Senior US officials speaking to POLITICO on Wednesday have reaffirmed that the Biden administration intends to place no conditions on future military aid to Israel despite public comments suggesting the idea was under consideration.
Amid growing calls from Democrats to condition military aid to Israel, President Biden told reporters the idea is a “worthwhile thought,” but US officials said it won’t happen. “It’s not something we’re currently pursuing,” one official said.
The comments come amid reports that say the US has been pressuring Israel to show restraint when it resumes military operations and expands them into south Gaza, where hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians who fled the south are located.
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby has said the US has “been clear with the Israelis that we don’t support them moving forward with operations in the south unless they have a plan to deal with the now-increased level of civilians there.”
But there’s no sign the administration is using any of the leverage it has over Israel to curtail civilian casualties, and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has vowed Israel’s operations will be even bigger than before once the hostage deal truce is over.
A US official has also clarified a tweet from President Biden that suggested he supported a real ceasefire in Gaza. On Tuesday night, the president’s X account said, “To continue down the path of terror, violence, killing, and war is to give Hamas what they seek. We can’t do that.”
Many took Biden’s post as a significant shift in rhetoric, as he has previously rejected the idea of a lasting ceasefire. But a senior administration official speaking to Jewish Insider said it wasn’t a change in policy and that the US would continue to support the Israeli onslaught.
“We want this to be the last war, and we recognize that, for that to happen, Hamas can’t be the governing authority,” the senior official said. “They have to be out of power, because if you have Hamas in power, you’re likely to have another conflict.”
According to Gaza’s media office, the Israeli onslaught has killed over 15,000 Palestinians so far, including over 6,000 children and 4,000 women. The expansion of operations in the south is expected to bring more civilian casualties due to the concentration of displaced people.
Can they be this stupid? There will be no “last war” while the Zionists continue to occupy Palestine as ruling settler-colonialists, imposing a brutal, apartheid regime on the descendants of the people they stole the land from. The Palestinians will never stop resisting.
They think they will ethnically cleanse Gaza
Yes. They can be this stupid. Israel is preparing to present The Final Solution to an adoring world.
Precisely what is unfolding before the eye of the world. They are not stupid. They know what is happening and what the final result will be. After 75 years of occupation, 16 years of a brutal blockade, more than 2,000 Palestinian children killed by Israel from 2000 to 2023, limited potable water, electricity, fuel for pumps, destruction of crops, limited fishing in their own waters, Palestinians will now be consigned to die in the Sinai desert. The actions of the young Hamas fighters on 7Oct23 was a breakout of the concentration camp they had known since birth. No hope, no jobs (unemployment at 50%, 70% for the youth) which means no marriage, with perhaps the memory of loved ones who had died due to IDF and settler attacks. Seventy five years of h*ll. And now subject to genocide, ethnic cleansing and death. I am having a difficult time believing in a Supreme Being, G-d. I do not like my country at this time.
Powerful precis. They have the model of the US treatment of its indigenes, butchered and brutalized so bad and herded onto barren reservations, they haven’t raised their head for 200 yrs.
re God: Your belief in truth is apparent. Truth is a metaphysical. Jesus said “I am the way, the light, and the truth.” The bible isn’t science; it’s metaphor: Jesus=Truth. Ergo, belief in truth is belief in god, Truth is God. G O D is just a place-holder, a vocable to point to the ineffable, the great “?”
Hams refused any Sort of negotiations that might have helped their own people.
Jake, Julio, Tim, whoever you really are, wrong. Again. Going back in history there are examples of Hamas negotiating and Israel breaking the agreements. (Why am I wasting my hands and fingers posting this? You are just trolling to troll)
There’s stupid and there’s stupid. Yes, they can be and are stupid. I’m old enough to remember when governments around the planet didn’t all contain clueless, uneducated, history-challenged nitwits in charge.
Big difference between strategy and tactics.
Stupid, arrogant or both, they are the reason why the only question I ask myself any election is “does this candidate bring us closer or farther away from a collapse of the federal government.” And then vote for the former. It’s why I am Trump 2024. I don’t agree with much or almost anything about him, but if there is anyone who will push us toward a dissolution of the Union, it’s him.
Confusing post on X?! USSA (UN) Idiocracy government will be speaking something that makes EBONICS look like E=MC2 before long.
