With Israel’s regime? Unlikely.

Israel’s foreign policy is atrocious

However, in this case, lol. lmao, even

Best hopes and wishes to her! A left-wing landslide is a good thing to see in a time of increasing far-right influence.

Yes, hence why I said “would still be”

I’d say they, like Iran, are meddling for their own purposes, but are not the core reason for its start or continuation.

Oh, is he thinking of start a third war to prolong his own genocidal regime?

Don’t think such a project would be very successful even without Netanyahu. I suspect the support we’ve given since the 80s are closer to making a North Korea in the Middle East, simply by removing consequences for provoking their neighbors for ‘security concerns’.

God, remember just before the Arab Spring when we were supposed to ‘pivot’ to South Asia and leave the sandbox behind?

Fuck.

Well, without Israelis causing trouble, the Saudis and Iranians would still be jousting in proxy wars across the region, Turkiye would still be trying to kill the Kurds, and Syria would still be locked in civil war.

But it would be at least a bit quieter, that’s for sure. I’m sure Lebanon, Jordan, and Palestine would be immensely relieved.

Iran has signaled to the U.S. that it still does not want a wider war, the officials said.

Iran being the reasonable party shows just how far fucking gone Israel is at this point. Israel’s political institutions have no sense of proportionality or restraint left.

I hope this is just posturing. As if we weren’t involved enough in supporting Israel’s ongoing genocide.

Fuck. Israel has never been great, but since the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, I wonder if there’s any hope for them being anything other than a rogue fucking state.

Good on Jordan et other signatories for making the offer, but I doubt it has any chance of being accepted.

Can we launch it against Spez?

Our polleras don’t impede us

I’m glad for that, because looking at it I would be 100% terrified at that catching on something or something equally horrific in a bad scenario.

… but I’m also not a mountain climber, and I wouldn’t brave it even in trousers, so my risk assessment is definitely very different, lmao.

“We’re going to give workers a COVID bonus for keeping everything, even at the base, working through a chaotic time when their endurance was not always appreciated.”

“What about these low-paid contractors we used?”

“Fuck 'em.”

“We welcome international tourist money, don’t worry; we’ll only execute those in our own country too poor to avoid the law.”

I hope you aren’t saying what I think you’re saying here.

That Israel has established a death grip on American politics since the 1980s?

In any case, the main reason for western support of Israel is the same as the reason for western support of Turkey. Both have obnoxious leadership but both are in key geographic locations, and the value of having them on-side against their neighbours is greater than the value in cutting them loose.

Gonna press X to doubt. Turkiye controls one of the most vital straits in the world. Israel primarily specializes in antagonizing its neighbors, many of whom are also our close allies, damaging our international reputation, pouring money in to corrupt our domestic political processes (not that we really need help with that, but the corruption becomes more pro-Israel), while murdering American citizens and selling American secrets to our enemies.

It’s insane. Shows how much of international politics isn’t “Which country benefits from what”, but “What levers of decisionmaking are manipulated by whom”. A little lobbying and foreign PR goes a long way.

Red line: invasion of Ukraine

Response: F-22s over Ukrainian skies

I am well aware that Hamas, the faction supported by Israel to undercut Fatah so Israel wouldn’t have to take a two-state solution seriously, are a bunch of shitheads.