Unsurprisingly, Biden administration officials have failed to condemn Israeli airstrikes in Gaza that killed Palestinian children. As of Wednesday night in Gaza, at least 65 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli airstrikes in the latest violence, including 15 children.
State Department spokesman Ned Price was asked on Tuesday if he would condemn the killing of Palestinian children after viewing pictures of the aftermath of the Israeli airstrikes. “The loss of innocent life is something that we would — that is deeply regrettable. It is — of course, Israel has the right to defend itself against those attacking Israel, against Hamas and terrorists responsible,” Price said.
According to eyewitnesses, Israeli airstrikes on Monday targeted a crowded neighborhood in Gaza. Among the slain were two siblings, ages seven and eleven, who were killed while playing in the street.
While the Biden administration refuses to condemn or even mildly criticize the Israeli killing of Palestinian children, it has been quick to denounce rocket attacks out of the besieged Gaza Strip, which has been under blockade since 2007.
“The president’s support for Israel’s security, for its legitimate right to defend itself and its people, is fundamental and will never waiver,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Tuesday. “We condemn ongoing rocket attacks by Hamas and other terrorist groups, including against Jerusalem.”
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan spoke with his Israeli counterpart Meir Ben-Shabbat on Tuesday. According to a readout of the call, Sullivan “conveyed the President’s unwavering support for Israel’s security and for its legitimate right to defend itself and its people.”
Secretary of State Antony Blinken also spoke with his Israeli counterpart on Tuesday and called for both sides to “de-escalate tensions.” But Israel is vowing further escalations. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel will step up the “might and frequency” of the attacks on Gaza.
What else is new? Tel Aviv calls the shots in Washington, DC and we sit by and watch our country lose it’s respect and leadership in the world. How embarrassing!
Israel/US has its knee on the neck of Palestine, and Ned Price/the State Dept. says Israel “has the right to defend itself.” How brutally perverse can these killers be!
These Palestinian “terrorists” refuse to leave their homes when ordered to by the “courts” in Israel and when the new “owner” shows up at the door. How uncivilised.
“The loss of innocent life is something that we would — that is deeply regrettable. It is — of course, Israel has the right to defend itself against those attacking Israel, against Hamas and terrorists responsible,” Price said.
In other words:
“The loss of life is something that we would normally condemn but we aren’t allowed to speak evil against that apartheid practicing sh*thole of a country since none of us would have jobs otherwise. So we will look the other way and call shooting fish in a barrel with fu*king F-35’s self defense and describe ANY enemy of that previously mentioned apartheid practicing sh*thole of a country as a terrorists.”
Like Trump never left.
Hey, gotta keep those AIPAC campaign funds coming into both parties and keep Israel first in Wash. never mind the carnage, just more collateral damage.
Time to vote those AIPAC supporters out of office. They serve Israel and not the United States. The US is openly supporting the carnage against the Palestinians under financial, political and moral blackmail by AIPAC. Our country is governed from Tel Aviv and that is unacceptable and wrong! Time to wake up and take our country back!!!
As long as AIPAC keeps on giving, Americans will keep on losing. I think most Americans know what’s going on, but what can be done? All govs. are dictatorships whether by one person or committee.
That’s cause the US conducts air strikes that kill children, pot meet kettle. Hopefully these genocidal warmongering psychopaths reap what they sow…
US government is complicit in the bleeding of blood of those Palestinian children that were murdered by Israel…!
Just like Republican George W. Bush, Democrat Joe Biden has surrounded himself with rabid neocons. Two political parties, but only one abhorrent foreign policy.
the EastMed pipeling. a $542 BILLION project to send israeli gas to the EU. It belongs to Palestine but why bother with legalities? no?
https://www.reuters.com/article/greece-usa-energy-int/u-s-throws-weight-behind-construction-of-eastmed-gas-pipeline-idUSKBN28R2FV
no suprise here america never had a problem killing children , Vietnam , Iraq , Libya , Afghanistan , Syria ,Yemen , ect ect ect