A common sense update on Global-Communism versus Sovereign Nations (senior editor at Ronin’s Revelations). Podcasts coming soon:
https://roninhardjan.substack.com/p/americas-shadow-government-behind
The US is complicit in league with ISRAHELL. The blood is on our hands too…………………………………………………………………………………
Speaking of ISRAHELL, what happened to our friend Gypsy?
what about the hell of taking 9 month old babies as hostages,of seeing raped women hauled off into captivity,of families wiped out at close range,of mutilation of victims while still alive?
The federal government is just doing what it does best. Carrying out the whims of a few wealthy patrons while ignoring the American people
I don’t understand how anyone, other than Fox News viewers can support what Israel is doing, especially the destruction of the hospitals and the constant conflating of Palestinians with Hamas. Looking at the number of dead on Oct. 7 and the number killed since then by the IDF, I would have to conclude that Israel is every bit as disgusting as Hamas. And that’s assuming that the 1200 or 1400 killed initially were actually all killed by Hamas, a fact that is heavily supported by the good people at Fox. I guess they have never heard of the “Hannibal Directive.” The way that Israel has freely bombed Gaza shows that they have little regard for the hostages or human life in general.
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Video footage released by IRNA shows the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, along with USS San Jacinto, a Ticonderoga-class cruiser, and two Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, USS Stethem and USS Gravely. French Navy Aquitaine-class frigate FS Languedoc was also with the group.
U.S. defense officials said after the release of the video that an Iranian drone “harassed” USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Persian Gulf.
It is my opinion that the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower didn’t even know they were being surveilled. Which of course puts USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in grave danger. A drone worth thousands can sink an aircraft carrier worth billions,
For there to be any last war, anywhere, I recognize for that to happen the Democratic Party cannot be the governing authority. Nor the Republican Party.
“Only the dead have seen the end of war”, said some guy named Plato.
What was Plato’s last name and his mother’s maiden name?
I don’t know. Everybody just knew him as ‘Plato’. You know you are an impotent person when you’re known by one name only.
Write in friends and pets for every election position on the US ballot.
This is the most important election of your life. Do not waste your vote. Write in pets and friends. Free yourself of guilt by association.
Move the capitol to the center of a new country. Start over..
You just vote for your boy Putin and let us deal with our US national election here.
Our capitol is perfect where it is.
US capitol has yucky Roman architecture; It slavishly follows slave powered Rome. I prefer tornado-proof modern ferrocement and am pushomg for the job.
“Israel must be held accountable by International Justice for the crimes against humanity and war crimes that it has been committing over years, as well as for the genocide underway today.”
Samuel Moncada, Venezuela’s ambassador to the U.N., addressed the General Assembly on Tuesday.
https://consortiumnews.com/2023/11/29/a-blunt-message-for-israel/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=b46cae9a-0789-4ab1-abfb-d2953d1733c2
This speech makes it quite clear why the US and Europe attempted to destroy democracy in Venezuela.
And now we know it is Israelis who kill babies in hospitals, with US assistance. Americans need a new country.
New country? No, we don’t.
You just stay out in your dictatorship and let us deal with our issues. Those unhappy ones can’t pack up a leave. Plenty of dictators out there looking for followers.
Not sure if Garrett is an American or not. But if he is, he only sees the bad things in American and forgets about all its good. Too bad for him.
Vote for Trump 2024 to make Shattered Union 2028 a real possibility. This is the only way the maniacal federal government can be reigned in.
Breaking News: War criminal, Henry Kissinger , is dead at 100.
A$$holes live for ever.
Only the good die young.
Like JFK.
Clever war criminal at the power is not so bad. At least, it is much better than a stupid war criminal.
One down, so many to go.
Are you happy that someone died? Wow.
Kissinger once described the Iran/Iraq war as “two scorpions in a bottle”. In other words, those 500,000 human beings that died in that war meant diddly squat to that piece of shit. So, yes. Next.
Well, with 100 years Kissinger was most likely relieved that it was over.
What about the children buried and dying a slow lonely death under the rubble in Gaza, who never had a chance to live?
Do you feel their pain? I do, do you think Kissinger did or for all the other children before them?
It was about time…!
And when it is your turn, will you feel the same way?
Part of the cycle.
