enforcement rights in Southern Lebanon to make sure Hezbollah doesn’t build up its infrastructure. Non-starters.
One Israeli demand is that the IDF be allowed to engage in "active enforcement" to make sure Hezbollah doesn't rearm.
It can't be overstated how much the healthcare system in the UK operates to punish fatness as a moral failing. Streeting sees fat as evidence of immorality, and if he can correct that immorality he can make people more economically productive, because morality and economic productivity are the same.
common misconception that its “iron man”. its actually mr. starks iron monster
One of my favorite things about conservative intellectuals is that they never have thoughts about Fyodor Dostoevsky but if you ask them about Gaston or Pumbaa it’s like ok buckle up
