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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago (28 children)

Biden is trying really hard to lose the election for the democrats.

What blackmail does Netanyahu have on the guy? This is such a bad move.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 month ago (23 children)

It's a numbers game. There are WAY more Jewish people in the US than there are Arabs (~7.5 vs 3.5 million, according to a quick Google search).

Strategically, those Jewish voters are also more likely to switch to a Republican vote than the Arabs, regardless. It would take 2 Arabs (or any other Democratic voter) sitting out to counter a single Democratic voter switching to a Republican vote.

Granted, none of this accounts for voter locations (because only the 7 swing states matter), voter enthusiasm, claims of national security, or (most importantly of all) ethics.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (16 children)

Except a lot of Jewish voters are anti Netanyahu and want a ceasefire too

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I agree. That was an additional detail that I did not cover, as I wanted to keep it relatively simple. I expect that the anti-Netanyahu Jewish voters are unlikely to switch to voting Trump, given that the latter is firmly and openly pro-genocide.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That’s a good point, but I don’t think it’s about Jewish voters at all. It’s about AIPAC.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

And most major U.S. media outlets are highly biased toward Israel for some reason. I don't know if I've ever seen the U.S. media this biased on an issue; I have to resort to small outlets like The Intercept or foreign media like Al Jazeera (which are biased in their own way), to stay informed. The only things comparable I can think of is the Iraq-WMD thing, and their perpetual bias against labor rights/for capital.

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