The political debate in the United States over Israel is changing after the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip. For decades, US Democrats and Republicans have been supporting Israel almost unconditionally.
As has always been said, Israel has the right to defend itself. The political debate in the United States has always been portrayed as an attack on the Palestinians. Major US media outlets have also reported that Israel is conducting self-defense attacks.This time, the US political debate over the Israeli attack has changed dramatically. US President Joe Biden has said he supports Israel's right to self-defense. But this time, President Biden has called for a ceasefire.
The US administration has been pursuing diplomatic efforts for a ceasefire. The Biden administration has tried to increase its air strikes on its opponents by supplying warplanes to Israel.It also promised to increase humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip.A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has been in effect since May 21. This is the first time that the liberal side of the Democratic Party and the people of the liberal civil movement in the United States have been seen to openly take a stand for the Palestinians. More than ever before, US liberals have reacted more strongly to Palestine.
President Joe Biden has also come under pressure from within the Democratic Party to support Palestine.U.S. political analysts have identified two reasons behind this shift in U.S. politics. Asma Khalid, a political analyst at National Public Radio (NPR News), said in her analysis that the anti-discrimination and anti-hatred attitude towards US liberals through the recent civic movement is greater now than ever before. In addition, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has recently established himself as a favorite of conservatives in the United States.
This has created a distance between Israel and the liberal Americans.For the first time in the history of the Democratic Party, a party with Israel has been seen to stand up. The party, which has become influential in US politics, believes a ceasefire is not enough. According to them, the Democratic Party needs to rethink its relationship with Israel.Versini Prakash, executive director of the Sunrise
Movement, a liberal civic organization, said a ceasefire could not be enough. The Israeli attack on Gaza has killed scores of people and US support has fueled the bloody violence. President Joe Biden and the leadership of the US Congress are talking about a ceasefire on the one hand, and providing weapons to Israel, which is responsible for the deaths of innocent civilians and children on the other.
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