Instead of putting up "angry" performances wrt student protests and ICC's issuance of an arrest warrant for Netanyahu, Biden had better listen to what the Irish Prime Minister had to say when Ireland announced the recognition of the State of Palestine (along with #Spain and #Norway).
That's how politicians, who actually respect the intelligence of the people whom they serve, deal with political issues, and how they honor their homeland's love for freedom.
@65dBnoise I hate to tell you that in the case of Spain his PM is using this to erode his coalition government minority partner, which has always had a pro recognition stance (now very popular), by issuing the recognition on the week before a key EU election. The PM had promised recognising Palestine several years ago but ignored his own promise till he could get something out of it. He's not a principled man.
@65dBnoise you do know Harris in Ireland would never have done this unless pressurised by the other parties in Ireland? He’s a hard line conservative who doesn’t give a toss about people
@Lassielmr@jesusmargar
I'm afraid I'm not well versed in inter-government dynamics in the countries involved, but whatever they be, the end result is significant and probably puts things in motion. Undoubtedly politicians would make as best a use of the opportunity as they could.
Listening to the words spoken by the Irish trio, I got the impression that they bore real meaning, especially when contrasted to Biden's "angry" and hypocritical preaching about "the right thing" to do.
@65dBnoise@Lassielmr yeah, I don't know much about the Norwegian and the Irish intentions. Originally the 4 (them 3 plus Slovenia) were going to recognise today to separate it from the European elections campaign. They couldn't do it earlier because Slovenia couldn't as they needed Parliament approval and that has its own time.its not clear that Slovenia is doing it any more (not sure why) but the Spanish PM has decided to put it in the middle of the campaign. That's why I said he isn't sincere
@65dBnoise@Lassielmr I have no reason to doubt the Irish Taoiseach is sincere, though. This issue runs deep in Ireland and I'm surprised they didn't move forward earlier.
@jesusmargar@Lassielmr
Biden is of partial Irish descent so the contrast between the Taoiseach mentioning his county's past and Biden's theatrics couldn't be starker. I take heed of the words of an Irish who recalls his country's suffering when offering a path to peace (what a contrast to Israel's offering only wars in the name of the Holocaust), but I find Biden's words hypocritical, offering no solution to the problems his government's Middle East policy is creating.
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