Tom Ellis
1 min readFeb 19, 2024

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I don’t think it’s fair to blame Biden for Netanyahu’s genocidal policies in Gaza. The US and Israel have all along been strategic allies, to the extent that Israel may as well be the 51st state. And AIPAC is an extremely potent lobby, and crucial to the Democratic constituency. (Most Jewish people in America vote Democratic). So in these respects, Biden’s hands are tied—as would be the case for any US president—and all he can do is to cajole Netanyahu into negotiating a ceasefire with Hamas in order to rescue more hostages. But unfortunately, Hamas knows that their hostages are their best bargaining chip and therefore will drive a hard bargain to release them. Biden is stuck in this dilemma; no other US president could do anything else. I wish this were otherwise, but the Israeli and Palestinian populations are both being held hostage by this murderous stalemate between Netanyahu and Hamas. I don’t know of any possible solutions, given current geopolitical realities…

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Tom Ellis
Tom Ellis

Written by Tom Ellis

I am a retired English professor now living in Oregon, and a life-long environmental activist, Buddhist, and holistic philosopher.

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