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The Japan Times

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

After promising at the start of his second term to quickly end the war between Israel and Hamas, U.S. President Donald Trump now looks increasingly like a bystander. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/24/world/politics/palestinian-statehood-trump-israel-policy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #un #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #benjaminnetanyahu #france #emmanuelmacron #europe #nato

The Japan Times

U.S. allies embracing Palestinian statehood tests Trump's Israel policy

Some analysts see Trump's unwillingness to apply Washington's leverage with Israel as a realization that the conflict is much more complex and intractable than he has acknowledged.

@skua@mastodon.social replied · 2 weeks ago

"A bystander"?

Trump is supplying the weapons used in a genocide.

How could that reasonably let him be described as a bystander?

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