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Introduction – March 10, 2024

Biden’s criticism is a disingenuous ruse. If he wanted to Biden could easily restrain Netanyahu, simply by threatening to withhold the US military aid.

The IDF is totally dependent upon US military support, as is Israel’s campaign in Gaza. So it would be simple enough for Biden to withhold that support.

It would be easy but it won’t happen because Washington is 100% behind Israel on this. That’s why Biden reaffirmed the US commitment to support Israel militarily, which makes him complicit in their crimes.

President Biden may be senile but he will be judged for the crimes he is instrumental in, in this world or the next. Ed.

Netanyahu ‘hurting Israel more than helping’ it, says Biden

Yohannes Lowe – The Guardian March 10, 2024

US president Joe Biden has said that he believes Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “hurting Israel more than helping Israel” in his approach to the war against Hamas in Gaza.

In an interview on Saturday, the president expressed support for Israel’s right to pursue Hamas, but said of Netanyahu that “he must pay more attention to the innocent lives being lost as a consequence of the actions taken”.

Biden said of the death toll in Gaza, “it’s contrary to what Israel stands for. And I think it’s a big mistake.”

Biden said a potential Israeli invasion of the Gaza city of Rafah, where more than 1.3 million Palestinians are sheltering, is “a red line” for him, but said he would not cut off weapons like the Iron Dome missile interceptors which protect the Israeli civilian populace from rocket attacks in the region.

“It is a red line,” he said, when asked about Rafah, “but I’m never going to leave Israel. The defense of Israel is still critical, so there’s no red line I’m going to cut off all weapons so they don’t have the Iron Dome to protect them.”

According to the Gaza health ministry, at least 30,960 Palestinians have been killed and 72,524 have been injured in Israeli strikes on the enclave since 7 October.

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