Biden Warns Israel Not to Occupy Gaza

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Biden Warns Israel Not to Occupy Gaza
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It's this part.

We're telling them they've gone too far, seeing rules... and giving them weapons. Are we giving them seasons so they listen?

And if they don't listen, doesn't this make us complicit and with exceedingly poor intensional optics?

They know that the worst that will happen is a stern warning. "Don't do that again, but it was justified. But don't do it... OK, just a little bit, but still."

The wink and the nod really spoil the effect of the stern look and strong finger wagging...

What stern looks? I'm not seeing them.

"We're telling you not to do this thing, and we assure you all we'll ever do about you still doing it is to tell you again not to do it whilst carrying on helping you to do it"

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