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Biden administration staff sign open letter demanding cease-fire in Israel-Hamas war

www.nbcnews.com Biden administration staff sign open letter demanding cease-fire in Israel-Hamas war

Hundreds of federal employees signed an open letter calling on the president to "urgently demand a ceasefire" and the de-escalation of the conflict through the release of hostages and provision of humanitarian aid.

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He won't listen, but it's still good to draw attention to it.
- I'm genuinely curious what you expect Biden should do other than ask Netanyahu and the leaders of Hamas to agree to a ceasefire? No shade what so ever. I just dont see what options he has to sway these two sovereign nations.
  
  He asks Israel for ceasefire. Then he cuts funding if they don't listen. Israel will do literally anything to maintain that pipeline of cash.
  
  No one is asking for them to disarm, or allow Hamas to strike. People are just asking for Israel to stop with the warcrimes while support groups can figure out how to aid the Palestinians.
  
  Why are people downvoting your perfectly reasonable question???
  
  What did they British government do when proto-isreali terrorists partook in a campaign of assassinations and civilian bombings that used schools, temples and hospitals to stage attacks and store weapons?
Has Biden become the PM of Israel? Or is it secret powers of sone sort.
- Israel is a proxy state. A ridiculous amount of Israeli GDP is actually American aid.
  If Biden wanted the bombing the to stop, it would stop.
  
  I'm curious, why do you think he actually wants it to continue? Geopolitical strategy is an ugly and complicated beast but most people seem to think it's as simple as "old man wants genocide".
  
  That makes no sense. Congress legislates and the executive executes that legislation. The President can't put further requirements on aid.
  
  I don't think one state runs the other. IMO, the same organization runs both, plus other European colonial powers and proxy/puppet states. It's basically impossible otherwise to account for this kind of like, inexplicable synchronicity that they have with absolutely indefensible policies.
  
  The USA is Israel's proxy
I get people fear endangering their jobs, but isn't it kind of toothless to say "we're Biden staffers signing this letter" followed immediately by "anonymously"?
Like Biden is in control of the IDF?

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