They’re doing it. They just don’t want it known, except to Arab Muslim voters in Michigan.
“Scoop: White House cancels meeting, scolds Netanyahu in protest over video,” by Barak Ravid, Axios, June 19, 2024:
The White House canceled a high-level U.S.-Israel meeting on Iran that was scheduled for Thursday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a video on Tuesday claiming the U.S. was withholding military aid, two U.S. officials tell Axios.
Why it matters: President Biden’s top advisers were enraged by the video — a message U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein delivered personally to Netanyahu in a meeting hours after it was published, two U.S. and Israeli sources say. Then the White House decided to go a step farther by canceling Thursday’s meeting.
- “This decision makes it clear that there are consequences for pulling such stunts,” a U.S. official said.
- “The Americans are fuming. Bibi’s video made a lot of damage,” a senior Israeli official said, using a nickname for Netanyahu.
- Some Israeli officials were already en route to Washington when the meeting was cancelled.
- Two U.S. officials told Axios the meeting was canceled to send a message about the video. A third claimed the meeting was postponed rather than canceled, due to a scheduling issue.
Driving the news: Speaking in English, Netanyahu declared in the video that it was “inconceivable that in the past few months, the administration has been withholding weapons and ammunitions to Israel.”
- In public, the White House expressed bafflement. Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre noted that only one weapons shipment had been paused since the war began, while billions of dollars of weapons had flowed unimpeded. “We genuinely do not know what he is talking about,” she said.
- In private, Biden’s team was angry and shocked by Netanyahu’s ingratitude, according to one U.S. official….
In addition, Biden’s top advisers decided to cancel the strategic dialogue on Iran, which was to include hours of meetings involving officials from the State Department, Pentagon and U.S. intelligence agencies, along with their Israeli counterparts….
Walter Sieruk says
The folly and even wickedness of Joe Biden by not wanting the Israel Defense Force to do its duty and eliminated that vicious ,violent vile heinous brutal cruel malicious and murderous jihad entity, Hamas as it needs to be and should do.
For it’s the obligation of all responsible governments to protect the lives and safety of its citizens. Therefore, the IDF should completely disregard the anything that Biden wants and then totally destroy Hamas.
Joe Biden definitely lacks the understanding of the fifth President of the United States, James Monroe, rightly and wisely, in a speech had declared, “The right to self-defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals.”
JimJFox says
ONE shipment was delayed whilst billions of dollars was delivered in armaments?
Allowing hatred of Biden to clothe your judgment is not wise.
Walter Sieruk says
That treacherous rat , and liar, Joe Biden, had said that with him and his administration America’s support for Israel is “Iron clad” did indeed betrayed Israel v as seen that he strive stop the shipment of weapons to Israel, No matter how important and necessary arms are needed in Israel’s self-defense against those vicious and murderous attacks of Hamas and Hezbollah.
This is because that fiendish villain Biden, has ,indeed, totally abandoned Israel , likewise he betrayed her. Biden even has the diabolical gall to attempt to impose sanctions on the Israel Defense Force all the while he’s providing that aggressive Israel and America hating hostile Islamic regime of Iran, which supports Hamas, with billions of dollars and then he wants to send Iran even more money Before this betrayal of the State of Israel and the United States ,Biden allowed that Islamic tyranny that to obtain billons of dollars . How terribly wicked of Biden .For that belligerent ”mullah regime” of Iran calls Israel “The little Satan and the US “The great Satan.”
We may be sure that either in a direct way or an indirect way will use that money to advance its nuclear weapons program and further its stooge terror/murder jihad organizations which are Hamas, Hezbollah , Islamic Jihad.
Some Westerners might find in a bit interesting that Ayatollah Khamenei as well as the other ayatollahs and mullahs who have so much terrible power in Iran , don’t ever engage in any shootings and bombings , they just have their useful idiots who are the Muslim terrorists those three horrendous jihad entities to the dirty work of murdering of people for them as their tools.
Some of that vast amount of money Biden those in power in Iran to obtain will , without doubt , also be given in support to further found Hamas and also Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad.
Truly, Joe Biden is a treacherous scoundrel.
somehistory says
And they are saying today that they don’t know what he’s talking about….as if they haven’t been withholding anything.
