Summary

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich endorsed President-elect Donald Trump’s victory, stating it’s “time” to extend full Israeli sovereignty over the occupied West Bank.

This comes as Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu highlighted his alignment with Trump on the “Iranian threat.”

Tensions in Gaza and Lebanon have escalated following recent Israeli airstrikes, with regional leaders gathering in Riyadh to address Israeli actions.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog is set to meet President Biden, though Biden’s influence on Israel may be limited following Trump’s win.

  • papertowels@lemmy.oneEnglish
    12·
    13 days ago

    If you’re a wage earner in this country, your life does not change in any significant way based on who we elect, so why skip a badly needed day’s pay to vote? There’s just no point.

    You’ll notice that’s different from

    If you’re a wage earner in this country and you think your life does not change in any significant way based on who we elect, so why skip a badly needed day’s pay to vote? There’s just no point.

    The former is an assertion that all wage earners lives aren’t affected by voting therefore they shouldn’t bother voting. IF you’re a wage earner THEN there’s no point in voting".

    The latter is understanding a scenario from a potential perspective of a wage earner who doesn’t see change being discouraged.

    Like you said in your own post,

    someone who thinks both party’s won’t help

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      13 days ago

      someone who thinks both party’s won’t help

      So this entire slog I’ve went thru to help you understand…

      Is because when someone says:

      Apple pie is delicious

      You take that as a statement of fact and not their opinion because they didn’t say:

      I think Apple pie is delicious.

      There is nothing I can do to help you here or with anything else you may have difficulty with in the future.

      • papertowels@lemmy.oneEnglish
        1·
        13 days ago

        EDIT: removed a block of text that took all too long to type out because I’m not going to spend more time further arguing the interpretation of someone’s comment as if it were religious script.

        Quite frankly it hardly matters. You asked for proof of folks politically engaged yet not voting, I shared what I thought constitutes proof. You believe it doesn’t qualify, but other folks reading this can draw their own conclusions.

        Thanks for keeping the conversation civil - have a good one!