TEL AVIV, Israel — The Israeli military says it has launched a new ground offensive in Gaza, sending troops back into areas they had retreated from during a nearly two-month ceasefire. This comes a day after Israel broke the ceasefire with a punishing series of airstrikes that killed more than 400 people, many of whom were children, and wounded hundreds more.
The IDF said it aims to expand what it calls the “security perimeter” separating Gaza and Israel, and to create a “partial buffer zone” between the north and south of the Gaza Strip. The IDF says it has “taken control and re-established” its presence in the Netzarim corridor, the large strip of land dividing Gaza’s north and south that troops had occupied during the war and retreated from as part of a January ceasefire agreement.
There are plenty of policies that have majority support, even from Republican voters as well, that the Party has not implemented. On a weapons embargo, you’re right that the switch happened relatively fast, due to the obvious reasons, but that doesn’t excuse the Party from ignoring the issue. Especially during a critical election, when they are, at least in theory, supposed to be going after the most amount of votes they can. Representatives, both Senate and House, regularly hear from their constituents. They see the polls. It’s their own decision to go against their constituents.
I’m all in favor of an improved democratic system that better represents the people, both locally and nationally. There are many many aspects of our ‘democratic Republic’ that is antidemocratic. But my main point is that the Parties have no genuine interest in what the people want. They are entirely beholden to the interests of corporate donors. And in that, I think we’re in agreement.
The Democratic Party is no genuine opposition to the fascist threat of the Republican Party, precisely because of how much they gravitate towards the interests of corporate donors at the expense of the people.
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