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  • Source: The Intercept
  • 12 Sep 2024 15:13
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While Republicans and Democrats diverge on domestic policy, they both agree that the US should continue funneling arms to fuel the Gaza genocide.

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  • Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a presidential debate with Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump in Philadelphia, Tuesday, September 10, 2024 (AP)
    Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a presidential debate with Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump in Philadelphia, Tuesday, September 10, 2024. (AP)

Democrat US Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump were seen on the debate stage battling it out to show who has done or could do more for the United States, arguing about abortion rights, immigration, crime, and inflation.

While they seemed to have been on opposite ends of the spectrum concerning said issues, it was made clear that whether the White House is painted Red or Blue, the US stance on the Israeli occupation will remain unwavering.

A report by The Intercept underlined that while bickering about domestic policies, saying they would implement policies opposite of each other on certain issues, both candidates were united in their stance that the Israeli genocide in Gaza and aggressions on Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and Iran should continue, taking it upon themselves to boast, similarly, about how each would dish out more aid to the Israeli occupation.

Harris dedicated quite a bit of the debate stressing how she was committed to "Israel's" "self-defense". This is not new at all. She has been making it clear since the start of her campaign, and even during her tenure as vice president, that the occupation's security is of paramount importance for the United States.

This is quite disappointing for democratic electors, as many of them advocate for the cessation of hostilities in Gaza and an end to regional Israeli aggression. This means that this demand of theirs will not be met, and while Harris stressed that the war "must end [...] immediately" and stated how "far too many innocent Palestinians have been killed", she did not back down from giving "Israel" the tools it needs to continue its war.

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Though she has stressed that she was in support of the Israeli occupation in numerous ways and on numerous occasions, Trump attempted to accuse her of "hat[ing] Israel", adding that "if she's president, I believe that Israel will not exist within two years."

"I will always give Israel the ability to defend itself in particular as it relates to Iran and any threat that Iran and its proxies pose to Israel," she said at a later time.

Both agree on hostility toward Iran

Hostility toward Iran was also a key point made by both candidates, with Trump boasting about the harsh draconian sanctions imposed on Tehran and how Iran was "broke under Donald Trump. Now they're a rich nation." However, one key point he failed to mention is that there has been no sanctions relief on Iran under the Biden administration, which imposed additional sanctions on Tehran.

Trump had withdrawn from the Iran nuclear deal, which gave Iran sanctions relief in exchange for it slowing down its peaceful nuclear activities. The Biden administration did not return to the agreement, instead imposing further sanctions on the Islamic Republic. 

More on the Israeli occupation, The Intercept pointed out that the Biden administration has attempted to expand on the Trump-era normalization accords, which saw several Arab countries normalizing ties with the Israeli occupation and further sidelining the Palestinian cause. The Biden administration has sought to normalize ties between Saudi Arabia and the Israeli occupation, and there has been some progress, though it was mostly nullified by Hamas' Operation Al-Aqsa Flood against "Israel".

This goes hand in hand with the US aspirations to secure an even more secure foothold in the Gulf by entrenching them with the Israeli occupation on the one hand, and essentially nipping in the bud any blooming support for the Palestinian cause, as The Intercept stressed.

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