# Is the war between Israel and just about everyone else in the region likely to spoil the U.S. election?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
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**Created:** [October 16, 2024, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-war-between-israel-and-just-about-everyone-else-in-the-region-likely-to-spoil-the-u-s-election/1008857 "2024-10-16T09:16:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-war-between-israel-and-just-about-everyone-else-in-the-region-likely-to-spoil-the-u-s-election/1008857/24 "2024-10-16T20:51:56Z")

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> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#):
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> So what say you? Is the peace vote (or non-vote), going to sink Harris? Or are the numbers not big enough to make a difference?

I asked a question in [Exactly what can Biden do in Gaza?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exactly-what-can-biden-do-in-gaza/1008566)

and more or less it came out- Biden could violate the law as trump did, but other than that, Biden couldnt really do anything more than he has. He has got the UN to pass two ceasefire resolutions, but Hamas rejected both. He could delay the shipment of arm, but not stop them, as Congress passes budget bills.

So Biden is doing just about everything he can to get a ceasefire in Gaza. And if trump gets in, things ill only get worse- far worse.

> [@OldOlds](#):
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> And I suspect a significant number of them will be either voting R, or not voting this year, because Biden hasn’t been sufficiently all-in on Israel’s actions.

Not all American Jews support Netanyahu. And they know trump will only make things worse.

> [@snowthx](#):
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> Israel is already invading and bombing a sovereign country as well as being bombed by another sovereign country,

You mean Lebanon? Calling Lebanon a “sovereign country” is stretching the point, and Lebanon attacked Israel first. Rockets fired indiscriminately into civilian targets.

> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#):
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> They will mostly sit it out or vote 3rd party as a protest.

Which in effect, will cause trump to win.

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