I mean, in the span of half a year we’ve gone from “Israel has a right to defend itself (against a mass shooting)” to ‘Israel has the right to murder 33,000+ people, ethnically cleanse Gaza and the West Bank, use famine as a weapon, target journalists and aid workers, and bomb anyone in the region as and when they wish without consequences (using western heavy weapons).’ But this is somehow about hostages and “defeating Hamas.” I call that gettin’ swindled and pimped.
Ain’t nobody benefited from the US / Israel alliance except Israelis, defense contractors, energy corporations, repression tech brokers, religious extremists (of all stripes), and generations of intelligence folk who use Israel to do the dirty shit that the US can’t be caught doing in the region. It’s an imperial outpost that has brought nothing but problems for the people of the United States. If it wants to become a state, fine. Do the paperwork. Otherwise fuck off and deal with your own shit.