▲ 720 ▼ Senate votes against Sanders resolution to force human rights scrutiny over Israel aid (www.theguardian.com) submitted 2 years ago by lettruthout@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 96 comments fedilink hide all child comments Senator’s bid to make US military support conditional on whether Israel is violating human rights in Gaza fails by 72 votes to 11
[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 2 years ago* (2 children) if you think israel didn't do anything wrong, why oppose an investigation? (also milosevic did the same thing in the 90s and was prosecuted for it by the icc - the us supported that then) permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Serbia bad, Israel good. Realpolitik permalink fedilink source parent [–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago Problem is is that Serbia wasn't a nuclear power. That's the thing about prosecuting war criminals, they can't have a nuke that's tied to their vital signs. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Serbia bad, Israel good. Realpolitik permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago Problem is is that Serbia wasn't a nuclear power. That's the thing about prosecuting war criminals, they can't have a nuke that's tied to their vital signs. permalink fedilink source parent