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I have seen reporting that regardless of who wins the US will push for an end to the killing after the election. I don't see any evidence for this. Ending the Genocide has consistently polled as a winning issue and the DNC hasn't done anything in this direction. Why would this change after the election? CAFI, AIPAC, and the MIC will still support Israel and the impetus to pressure in order to secure votes will be gone.

The analysis about Trump and Netanyahu also doesn't make sense to me. Why would Harris being elected mean the end of Bibi's plans? He has gotten everything he wanted from the Biden Harris administration. We haven't seen them restrict him in any way. The Times of Israel reported that Trump told him to wrap things up by the time he takes office. Even if Harris or Trump were to flex their imperial muscles and force policies onto Israel why would this result in the conservative and ultra orthodox parties leaving his coalition? From what I ahve read they understand that this coalition gives them a great access to power that they are unlikely to exceed. The only reason for them to push for new elections would be if they thought they would gain more power after the vote.

His whole analysis was long on theories and short on substantive evidence.

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