The United States withheld 3,500 bombs last week out of concern that they might be used in a major assault against the southern Gaza city, officials said. And he’s afraid he’ll lose the radical Islamist vote in Michigan and Minnesota.
The New York Times confirmed that “Biden paused an arms shipment to Israel last week to prevent the U.S.-made weapons from being used in a long-threatened assault on the city of Rafah.” Administration officials admitted it on Tuesday night, having first tacitly denying it.
“Israeli officials disclosed the weapons pause to Axios earlier this week, but U.S. officials refused to confirm it either at briefings or privately until Tuesday night,” the Times wrote.
The Times said it is “a sign of the growing rift between the United States and Israel over the conduct of the war.”
“The president withheld 1,800 2,000-pound bombs and 1,700 500-pound bombs that he feared could be dropped on Rafah, where more than one million Gazans have taken refuge, the officials said.
The administration might withhold other weapons and ammunition sales/transfers.
“The decision to delay the delivery of the 3,500 bombs was the first time since the Oct. 7 Hamas-led terrorist attack that Mr. Biden has used his power to curtail arms as an instrument to influence Israel’s approach to the war that followed.”
“Biden’s Democratic allies in Congress have for weeks urged him to limit or halt arms shipments to Israel, something he had refused to do until now because of his strong support for the effort to destroy Hamas.”
Israel is at war, and they see it as existential—the fringe Iran-backed terrorist group of Hamas is responsible for Gazan deaths.
Biden didn’t mention this on Holocaust Remembrance Day. Instead, he promoted his alleged strong, unending support for Israel. He wants it both ways.
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I don’t care how Israel sees it, or what the CIA front NYT claims.
Did they pay for, or do they intend to pay for, those bombs? If not, they have no right to expect them.
Legislation says otherwise, IDIOT!
Hamas is supplied by Iran, and Biden is an Iranophile, so he doesn’t want to offend a bunch of terrorist murderers.
Maybe it is also a bit of envy of the power of the dictator that runs the country.
Of course, perhaps there were not any bombs left in the armory. All the money to replenish them is spent on buying votes for the coming election.
Biden witholding bombs from Israel but showering Ukraine with Billions and Billions of dollars
Nothing the Biden administration does makes sense
It’s all about the money.
It is not our obligation to arm any country any where in the world. It is our responsibility to aid our fellow citizens who struggle right here within our borders.
It IS an obligation once legislation directs the Executive to do so.
Chilling conversation between IDF officer and Palestinian civilian