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The US veto against Palestinian statehood does not reflect opposition to Palestinian statehood: US Ambassador to UN (m.youtube.com)
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[–] wildncrazyguy@kbin.social 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

To add, the US supports Israel because Israel is still their #1 ally in the region.

Israel is the primary foil to Iran, whose government is a belligerent to America.

It doesn’t all have to be Capitalism vs your ideology; sometimes it’s just old-fashioned geopolitics.