But, biden…with his own lying tongue said to the journalist that ‘Israel would face consequences’ if they dared to disobey him. There are two possible ways….keep what was promised to Israel from actually going to Israel, and/or help hamas and hezbollah even more than he has been helping them.
Kosh's Shadow says
Isn’t it interesting that just appearing to accept Israel’s right to exist upsets a very vocal part of US Muslims and Arabs to the point they won’t vote for Biden
Taffy says
“Two U.S. officials told Axios the meeting was canceled to send a message about the video. A third claimed the meeting was postponed rather than canceled, due to a scheduling issue.”
Well, which is it? It can’t be both!
On another topic, I believe that the key weapons shipment is the JDAMS system which is a precision guided bomb, If Israel runs out, they will revert to “dumb bombs” which are not as precise and will cause a lot of collateral damage, and really give those Palis something to cry about!
somehistory says
And lie about.
mgoldberg says
“…In private, Biden’s team was angry and shocked by Netanyahu’s ingratitude, according to one U.S. official….”
Why of course. He’s much more gratified at Iran’s gratitude, and Qatars, Hamas, and the Taliban.
Keys says
“President Biden’s top advisers were enraged by the video.”
Especially Obama I imagine. Remember how he despised Bibi, and even worked against his re-election with federal resources.
Keys says
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/mar/25/blog-posting/blog-claims-us-funded-anti-netanyahu-election-effo/
somehistory says
bo is the one in charge of what happens and with whom. Just as he grabbed biden’s hand and then pushed him from the stage at the fundraiser, he’s pushing biden where he wants the WH resident to go.
Of course, if biden still had a working brain, he might agree to do the same, anyway.
Keys says
Yes, somehistory!
The dems are running Biden, even in his declining condition, because they can control him easily. Why else would they run an obviously incompetent person in physical and mental decline to lead their party?! Let’s gaslight the folks.
What’s incredible is the number of people saying Biden is in great presidential shape. The Emperor has no clothes!
somehistory says
Keys, they are all under the spell of groupthink. Every one of them with any brain or common sense, has to know how it is, but they are all afraid to be the one to point out how ridiculous it all is.
It’s like those studies where the conductor has a group of people who are told to say/do a certain thing when a planned incident happens. And then the conductor has one person who is not told how to react when the incident happens. And this person is not informed about the incident, but is told something totally opposite.
He then is forced to go along with everyone else out of fear of being different.
Some experiments are the opposite with one individual being in on the plan, while the group as a whole has no clue. In those, the members of the group will go along when they see the conductor is in agreement with the one person.
Fear of man is what it’s all about as they agree with what they know are lies.
MD Anthony says
Joe Biden now carrying the “Anti-Israel Ball that Obama demanded.
Westman says
Smoke and mirrors for the left.
Prediction: Hezbollah and Israel engage in direct escalating war, Iran gets involved, then in support of Israel, USA attacks Iran. US-Iran War proceeds. Russia is too busy and extended in Ukraine to open another conflict.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Netanyahu should be the one who ignores Biden. In fact, he should take a page out of Putin & say that he’s not negotiating w/ the current administration, but will wait for this November’s elections before he talks to anyone
WPM says
The trouble is Israel needs the weapons and or weapons system now to try to bring this conflict to some kind of closure. They Israel cannot or should not wait till November which in realty is Jan 2025 .The chances Hamas will regroup or join up with other Jihadist and do more Oct 6 type attacks on Israel grow by the day. The world is on fire America seems to have Jihadist appeasers in charge with a corpse steering the ship into a reef.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
That’s why I said that Israel should do a disguised “interference” in our elections. Around October or November, step up attacks on groups like Islamic Jihad or Fatah, or maybe start retaliating against Hizbullah. No Israeli will lift a phone to talk to any American, but it will force another chasm in the Democrat voter base just when they least want it. They’ll either have to pander to their muslim and woke constituencies, which will have Jews bolting from the party & either voting Trump or sitting it out. Or they’ll do the traditional support of Israel, and risk losing the muslims, but more than that, the woketards. If the muslims sit it out, not only will the Dems not win Michigan, but even Virginia and Minnesota will vote Red, making Biden’s re-election impossible
James Lincoln says
Netanyahu’s video regarding the Biden regime’s “withholding of weapons” was factual.
Yes, factual.
That being said, Bibi should’ve known that the optics would be bad – and that the Biden communists would use it to their advantage against Israel.