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In which Tom Friedman says that Biden and Congress should stop "debasing" themselves on Israel and that Israel should "accept Hamas’s key demand" which is to "totally end the war now and withdraw from Gaza in exchange for the return of all Israeli hostages.".

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Grudgie the Whale's avatar Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social
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Wow

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rone's avatar rone @ennui.org
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The Mustache of Understanding is... good?

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There are frankly major problems with this editorial--referring to the status quo ante as a "total Israeli withdrawal and a stable cease-fire" ignores the reality of Israel's blockade of Gaza and control of much of Gaza's arable land as ongoing acts of war, for example--but yeah. Significant column.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى's avatar Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com
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Friedman is widely regarded as one of Biden's favorite columnists and a regular recipient of private calls from the president himself.

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zenosAnalytic's avatar zenosAnalytic @zenosanalytic.bsky.social
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Wow. They lost Tom Friedman.

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And they should stop selling the country to the super rich...but they won't do that either

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Adam Gurri's avatar Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com
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What a time to be alive

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Faine Greenwood's avatar Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social
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well, when even Big Tom gets it right

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Arash Mohebbi's avatar Arash Mohebbi @thatoldbear.bsky.social
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and in accepting this, Israel would be getting off lightly.

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henry sholar's avatar henry sholar @mapablue.bsky.social
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atoning for his "suck on this" re: 911. these days, somewhere down in that tom friedman consciousness of umpteen taxi drivers, he's come upon good insight.

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First Wordle Problems 's avatar First Wordle Problems @fwordleproblems.bsky.social
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Friedman!

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Allie, black Cat's avatar Allie, black Cat @ofvick.bsky.social
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Never thought I'd find myself on the same side of anything as Tom fucking Friedman

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Zeroisanumber's avatar Zeroisanumber @zeroisanumber.bsky.social
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Friedman has been remarkably clear-sighted about the Gaza assault from the beginning. It's shocking to find myself broadly agreeing with him because I dismissed him as an overhyped dolt back during the Iraq War.

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Balzac Asimov, Irritant Ordinaire👨‍🦯's avatar Balzac Asimov, Irritant Ordinaire👨‍🦯 @balzac-asimov.bsky.social
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That doesn't sound like him

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HeyJoe's avatar HeyJoe @thatjoe.bsky.social
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Just make Hamas release all the hostages, why has no one thought of this before

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Notreal's avatar Notreal @susannyc.bsky.social
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What

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Franklin Piss🇺🇦's avatar Franklin Piss🇺🇦 @silkscreenfiend.bsky.social
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Jesus, when you've lost Tom...

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Fallon | Back to my regularly scheduled hating on Germany's avatar Fallon | Back to my regularly scheduled hating on Germany @fallonturing.bsky.social
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Does someone have a gift link?

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Jay Schiavone's avatar Jay Schiavone @jaytingle.bsky.social
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Wait, is this guy related to the Tom Friedman that writes about the Middle East in The New York Times?

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Only Human's avatar Only Human @scarlettohara.bsky.social
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Netanyahu doesn't care about the hostages; they are just a convenient excuse for another major land-grab. Israel chose expansion over security decades ago.

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