In other words, Israel is being sanctioned by the Biden administration in its defensive war against Hamas, a jihad terrorist organization which proved on October 7 its ability to be savagely inhumane. It’s a major policy shift by the U.S. which will be noted by Iran, Hamas, and, in fact, all of Israel’s (and America’s) hostile jihadist enemies.
Hamas is using its own people as human shields while the IDF has done all it can to save civilian life, even to its own detriment — by announcing its coming attack, and thus removing the element of surprise. But none of this is acknowledged by the Biden administration, as Israel continues to be wrongly painted as reckless in its war on Hamas. A ceasefire will only allow Hamas and other jihadist enemies to regroup and double down. But for the Biden administration, appeasing Muslims for the Muslim vote is primary, not Israel’s interests or even the jihad threat to America.
“US withheld bomb shipment to Israel out of fears it could be used in Rafah,” by Anne Flaherty and Chris Boccia, ABC News, May 8, 2024:
The Biden administration opted to pause a shipment of some 3,500 bombs to Israel last week because of concerns the weapons could be used in Rafah where more than one million civilians are sheltering “with nowhere else to go,” a senior administration official told ABC News.
Other weapon transfers from the U.S. to Israel — including the sale of Joint Direct Attack Munition, or JDAM kits — are being closely scrutinized as part of a larger review of U.S. military aid to Israel that began last April, the official said.
The decision to pause the shipment and consider slow-walking others is a major shift in policy for the Biden administration and the first known case of the U.S. denying its close ally military aid since the Israel-Hamas war began.
Asked about the reporting at a Senate hearing on Wednesday, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin publicly confirmed the U.S. has paused a munitions shipment and that a major Israeli operation in Rafah could change the U.S. calculus on security assistance to Israel.
He’s the first senior administration official to confirm the U.S. pause on military aid but he added that no “final determination” has been made….
maria says
No president was such liar, and traitor like Biden he must go and don´t forget one more person the racist and murderer obama
BeccaR says
BO is pulling the strings. BO was the flavor of the month who ascended to the the presidency due to AA, CRT, and DEI. He is an anti Israel, anti-semite way back from his days as a loyal parishioner of Jeremuah Wright’s church in Chicago. The US will not survive 4.5 mire years of Omama/Biden. I hope Israel survives despite this lousy administration.
WPM says
This idiot under the Biden administration is having the arm service build(or government contractors!?) a 368 million dollar floating pier that will be moved to the Gaza coastline and have a thousand armed service members station on it or will more troops needed till ? What is the purpose for his pier ,when ask by congress if that is American boots on the ground in Gaza Austin reply no they are on the pier?! The pier is for aid to the people in Gaza ,I am sure Hamas will respect that and have a “hands off policy” and not target it? !!
Chana Atar says
american allies are watching this and must be wondering, is the American alliance worse pursuing?
James Lincoln says
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin:
A DEI promotion.
In a “normal” army, Austin would have failed promotion after reaching Army CPT O-3.