This is a fantastic opinion piece by Sanders that lays it out the situation before the Hamas attack, the current situation, and what should be done. He lays out several requirements for peace that aid to Israel should be contingent on. He also notes that Hamas is hurting the Palestinians, which is a detail very few mention.
He’s also one of the first people I’ve seen try to take a stab at what a lasting solution needs to be – two states, Netanyahu ousted, Hamas destroyed, foundations of Palestinian civil government created.
This could end overnight if Biden didn’t keep making exceptions for Israel. For one thing, is this genocide operation even “legitimate self-defense”? which would make all the funding illegal under AECA (22 U.S.C. §2754)
That’s just the AECA, then there is:
(Good read)