President Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday to discuss Israel’s bombing campaign in Gaza that has been raging since last Monday. According to the White House, Biden told Netanyahu that “he expected a significant de-escalation today on the path to a ceasefire.”
Netanyahu appeared to reject Biden’s calls for de-escalation in comments after the conversation. “I especially appreciate the support of our friend US President Joe Biden, for the State of Israel’s right to self-defense,” Netanyahu said. “I am determined to continue this operation until its objective is achieved.”
Besides Biden’s weak comments to Netanyahu, the US has put no pressure on Israel to end its bombardment and is refusing to join international calls for a ceasefire. At the UN, the US blocked three Security Council statements on the Israeli violence and is now threatening to veto a resolution put forward by France that calls for an end to Israel’s bombing campaign.
While Netanyahu is signaling he has no interest in ending the violence, Hamas officials told CNN on Wednesday that a ceasefire is “imminent.” The officials said it could come within 24 hours. However, no Israelis have commented on the possible truce. Last week, Israel rejected a ceasefire offer that Hamas made through the Russian foreign ministry.
Israeli airstrikes continued to pound Gaza throughout Wednesday. So far, Israel’s onslaught has killed at least 227 Palestinians, including 64 children. In Israel, rockets fired from Gaza have killed at least 12 people, including two children.
Lets see whos in charge then …AIPAC or the US people? Stop the weapons shipment.
Turn off the money spigot.
How things have changed, it’s now un-American to root for the underdog. Its now much more exciting to watch a one sided slaughter. What fun would it be to watch a bunch of “low lives” gain a little respect and freedom from those that will stop at nothing until total domination is complete, you will bow down to your superiors. What kind of a life is that? When God blesses us with much, much is required of us. If we don’t come to realize soon that Gods gifts are not exclusive but to be shared, the future looks mighty bleak.
Those of us in other countries don’t understand why Americans don’t care that it is their tax dollars being used for these atrocities perpetrated on the Palestian people? Do they have no hearts?
I care. I’ve been on the phone to my Congressclown’s answering machine all day. Not sure it’ll do any good. If you’ve got ideas, let’s hear ’em.
The same thing happens when I call mine and nothing happens. I never voted for my Congressclown Mark Green nor my Senators, Bill Haggerty or Marsha Blackburn.
Not all citizens of the US qualify as “Americans” in your generalization.
Do Americans even care that it’s their tax dollars that are being used to destroy Palestinian homes and kill Palestinian people? And if they don’t, why don’t they?
Most Americans are just trying to eke out a living. Those of us who care about this are usually active on weekends and lunch breaks, if we’re not retired, or students. However, with a Democrat in the White House, most Democrats won’t bother.
Most Americans have been brainwashed by AIPAC , Christian Zionists and the Media to think Israelis are the victims and Arabs are hellbent on driving the Jews into the sea, refuse to recognize Israel’s right to exist and the Arabs and Muslims hate the West for being advanced and being democracies. Israeli settlers in the W Bank, Gaza and E Jerusalem force Palestinians out of their homes to make room for them. On CNN, Fox etc, they show Israelis crying because members of their families have been killed in the Occupied Territories.
Many Palestinians do not speak off a two state solution or a united one state,they openly speak of all Jews gone from all of the region
Many Jews also speak of Palestinians being gone from the region. Netanyahu would like to dissolve Syria and make the people leave so Israelis can settle there if he can. He would like to make it part of a Greater Israel.
Some Arabs, Jews and others want a two-state solution meaning Israel and Palestine have their own territory and there are people saying there should be a one-state solution with Israelis and Palestinians sharing the land, having Israeli citizenship and equal rights to Israeli Jews.
Joe “No Balls” Biden
https://www.indianpunchline.com/to-indians-palestines-hamas-remains-a-riddle/
To Indians, Palestine’s Hamas Remain a Riddle. Written by MK Bhadrakumar.
While I listen or view little US MSM news, I don’t believe I’ve ever come across a US journalist linking Fatah Leader Mahmoud Abbas with the CIA and Mossad. This has been an open secret for years.
The circumstantial evidence points to US funds to the PLO with little to no contributions from other sovereigns seems compelling. Don’t ask me how those funds are spent? A serious inquiry might be fatal to an enterprising soul.
The late Yassar Arafat’s poisoning resulted from someone who refused Langley’s and Tel Aviv’s overtures. In retrospect, Arafat was an honorable and decent man compared to today’s Israelis.
The deaths of Iraq’s Saddam Hussein and Libya’s Moammar Qaddafi could be traced to Washington’s methods.
With this information buttressing reality, why should anyone question Hamas’ popularity among Palestinians? Hamas was originally a Mossad creation to counter the Palestinian movement. https://theintercept.com/2018/02/19/hamas-israel-palestine-conflict/
What could have gone wrong?
https://www.indianpunchline.com/how-india-lost-its-way-in-persian-gulf/
How India Lost its Way in the Persian Gulf. Written by MK Bhadrakumar.
Iran has considered US bases in India a given and is reacting accordingly. Neighboring countries will likely follow in Tehran’s footsteps.
I’ll assume Modi is now set financially for his final years.
There is a reason Hamas won elections. Hamas was not a Mossad creation.