US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday announced another $135 million in US aid for the Palestinians as he called again for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Why call for a ceasefire and simultaneously provide the weapons to continue murdering civilians?
I assume it’s to be able to say there’s a large difference between voting Harris and Trump for voters who care about Palestine. Which I imagine is at least part of what you mean by ‘optics’.
However, if my family were dying in Palestine, I still would not be happy. “We’ll kill them BUT send aid” is not enough of a difference from “We’ll kill them but NOT send aid”.
I assume it’s to be able to say there’s a large difference between voting Harris and Trump for voters who care about Palestine. Which I imagine is at least part of what you mean by ‘optics’.
However, if my family were dying in Palestine, I still would not be happy. “We’ll kill them BUT send aid” is not enough of a difference from “We’ll kill them but NOT send aid”.
Here are thoughts from a Palestinian American: https://alx.lemmy.blahaj.zone/lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/17849964