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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu asserted that during the military campaign in Gaza in which the IDF killed 71,657 Palestinians, a few Israeli soldiers lost their lives in 2024 because of what he called an "embargo" which allegedly caused an ammunition shortage.

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The ungracious and ungrateful Benjamin Netanyahu did not specify how many IDF soldiers lost their lives over the "embargo," or precisely when it ostensibly happened. The "Crime Minister" did not directly name Joe Biden, but bleated that the "embargo" ended as soon as Dummkopf Trumpf seized power on 20 Jan 2025.

Amos Hochstein, one of Joe Biden's top aides, immediately refuted the ICC-indicted war criminal's innuendo, calling him out as a liar:

"Netanyahu is both not telling the truth and ungrateful to a president that literally saved Israel at its most vulnerable moment," Amos Hochstein said.

Hochstein posted on social media: "After more than $20 Billion military support, largest in Israeli history, two aircraft carriers rushed to the region, deterring a massive regional war, defeating Iran missile and drone attack twice, defending Israel at most vulnerable moments, after SAVING countless lives of Israelis " only acceptable response to US president Biden and American people is THANK YOU."

~snip~

Between the winning 2020 and losing 2024 elections, Democrats lost 6,265,888 votes. The 2024 Democratic Party lost the progressive antiwar bloc over its unqualified support for Israel and its brutal pogrom against the Palestinians. On Tuesday 5 November 2024, these peace Samaritans stayed home rather than vote for Dummkopf Trumpf or Jill Stein.

Sources:

Supporting Genocide Sunk the Democrats

NYT: Supporting Israel Brought Down the Democrats in 2024

"Thanks for nothing, Bibi!"


#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-29 03:18 AM | Reply

50,000 children were blown to bits by Netanyahoo for his genocide real estate goals.

Where's my tiny violin?

#2 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-01-29 07:44 AM | Reply

Democratic POTUS Joe Biden on 18 March 2023 upon hearing the ICC indicted Vladimir Putin for war crimes: "He's clearly committed war crimes." Link: Putin Bad!

Democratic POTUS Joe Biden on 22 Nov 2024 upon hearing the ICC indicted Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes: "That's outrageous!"
Link: Netanyahu Good!


#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-29 01:49 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

.. "Netanyahu is both not telling the truth and ungrateful to a president that literally saved Israel at its most vulnerable moment," Amos Hochstein said. ..
#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-29 03:18 AM

Biden lied his entire presidency regarding Israel.

I'm so curious if Biden considers his aid enabling a genocide by now? He's every so quiet.

No peace for Zionists.

#4 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2026-01-29 01:51 PM | Reply

@4 Benjamin Netanyahu made several trips to the US in 2024 and 2025.

He would unofficially meet with candidate Dummkopf Trumpf in Florida while officially meeting POTUS Joe Biden.

When Netanyahu visited the US after Trumpf won, I predicted Bibi would not see his so-called good friend Joe Biden in nearby Delaware, just a short drive or flight from Wash DC.

I was correct.

MIT graduate Benjamin Netanyahu played the Biden Administration like a fiddle in 2024. Then, like so much used Kleenex, he discarded Joe Biden and the Democrats who helped Israel so much over the decades.


Now Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and Tim Walz are thunderstruck after the appalling Democratic Party loss in 2024.

These three will rationalize the 2024 loss to racism and misogyny, even though Americans has elected a Man of Color to be POTUS in 2008 and a woman won the popular vote in 2016.

If that helps these three sleep at night, so be it.

#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-29 02:30 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#5 I believe that there's a much simpler explanation for the Harris/Walz loss in 2024:

Throughout the month of October, 2024, the Trump campaign (and associated entities) spent $300,000,00.00 on ads in all 7 swing states during televised NFL and NCAA football games. The topic of all of those ads? Then-CA Attorney General Kamala Harris' 2019 response to a question about a Trump administration dictate on gender-affirming (read: trans) care for federal inmates.

And the amount of money the Harris campaign spent countering those ads in the swing states during NFL and NCAA football games? You know, to point out the truth that she was simply responding to a question about a Trump administration dictate on gender-affirming for federal inmates? To counter the deceptive, the lying-by-omission ads run by Trump & company?

Zero dollars

The efficacy of this strategy was born out election night, 2024, when Steve Kornacki was calling individual counties (starting with Pennsylvania) and highlighting that the Harris/Walz ticket was falling short of votes as opposed to the votes in the 2020 election for the Biden/Harris ticket. His reporting was, in effect, a death by 1,000 cuts for Harris/Walz.

Trump & company knew that all it would take would be the suppression of Biden votes in 2024 by just a point or two for Trump to carry those counties, all 7 swing states and, ultimately, the election. They judged, correctly, that men - men of color and white - would be turned off enough by the "pro-trans" Harris that they voted for Trump, or didn't vote at all.

Either way, mission accomplished.

#6 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-29 02:52 PM | Reply

Hi Arthur:

Suppression of votes and Felon Musk money contributed to the loss.

Buy voter suppression has been the Republican Party playbook for decades, as well as receiving billions of dollars in dark money.

Look at the billions AIPAC spends on their candidates from both parties.

Ceteris paribus.

You seem to be old enough to remember 1968. If so, you witnessed millions of antiwar progressives and peace Samaritans stay home in disgust on Tuesday 5 Nov 1968 because of Democratic Party support for the brutal Saigon regime.

The same happened on Tuesday 5 Nov 2024. Antiwar progressives were revolted by the Democratic Party support for the brutal Likud regime in Jerusalem.

Look what the Democrats lost between 2020 and 2024: 6,265,888 supporters.

Did Steve Kornacki render an explanation for that?

I too almost stayed home on 5 Nov 2024, but Jimmy Carter's last wish was to vote for Kamala Harris, so my entire family and I voted for her to defeat Dummkopf Trumpf and honor Jimmy Carter.

For the Democrats, 1968 = 2024.





#7 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-29 03:32 PM | Reply

#7 Actually, it was Rick Wilson who posits the $300,000,000.00 GOP spree I spoke about in my #6.

As for the loss, between 2020 and 2024, of 6,265,888 supporters, how many of those lost votes were specifically in the 7 swing states in 2024?

That's where the 2024 election was decided.

Several million stay at home/vote Trump/3rd party votes spread across solidly blue states did not affect the election.

All Trump and the GOP needed was just enough votes to swing the swing counties, in the 7 swing states, to move the election to Trump.

In that case, playing the margins was sufficient.

#8 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-29 03:40 PM | Reply

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