Despite the mass slaughter Israel is committing in Gaza, there are no “serious discussions” within the Biden administration about cutting off Israel or placing any conditions on military aid, The New York Times reported on Sunday.
The report detailed President Biden’s commitment to supporting the Israeli campaign, saying he “has involved himself more intensely in the conflict than almost any other issue in three years in office.”
President Biden has had tense conversations with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and has made meager efforts to get Israel to change its tactics but refuses to use any leverage the US has over Israel.
At the same time, Israel recognizes the US is its main backer and doesn’t want to blow off President Biden’s suggestions altogether. Israel has agreed to some steps the US has asked for, including allowing limited aid deliveries into Gaza, which the UN and other aid agencies say is entirely inadequate for the situation as hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the enclave are facing famine-like conditions.
The Times report said Israeli officials “recognize that he is the most important ally they have amid rising global criticism and understand that he is the only thing stopping the United Nations from imposing sanctions.” Besides the unconditional military support, the US also provides Israel with political cover and vetoed or worked to water down several resolutions at the UN Security that called for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Gaza’s Health Ministry said Tuesday that the death toll in Gaza passed 22,000 on Tuesday, a total that includes over 8,000 children. Over 57,000 Palestinians have been wounded, and nearly 90% of Gaza’s population has been displaced.
The Biden administration demonstrated its commitment to supporting the Israeli onslaught on Friday by bypassing Congress for a second time since October 7 to get more arms to Israel. The latest deal that was pushed through is for $147.5 million in 155mm artillery shells and related equipment.
You hit the nail, right on its head.
“Israel has agreed to some steps the US has asked for, including allowing limited aid deliveries into Gaza, which the UN and other aid agencies say is entirely inadequate for the situation as hundreds of-”
Breaking news: White-hot Blinken retort – US Secretary of State fires back, ‘Those baggie-size parachutes attached to toy soldiers we gave Israel made some Palestinian boys very happy this Christmas.”
“Biden…’has involved himself more intensely in the conflict than almost any other issue in three years in office.'”
Commander in Chief reaffirms ironclad commitment:
“Wahn…wahnuh’ kuh…keeyyy-yuhh…KEY-il! Wah-nuh-KEY-IL!!!”
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/gaza-children-un-convention Note: We, the indespensable nation, have not signed The Conventon on the Rights of the Child
https://youtu.be/aRWWpD8rSrY?t=262
South Africa request for immediate provionsal measures at the ICJ – pages 60-67 are a collection of genocidial exhortations by Likud leadership.
https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192/192-20231228-app-01-00-en.pdf
No Serious Discussions Within Biden Administration
Says it all, AFAIC.
What happened to giving Israel just to the end of the year. Or will they come up with some new PR babble this week?
The united states of american has not signed the Convention on the rights of the Child. https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/gaza-children-un-convention Jerimiah Wright had it correct when he said, “G-d D*mn America!”
Yeah, well, let’s be honest here. In some parts of the world, children are used as child soldiers and/or workers to mine materials or other forms of back breaking labor.
So how does not signing help these children?
I didn’t say it helped them. I’m just saying what’s the use of signing something that they won’t uphold anyway? After all, many of our consumer goods come from overseas where children are put to work instead of learning to read. Its frustrating.
You have a point, right there. We have signed many agreements that we do not uphold. Concerning child labor, there are members of the GOP who would like to reverse some of our child labor laws.
Biden is trying to keep afloat with two millstones attached to his legs, Ukraine and Israel.
They told him the cement shoes were to protect his feet.
https://x.com/TheRubberDuck79/status/1740771017826689112?s=20s://x.com/TheRubberDuck79/status/1740771017826689112?s=20
JFK’s Assassination at 60: Revisiting the Israeli Connection Anew
http://ohiopeacecouncil.org/?p=16853
No serious discussions about voting for Biden ever again. We can’t shrug off his ironclad commitment to Israel as an unfortunate empty political necessity. And Bidens latest campaign strategy, Trump bad, is bragging about being a little less evil. I guess getting such choices are what democracy amounts to these days. Such an improvement over autocracy, which we all must oppose with extreme unrelenting violence. Now that’s making a difference, that doesn’t meaningfully exist.
Yes. The term of art lawyers use is “a distinction without a difference.”
Dump Biden Now!
Biden is cementing his legacy as a mass murderer.. despicable POS.
Article II, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution says “high crimes and misdemeanors” are grounds for Impeachment. So why should a person complicit in war crimes be allowed to be U.S. President? Afterall is not a war crime, specifically blatent genocide, pretty much a high crime, or at least a misdemeanor of sorts? I mean like don’t serial killers get the chair in most states? At least somebody in Congress can put impeachment of Genocide Joe up for discussion. Ok, MAGA folk, here is your chance to get rid of the guy, or are you all guilty of complicity as well?
Your question is easy to consider. Of course they are. AIPAC has the hammer over their collective heads. Democrats don’t escape this. They too are in awe of the genocide.
Presidential crimes pertaining to war would indeed be “high crimes,” but not because of how serious they are. “High crimes” are crimes which (to quote Alexander Hamilton) “proceed from the misconduct of public men, or, in other words, from the abuse or violation of some public trust.”
Hoping to see “Pedo Peter” busted with the release of Epstein’s client list this Friday.
It is easy to blame Biden for what the US government is facilitating in Palestine and Ukraine using borrowed money.
The US government is tainted; Rot is spreading and its future is short.
Caitlyn Johnson says it so well.
From the state department:
“The United States rejects recent statements from Israeli Ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir advocating for the resettlement of Palestinians outside of Gaza. This rhetoric is inflammatory and irresponsible. We have been told repeatedly and consistently by the Government of Israel, including by the Prime Minister, that such statements do not reflect the policy of the Israeli government. They should stop immediately.
“We have been clear, consistent, and unequivocal that Gaza is Palestinian land and will remain Palestinian land, with Hamas no longer in control of its future and with no terror groups able to threaten Israel. That is the future we seek, in the interests of Israelis and Palestinians, the surrounding region, and the world.”
From Caitlyn:
You will note, probably without surprise, that the statement contains nothing but empty scolding. No mention is made of the faintest possibility of any consequence of any kind being brought to bear should Israeli officials continue to openly advocate for eliminating the Palestinian population of Gaza and replacing it with Jewish settlements. This is because the US has no intention of actually doing anything to hinder Israel’s ethnic cleansing agendas.
Pretty much sums it up.
Edit: I hadn’t read the other article covering this subject before posting this.
FJB