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This confirms again that the US is even more anti-Palestinian than the extremely anti-Palestinian Israeli apartheid regime

It's not Israel that pressures the US to act; the US is in charge. Israel has always been an extension of Anglo-American imperialism
Renowned Palestinian historian Rashid Khalidi thoroughly documents in his book "Brokers of Deceit: How the U.S. Has Undermined Peace in the Middle East" how the US has for decades been more aggressively anti-Palestinian than even Israel itself
US tries to stop Ireland banning imports from Israel’s illegal settlements

(Once again we see how it is the US that is in charge, and Israel can only commit its crimes because it is being protected by the US)
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.@MedeaBenjamin: "It's our job now to say this is not just about MBS... We have to use this time to re-evaluate the entire relationship. But it’s very difficult then, because there’s so much money that is involved in this."
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