They say US is a democracy. So the unconditional support of the genocide is the will of US people?
It is a heavily manipulated Democracy as are the once wealthy European Democracies.
Biden is BB’s bitch.
“Biden is BB’s bitch.”
1/ No, Israel is mainly an instrument of US foreign policy, just like its other right wing proxies.
2/ The only difference is the US domestic stakes:
the right wing US Israel lobby – prominently represented by American Jewish organizations, despite, numerically, being predominantly non-Jewish, and despite being increasingly non-Jewish funded – pounds the drum of supporting Israel not only because it is racist, not only to ‘project power’ into the ME, and not only to support the politico-religious American right that lays claim to Israel…
…but to split off mainly-Democratic-voting American Jews from the Democratic Party.
3/ Increasingly – as American Jews become increasingly critical of Israel – ‘Jewish support’ and ‘combatting antisemitism’ has become a more obvious pretext for ‘Israel support.’
4/ See below for AIPAC’s funding by Republicans, Republican billionaires:
“AIPAC Not Just for Jews Anymore”
https://forward.com/israel/153025/aipac-not-just-for-jews-anymore/
“Pro-Israel groups denounced after pouring funds into primary race…Hawkish pro-Israel lobby groups have been accused of using Republican mega-donors to hijack Democratic primaries”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/04/aipac-pro-israel-groups-primary-race
Israel has found that Christian Zionists are way more reliable than Jewish American when it comes to supporting the massacre of Palestinians
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Peace on eareth goodwill to all…except….
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in time for a christmas story…No not that one, this one!
usa on the left,israel on the right…very far right!
Video footage released by IRNA shows the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, along with USS San Jacinto, a Ticonderoga-class cruiser, and two Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, USS Stethem and USS Gravely. French Navy Aquitaine-class frigate FS Languedoc was also with the group.
U.S. defense officials after the release of the video said that an Iranian drone “harassed” USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Persian Gulf.
It is my opinion that the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower didn’t even know they were being surveilled. Which of course means the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower is a dead vessel floating. A drone worth thousands can sink an aircraft carrier worth billions,
The blatant warmongering and greed of the global elites is getting beyond ridiculous and existential to the rest of us.
The most worst than lowest animal levels: Crucifiers, Genocide Committing Zionist Gestapo Style Fascist Terrorist State of Israel has Enslaved European & North American Countries’ Institutions, Media, Administrations, especially, The Most Wicked Slave American President Joe Biden; All these are Scared for their own lives, so, Feel Safe to Obey Their Zionist War Criminal Masters. Period.
And it turns out Israelis are the baby killers. Like the Chinese say; If you want to know what Americans are up to, just look ar what they say about us.
American citizens may choose not to know they are baby killers but the fact remains;
Cowardly Israelis tell the US government what to do and Americans help death dealing Israelis kill babies.
“It is my opinion that the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower didn’t even know they were being surveilled.”
That’s very unlikely.
“Which of course means the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower is a dead vessel floating. A drone worth thousands can sink an aircraft carrier worth billions.”
That, also, is very unlikely. Aside from the fact that there are no drones “worth thousands” capable of sinking thousand-ton aircraft carriers, there’s no reason for Iran to attempt to do that and innumerable reasons why it will not and would not.
Even a $32 million dollar MQ-9 Reaper drone would have a hard sinking a carrier. Can a carrier be sunk? Of course, but it is not easy. Just looked how much damage the USS Forrestal took when multiple 1000 pounds bombs cooked off and denotated during the fire. And it did not sink.
Yes. I don’t think the poster understands how much damage, to multiple compartments, it would take to sink a vessel of that size.
Heartless bastards.
Yes, how about them just leaving the premies to die!! Who’s the sub-human now, eh?
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby has said the US has “been clear with the Israelis that we don’t support them moving forward with operations in the south unless they have a plan to deal with the now-increased level of civilians there.”
sup-port 1 : BEAR, TOLERATE 2 : to take sides with : BACK, ASSIST
Methinks Kirby is full of shit.
It never occurred to them before why is it important now?
US Reaffirms There Are No Conditions on Future Military Aid to Israel
“start producing more white-phosphorous and depleted-uranium munitions”
…. MIC CEO
Put this statement in front of a mirror and the reflection tells you that it is Israel Not Hamas…!
