At this point, there is really no alternative to voting for Kamala. RFK is not getting elected. Trump would be infinitely worse for the Israel-Palestine conflict (as well as other conflicts! and our well-being in general).

Stop virtue signaling and actually do something (vote) so that America can have a better leader than Trump. That’s all. We’re not voting for our next Messiah, we’re not voting between two perfect angels, it’s a US presidential election.

And those of you saying that Kamala is “committing genocide” really need to get things into perspective. The Vice President does not have the power to furnish weapons to Israel. Israel’s prime minister is acting in direct defiance of the Biden/Harris administration’s wishes and Harris has been the most vocal in asking for a ceasefire.

Here’s a breakdown of what Donald Trump did regarding Israel compared to what Joe Biden has done so far:

### **Trump (2017-2021):**

1. **Recognition of Jerusalem**:

- Trump officially recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in 2017 and moved the U.S. embassy there from Tel Aviv, a significant departure from previous U.S. policy. This was highly popular in Israel but controversial internationally.

2. **Abraham Accords**:

- Trump's administration brokered normalization agreements between Israel and several Arab nations, including the UAE, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco. These were seen as major diplomatic wins for Israel and the U.S., shifting regional alliances.

3. **Cutting Palestinian Aid**:

- The Trump administration significantly reduced U.S. financial aid to the Palestinians, including ending contributions to the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which provides aid to Palestinian refugees.

4. **Recognition of Israeli Sovereignty over Golan Heights**:

- In 2019, Trump recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, territory Israel captured from Syria in 1967, which was another controversial move internationally.

5. **Settlement Policy**:

- The Trump administration stopped considering Israeli settlements in the West Bank as a violation of international law, reversing decades of U.S. policy. This was seen as a green light for settlement expansion.

### **Biden (2021-present):**

1. **Continuing Military Aid**:

- Biden has maintained the strong U.S.-Israel military relationship, continuing significant military aid, including a $735 million arms sale during the 2021 Gaza conflict. Biden supports Israel's right to self-defense, though he has urged caution in military actions.

2. **Restoring Palestinian Aid**:

- Biden restored U.S. aid to Palestinians that had been cut under Trump, including $235 million for humanitarian programs, through organizations like UNRWA. This signals a shift toward re-engaging with Palestinian needs.

3. **Diplomatic Engagement**:

- Biden has sought to rebuild relations with the Palestinian Authority, reopening U.S. diplomatic channels in East Jerusalem that were closed under Trump, but has not reversed the U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem.

4. **Support for a Two-State Solution**:

- While Trump largely abandoned mention of a two-state solution, Biden has reaffirmed it as the long-term goal, though no significant peace initiative has been undertaken. Biden has also called for halting Israeli settlement expansion.

5. **Handling the Gaza Conflict**:

- During the May 2021 Israel-Gaza conflict, Biden supported Israel's right to defend itself but also pressured for a ceasefire and pledged humanitarian aid to rebuild Gaza without empowering Hamas.

### **Summary**:

- **Trump** was heavily aligned with Israeli government policies, making bold moves like recognizing Jerusalem and Golan Heights sovereignty, facilitating normalization deals with Arab states, and cutting aid to Palestinians.

At this point, there is really no alternative to voting for Kamala. RFK is not getting elected. Trump would be infinitely worse for the Israel-Palestine conflict (as well as other conflicts! and our well-being in general).

Stop virtue signaling and actually do something (vote) so that America can have a better leader than Trump. That’s all. We’re not voting for our next Messiah, we’re not voting between two perfect angels, it’s a US presidential election.

And those of you saying that Kamala is “committing genocide” really need to get things into perspective. The Vice President does not have the power to furnish weapons to Israel. Israel’s prime minister is acting in direct defiance of the Biden/Harris administration’s wishes and Harris has been the most vocal in asking for a ceasefire.

the usa has the chance to finally get back on track after being derailed so heavily in 2016. remember, you aren’t voting for the candidate you like the most who agrees with all of your political views, you’re voting for the best conditions under which to enact change. the way you vote this year will have global repercussions. it will affect EVERYONE.

You don’t have to like Kamala Harris, but by saying “if she really cared about Palestine she would’ve started an arms embargo or demanded a ceasefire by now” you’re blatantly advertising how completely uneducated and uninformed you are. You’re at the same level as the dumb redneck conservatives you love to complain about.

If you’re under the impression the vice president has control of the military, can pass legislation, can sign things into law, can bypass the Presidents’ actions etc etc, you sincerely need to go back to Schoolhouse Rock instead of spending your time embarrassing yourself online for moral superiority points.

The sun shines and my soul is darkness.

In an interview, Tartt lists her favorite authors and the names of a few works. I have listed the most popular works from each author and the specific ones she recommended as well.

Homer

The Iliad

The Odyssey

Greek Poets and Tragedians

Argonautica

Antigone

Prometheus Bound

The Oresteia

Medea

Oedipus Rex

The Bacchae

The Frogs

Dante

Inferno

Purgatorio

Paradiso

Shakespeare

“I went back and read Macbeth and Hamlet during the pandemic”

Macbeth

Hamlet

Dickens

“Dickens was a part of my familial landscape, the air I breathed.”

A Tale of Two Cities

Great Expectations

Nabokov

Pale Fire

Lolita

Proust

In Search of Lost Time

Swann’s Way

Dostoevsky

Crime and Punishment

The Brothers Karamazov

Yeats

The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats

Irish Fairy and Folk Tales

Borges

Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings

Edith Wharton

The House of Mirth

Ethan Frome

Evelyn Waugh

Brideshead Revisited

Helena

Salinger

Catcher in the Rye

Virginia Woolf

Mrs. Dalloway

Orlando

Edward St. Aubyn

The Patrick Melrose Novels

Haruki Murakami

Kafka on the Shore

Norwegian Wood

Olga Tokarczuk

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

Don DeLillo

White Noise

Underworld

W.G. Sebald

Austerlitz

The Rings of Saturn

Joan Didion

The Year of Magical Thinking

The White Album

Other Specific Books

Memoirs d’Outre-Tome by Chateaubriand

Jigsaw by Sybille Bedford

All for Nothing by Walter Kempowski

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