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Israeli society (including its principal opposition) is deeply committed to widening the current war. One more data point. x.com/ori_goldberg/status/1806718089356087406
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Morris surely isn't representative of the left, but Haaretz publishing a call for a nuclear first strike is significant and chilling.
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There are numerous reasons to believe that it's more likely for the US government to stop Israel's wars than Israeli society itself. This is true despite the enthusiasm for war displayed by both Biden and Trump.
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A regional war with Iran, whether nuclear or not, would be a diasaster for the USA, and more importantly for humanity.
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Stopping the genocide in Gaza, an invasion of Lebanon, and a regionwide war with Iran must all be key priorities for us. And we must choose strategies that work outside of the 2024 election because November might be too late.
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On this issue, the politics of antiwar activists and Palestinian solidarity are aligned with moral dissenters in the government (those who don't want blood on their hands) and strategic foreign policy analysts (who just want to avoid a disastrous war).
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We may need this broader coalition to stop the worst from happening with US weapons, American presidential support, and continued Israeli hubris.
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Palestinian survival and freedom remains the core of this moment, but milions of other lives are at stake, and it's better that we start to talk about them before the bombing ramps up in Lebanon and Iran.