As Joseph Bidens United States presidency pertains to an end, lots of on social media today are stating that his legacy boils down to something: his active role in Israels fifteen-month war on Gaza, which has actually been commonly defined as a genocide by human rights companies, worldwide bodies and scholars.Bidens last day as president, on 19 January, was likewise the very first day of the prepared Israel-Hamas ceasefire offer that was apparently pushed to the finish line by the administrationof President-elect Donald Trump, though both Biden and Trump took credit for the deal.This has raised more considerable criticism of Bidens role in Israels battle campaign on Gaza, with the United States offering$17.9 bnin military help considering that 7 October 2023 after the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel and the subsequent war.His unfaltering assistance for Israel led to the notorious nickname provided by pro-Palestine and social networks users: Genocide Joe .
Everything thats occurring now with the ceasefire negotiations is only additional revealing how Biden couldve stopped this genocide from day 1 by exerting proper pressure and declining to send out bombs and billions of dollars unconditionally, Palestinian-American imam Dr Omar Suleimanwroteon X.
Your legacy is genocide@POTUS.
In an interview covering the last four years, Biden discussed his very first discussion withIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuafter the attack on Israel, saying that he informed Netanyahu [he] cant be carpet battle these communities , to which Netanyahu pointed his finger back at the United States for carpet bombing locations during World War II.Many reacted to the interview online, saying that they saw this as an admission of Biden understanding he was funding whatinternational courtsare calling war crimes.A common sentiment that has actually been echoed online is that Biden may have a tradition that is just as stained as that of George W Bush whose war on Iraq caused a reporteddeath tollof one million Iraqis.
The Biden administrations diplomacy legacy will likely stand as one of the worst in years, in competition with George W Bush for making the world a more hazardous location for both American interests and American values, one accountpostedon X.While most of the discourse online is focused on Biden and Gaza, some have actually explained the accomplishments hes had locally in Covid relief and dropping the unemployment rate.A post on X that has actually been consistently distributed throughout the last fifteen months is Palestinian academic Refaat Alareers last post before an Israeli strike killed him.
I hope the ghost of every Palestinian you eliminated - with personal glee - haunts you for the rest of your life and follows you into your grave, journalist Sana Saeedpostedon X.
Blinken and Biden, the Butchers of Palestine - there is no other tradition for you and your entire administration.
(Source: Middle East Eye)