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Biden Taps 'Literal Arms Dealer' Mira Resnick for Top Israel Policy Post (www.commondreams.org)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Linkerbaan to c/progressivepolitics

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As criticism mounted over Israel's assault and siege on Gaza—which has left more than 144,000 Palestinians dead, maimed, or missing and has flattened most of the coastal enclave while stoking deadly famine and the spread of preventable diseases including polio—Resnick helped expedite the flow of U.S. arms to the key Middle Eastern ally.

She also worked with the far-right government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan wants to arrest for alleged war crimes including "extermination," to allow private citizens to donate equipment to the Israel Defense Forces.

Annelle Sheline, a former State Department official who resigned earlier this year over Biden's support for Israel amid a war for which the key ally is on trial for genocide at the International Court of Justice, told HuffPost that Resnick's appointment "reflects a doubling down on the administration's determination to continue to provide unconditional material support for Israel's genocidal campaign against civilians in Gaza."

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I wonder why 'Literal Arms Dealer' is in quotes.

[–] athairmor 10 points 2 months ago

It’s useless hyperbole.

She works for the US government and manages the transfer of arms. That’s not an ‘arms dealer’ which is a private, profit-driven trade in arms.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Would you wonder less upon learning OP is banned for bad faith actions all over Lemmy?

[–] TokenBoomer -1 points 2 months ago

Not here. We welcome actors of all faiths.

[–] Linkerbaan 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

American University of Beirut history professor Zeead Yaghi decried the Biden administration's appointment of "a literal arms dealer."

[–] TokenBoomer 1 points 2 months ago

Sometimes I wonder when the cognitive dissonance will become unbearable.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Because it's meant to be incendiary in content, not factual.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Because it’s a literal quote lol.

Was media literacy always this bad or have I forgotten?