The Zionists don’t come across as rational people, they must go if there should ever be a rational diplomatic solution.
The same is true for the US incompetent pigheaded neocons.
Ethno-nationalists, being dedicated to an irrational philosophy, are by definition not rational people.
If that is the case – I no longer consider myself a US citizen.
So what are you than?
Than?
Yep, there’s a big difference between where you live and citizenship when it comes to endorsing and facilitating ethnic cleansing.
By having no conditions US sure helps on the destruction of Israel…!
Ethnic cleansing is fine with Zionist Joe.
There should be no aid until Israel’s nuclear program is investigated.
There should be no aid
until Israel’s nuclear program is investigated.Fixed, no charge.
What is there to investigate? Israel never signed the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, thus they never agreed not to build nuclear weapons. They have, the only question is how many and how big. I suspect most of their weapons are plutonium based atomic bombs ranging from 20 to 200 kilotons. They may or may not have a hydrogen bomb. Maybe around 100 gravity bombs and missile warhead bombs.
“What is there to investigate?”
If Israel is found to have nuclear weapons, most US aid to Israel would violate Section 101 (the “Symington Amendment”) of the Arms Export Control Act insofar as Israel does not comply with IAEA regulations/inspections.
Which means if there’s reasonable suspicion that Israel has nuclear weapons, an investigation is warranted.
But of course everyone just winks and nods instead.
Said the hooker to his pimp.
The stated objectives of the Russian SMO is Disarm, De-Nazify and De-occupation of Ukraine. Russia will not cease until these objectives are met. Therefor Russia will only accept a surrender from the United States of Atrocities and NATO.
Ukraine has already burnt through three NATO provided armies in 2 years with significant losses in men and machinery. NATO has the following losses in Ukraine; 544 Aircraft, 255 helicopters, 9310 UAV’s, 442 Anti Aircraft systems, 13712 tanks inc. APC’s, 1187 multiple rocket launchers, 7197 field artillery and 15781 military automotive equipment. Approx. $1 Trillion of NATO hardware.
They are now asking for a fourth NATO army to be provided, the problem is that Ukraine has run out of men to throw into the meat grinder. The 20-30 male age group has collapsed. The proposal now is to draft woman and children, presumably at gunpoint like the males.
First your comment has nothing to do with aid to Israel. Second it is just stupid and un documented. Just for fun, explain to me where you get the number of 544 NATO aircraft losses.
Meanwhile well over 100,000 Russian families will celebrate Christmas without one of their sons. And for what? To expand the size of Russia by 1%?
My comment has everything to do with Israel. Nothing happens in isolation. Zionism, Terrorism and Nazism is the means by which the global elites wage war for Profit. And business is good.
If you go to liveuamap a Ukrainian/NATO site you get daily updates. 544 is the sum of NATO aircraft losses in Ukraine posted. And also the number given by “morning briefing of the ministry of defense of Russia”.
Russia is defending itself from the Aggression of the global elites and very successfully. Russia has dealt over 10:1 casualty rates. Are you suggesting Ukrainian losses are over 1 million?
Genocide Joe 2024.
Genocide Trump 2016, Genocide Obama 2009, Genocide Bush 2001, Genocide Clinton 1993 etc etc etc
Don’t forget Genocide Putin.
Don’t be ridiculous. Absolutely nothing Russia is engaged in, funding, enabling or supporting comes close to any legal or otherwise reasonable definition of genocide.
Because Putin Invaded Iraq, because Putin invaded Syria, because Putin invaded Afghanistan, because Putin invaded Libya, because Putin invaded Sudan etc etc etc.
No. Genocide isn’t any random killing of which you disapprove.
This site should be renamed to:
http://www.antiUSwars.com
As all other belligerents get zero critics.
Well, I’ve seen you criticize other belligerents. And I do so myself.
It so happens that the USA is the world’s leading belligerent.
What other belligerent s do you have in mind? There are some local cases, but they are not so important. Can you name some?
“belligerent, n. a nation or person engaged in war or conflict, as recognized by international law.”
There are quite a few of those at any given moment, although the US tends to lead the pack most of the time in both quantity and violence level.
If by quantity we also include numbers of people wounded and killed, we lead the pack by far, certainly post WWII.