Nothing emotional nor irrational about the fact the President has veto power .. and thus bears primary responsibility for the Crimes against Humanity committed while President. You do not understand how things work
What Trump will do in the future changes nothing about Biden's guilt for what he did in the past .. for which a date with the Hague is justified.. and it will be Biden who will be summoned first .. and others in his administration.. would the ICC have the power. You know not how things work.. no no no
Still making emotional irrational claims as to what the President can do when mandated by Congress, It will be more than obvious when Trump becomes President he will continue the military support for Israel as with ALL Presidents and Congresses in the Past,
Prediction of what Trump did in the past and will do in the future is obvious like ALL Presidents and Congresses in the past . The Republican Party is noe and in the past have been and are devoted to supporting Israel.
The war could end sooner than it otherwise might have—but in ways that are worse for Palestinians.
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Trump Wants to End Gaza War on Israel’s Terms
The war could end sooner than it otherwise might have—but in ways that are worse for Palestinians.
Cook-Steve-foreign-policy-columnist4Steven A. Cook
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Steven A. Cook, a columnist at
Foreign Policy and the Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Donald Trump attends an Oct. 7 remembrance event at the Trump National Doral Golf Club in Florida.
Donald Trump attends an Oct. 7 remembrance event at the Trump National Doral Golf Club in Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
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President-elect Donald Trump’s broad mandate portends many changes to U.S. policy, but when it comes to the Middle East, things are likely to remain mostly the same. Support for Israel will continue, Iran will be a major pre-occupation, and Team Trump will likely look for ways to establish normal diplomatic relations between Saudis and Israelis. Sounds familiar, no?
Like the Biden administration, which worked for a cease-fire in Gaza that never was, Trump wants the war there to end sooner rather than later. In a phone call ahead of the election, the president-elect told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to wrap up major military operations in Gaza before Inauguration Day. That is consistent with the Biden team’s efforts, though it is inconsistent with Israel’s timeline.
Unlike Biden, however, Trump and the people around him are unlikely to apply pressure on the Israelis to get there. They are more likely to give Israel a lot of leeway, including releasing Biden’s hold on the transfer of certain weapons to finish the job as soon as possible. Biden, to be sure, has overseen an unprecedented 14-month effort to re-supply the Israel Defense Forces. But Trump is less likely to ask hard questions about Israel’s operations, the provision of humanitarian aid, and the status of Gaza after the war ends.
For Gazans, it may seem that the quicker the war ends the better. But if the Trump administration allows the Israeli government to pursue the end of the conflict in ways it sees fit, it is likely that more Palestinians will be killed along the way. Then, of course, there are Netanyahu’s partners who want to resettle the Gaza Strip, the logical conclusion of which is the further dispossession of a population that was already predominantly refugees and their descendants.
