Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday defended Israel’s bombing of a building in Gaza where offices for international media outlets were located, including The Associated Press, Al Jazeera, and Middle East Eye. Netanyahu claimed there was an office in the building used by Hamas and said that information was passed to the US through intelligence channels.
On Monday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said after Israel bombed the building, the US requested information about the strike. “Shortly after the strike we did request additional details regarding the justification for it,” he said at a press briefing in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Blinken said he “wouldn’t want to weigh in on intelligence matters” but added that he hadn’t seen any evidence to back up Netanyahu’s claim. “I have not seen any information provided,” he said.
When asked about the bombing, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki wouldn’t say if President Biden had seen intelligence on it. “I’m not going to be in a position now or ever of committing or confirming who has or hasn’t seen intelligence,” she said.
While the US isn’t exactly pushing back on Israel’s bombing of the media building, it is one of the only strikes that is getting significant attention from the Biden administration and more scrutiny from the Western press.
Since Israel began its new bombing campaign last Monday, Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 212 Palestinians, including 61 children. The US has remained silent on the killing of Palestinian children. In one attack on Saturday, Israel bombed a civilian home in the al-Shati refugee camp, killing 10 people; two women and eight children.
Can’t see what doesn’t exist.
Blinken said he “wouldn’t want to weigh in on intelligence matters” but added that he hadn’t seen any evidence to back up Netanyahu’s claim. “I have not seen any information provided,” he said.
You mean Israel saying so isn’t evidence enough? What changed? I’m guessing there is ample evidence showing Israel is full of sh*t but that’s as far as Blinken will go. Probably getting an earful for not spewing the self defense rhetoric.
Why would Israel bother to show its bitch Blinken evidence?
It is horrible. Nothing new. Just a continuation of the horrible treatment of Palestinians that has been going on since the green light given to Zionists by the Balfour Declaration.