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Introduction – March 21, 2024

The purported ‘pleas from Biden’ are a mere face saving ploy. No doubt invented by the White House to divert attention from America’s seeming lack of influence on this matter.

Because at the end of the day if Biden, or whoever pulls his strings, really wanted to end the slaughter in Gaza they could do so with a simple phone call.

The U.S. arms, equips and bankrolls Israel to the tune of billions every year. Israel’s war machine is entirely dependent on Washington’s generosity to continue as it does.

So if the Biden administration REALLY WANTED to end the slaughter in Gaza it could simply tell Israel to halt its campaign. Either that or the U.S. would halt funding.

It’s that simple.

However, that won’t happen and the Guardian doesn’t mention what is becoming obvious to anyone who can think for themselves. It won’t happen because Zionists control U.S. foreign policy, particularly when it comes to U.S. Middle East policy.

Zionists also own or control most of the West’s mainstream media, which is why the Guardian doesn’t mention how the U.S. could end Israel’s campaign overnight.

Thus Zionist management of public perception is not even a matter for debate and it makes the Western mainstream media complicit in the ongoing slaughter in Palestine. Ed.

Netanyahu ‘determined’ to carry out Rafah assault despite pleas from Biden

Guardian and Agencies – March 20, 2024

The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said he remains determined to carry out a ground invasion of Gaza’s southern city of Rafah – where many displaced Palestinians are sheltering – despite the misgivings of US president Joe Biden.

Netanyahu told lawmakers on Tuesday he had made it “supremely clear” to the US president “that we are determined to complete the elimination of these battalions in Rafah, and there’s no way to do that except by going in on the ground”.

After the two leaders spoke on Monday, White House national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said that the US believed that storming Rafah would be a “mistake” and that Israel could achieve its military aims by other means.

In his comments on Tuesday, Netanyahu said that he would wait to hear proposals from the US “out of respect to the president” about ways to protect the civilian population in Rafah before ordering the operation.

But he said he did not see any alternative to a ground offensive if Israel was to carry out its goal of destroying Hamas.

“We have a debate with the Americans over the need to enter Rafah, not over the need to eliminate Hamas,” Netanyahu said.

Israeli officials have said that Rafah, located on the Egyptian border, is Hamas’ last major stronghold in Gaza. An estimated 1.5 million Palestinians – over half of Gaza’s population – have taken refuge in Rafah after fleeing fighting elsewhere in the territory.

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