{"id":46479,"date":"2024-05-09T01:27:58","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T01:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/09\/biden-says-the-u-s-will-not-supply-israel-with-weapons-to-attack-rafah\/"},"modified":"2024-05-09T01:27:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T01:27:58","slug":"biden-says-the-u-s-will-not-supply-israel-with-weapons-to-attack-rafah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/09\/biden-says-the-u-s-will-not-supply-israel-with-weapons-to-attack-rafah\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Says the U.S. Will Not Supply Israel With Weapons to Attack Rafah"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/05\/08\/multimedia\/08dc-biden-gaza-pjfc\/08dc-biden-gaza-pjfc-facebookJumbo.jpg?fit=1050,550&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Biden Says the U.S. Will Not Supply Israel With Weapons to Attack Rafah\" title=\"Biden Says the U.S. Will Not Supply Israel With Weapons to Attack Rafah\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">President Biden acknowledged on Wednesday that American bombs have been used to kill Palestinian civilians as he warned that the United States would withhold certain weapons if Israel launches a long-threatened assault in southern Gaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In some of his strongest language to date on the war in Gaza, Mr. Biden said the United States would still ensure Israel\u2019s security, including the Iron Dome missile defense system and Israel\u2019s \u201cability to respond to attacks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But he said he would block the delivery of weapons that could be fired into densely populated areas of Rafah, where more than a million Palestinians are sheltering. The Israeli government says it needs to go into Rafah to destroy Hamas, which killed 1,200 people in its Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIf they go into Rafah, I\u2019m not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with Rafah, to deal with the cities, that deal with that problem,\u201d Mr. Biden said in <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/05\/08\/politics\/joe-biden-interview-cnntv\/index.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">an interview with CNN\u2019s Erin Burnett<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He added: \u201cBut it\u2019s just wrong. We\u2019re not going to \u2014 we\u2019re not going to supply the weapons and artillery shells used, that have been used.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Asked whether 2,000-pound American bombs had been used to kill civilians in Gaza, Mr. Biden said: \u201cCivilians have been killed in Gaza as a consequence of those bombs and other ways in which they go after population centers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Biden\u2019s remarks underscore the growing rift between the United States and its closest Middle East ally over the war in Gaza, which has killed more than 34,000 people and caused a humanitarian crisis. The United States is by far the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/06\/us\/politics\/israel-us-weapons.html\" title=\"\">biggest supplier of weapons<\/a> to Israel, and the Biden administration plans to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/07\/us\/politics\/israel-gaza-us-weapons.html\" title=\"\">deliver a report to Congress<\/a> this week assessing whether it believes Israel\u2019s assurances that it has used American weapons in accordance with U.S. and international law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The president already <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/07\/us\/politics\/israel-biden-arms.html\" title=\"\">halted the shipment<\/a> of 3,500 bombs last week out of concern that they might be used in a major assault on Rafah \u2014 the first time since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel that Mr. Biden has leveraged U.S. arms to try to influence how the war is waged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Biden had resisted earlier calls to condition aid to Israel, and the White House has said it had <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/12\/world\/middleeast\/biden-netanyahu-israel-gaza-red-lines.html\" title=\"\">no \u201cred lines\u201d<\/a> for Israel in its campaign against Hamas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Biden has remained unwavering in his support of Israel\u2019s right to defend itself, even as he speaks out forcefully against the invasion of Rafah and grows frustrated with what he once described as <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/12\/13\/world\/middleeast\/us-criticizes-israel-for-indiscriminate-bombing-in-gaza.html\" title=\"\">Israel\u2019s \u201cindiscriminate bombing<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has rebuffed the U.S. warnings, saying that Israel would move forward with eradicating Hamas even <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/06\/world\/middleeast\/netanyahu-holocaust-gaza-yad-vashem.html\" title=\"\">if it has to do so alone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">This week, the Israeli war cabinet voted unanimously to move forward with a Rafah assault, and Israeli forces warned more than 100,000 civilians to evacuate as it started what it called \u201ctargeted strikes\u201d against Hamas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">U.S. officials said this week that Israel had said its operation thus far in Rafah was \u201climited\u201d and \u201cdesigned to cut off Hamas\u2019s ability to smuggle weapons into Gaza,\u201d but continued to express their concern with an escalation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Biden said he did not consider Israel\u2019s operations in Rafah to date to qualify as a full-scale invasion because they have not struck \u201cpopulation centers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But he said he considered them to be \u201cright on the border,\u201d adding that they were causing problems with key allies such as Egypt, which has been integral to cease-fire negotiations and opening border crossings for humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Biden said he had made it clear to Mr. Netanyahu and his war cabinet that they would not get support if they moved forward with an offensive in densely populated areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe\u2019re not walking away from Israel\u2019s security,\u201d he said, \u201cwe\u2019re walking away from Israel\u2019s ability to wage war in those areas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Biden was also asked about Gaza protests on college campuses \u2014 specifically chants calling him \u201cGenocide Joe\u201d \u2014 that have erupted in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Asked if he hears the message of those young Americans, Mr. Biden said:<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cAbsolutely, I hear the message.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/08\/us\/politics\/biden-israel-weapons-rafah.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Biden acknowledged on Wednesday that American bombs have been used to kill Palestinian civilians as he warned that the United States would withhold certain weapons if Israel launches a long-threatened assault in southern Gaza. 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