Friday, April 19, 2024

US-Israel Relations

US daily Reveals Biden knew Israel was bombing Gaza indiscriminately

The White House knew since late October that Israel was regularly bombing civilian targets in Gaza, but President Joe Biden continued to publicly defend the Israeli military’s conduct, the Washington Post has reported.

Biden warns Netanyahu military operation in Gaza’s Rafah a “mistake”

US President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday that a major ground offensive in Gaza's Rafah would be a "mistake", as the two leaders spoke on the phone for the first time in a month amid growing tensions.

Biden angry after poll numbers drop over his handling of Gaza war: Report

US President Joe Biden began to shout and swear after learning that his poll numbers in the battleground states of Michigan and Georgia had dropped over his handling of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, according to NBC News.

Half of Americans want Biden to pressure Israel over Gaza humanitarian situation: Poll

Almost half of the American respondents in a new survey want US President Joe Biden to put more pressure on Israel to ease the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

US announces more sanctions on Israeli settlers in West Bank amid violence against Palestinians

The US State Department has announced new sanctions on three Israeli settlers and two farms in the occupied West Bank. Washington remains Israel's staunch supporter in its genocidal campaign against Gaza.

Report: US privately tells Israel it will accept small-scale raid on Rafah

A report from US news site Politico says that senior American officials have told their Israeli counterparts that the administration of President Joe Biden will support hitting “high-value Hamas targets in and underneath Rafah” in the besieged Gaza Strip.

White House trying to walk back Biden’s remarks about Rafah onslaught being a red line for US

The White House has attempted to walk back comments US President Joe Biden made over the weekend saying that an Israeli offensive of Rafah in the Gaza Strip would be a red line.

Biden says has no plans to meet Netanyahu or address Israeli parliament

US President Joe Biden has stated that there are no plans "at this moment" for his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or for him to address the Israeli parliament.

Netanyahu hits back at Biden over Gaza war

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed that his maximalist war aims are supported by “the overwhelming majority” of the Israeli citizens, and that US President Joe Biden was “wrong” to suggest that his actions in Gaza are “hurting Israel".

Biden makes contradictory comments on ‘red lines’ for Netanyahu in Gaza war

United States President Joe Biden has warned that there are “red lines” Israel should not cross in its war in the Gaza Strip while insisting he would never abandon Washington's ally.

US ‘quietly’ approved dozens of arms sales to Israel during Gaza war: Report

A new report has revealed that Washington has quietly authorized over 100 separate weapons sales to Tel Aviv since the start of the Gaza war in early October last year, despite mounting alarm over Israel's military campaign against the besieged territory.

US calls for ‘immediate ceasefire of six weeks’ in Gaza at UN as truce talks drag on

The US has revised its draft United Nations Security Council resolution to now call for “an immediate ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip, reflecting Washington’s frustration that Israel and Hamas have failed to reach an agreement.

US VP calls for ‘immediate’ ceasefire in Gaza in rare rebuke of Israel

United States Vice President Kamala Harris has called for an “immediate ceasefire” in the besieged Gaza Strip while issuing a rare rebuke of Israel. The US government has been Israel's staunch supporter in Tel Aviv's military campaign in Gaza that has killed around 31,000 Palestinians so far.

Majority of Americans disapprove of Biden’s policy regarding Gaza war: Survey

Sixty percent of Americans disapprove of US President Joe Biden's handling of the conflict in the besieged Gaza Strip, while 42% think Israel has gone too far in its push to fight Palestinian movement Hamas in the tiny enclave, a poll conducted by The Wall Street Journal showed.

US airdrops food into besieged Gaza Strip, aid organizations outraged

United States military cargo planes have air-dropped food into blockaded Gaza Strip, in the first of series of aid drops as humanitarian groups criticize Israel for blocking access to the besieged and bombarded enclave.

Gaza food distribution site deaths will complicate peace talks, but agreement possible: Biden

US President Joe Biden has stated that his administration is looking into what happened at a food distribution site in Gaza — where local health officials say more than 100 people were killed and hundreds more injured by Israeli troops— and he admitted the incident is going to complicate negotiations in the region.

Pentagon chief admits 25k Palestinian women and children killed in Gaza

During a congressional hearing on Thursday in Washington, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin stated that since 7 October, more than 25,000 Palestinian women and children have been killed by Israel in the Gaza Strip.

Lawsuit implicating Biden in Gaza ‘genocide’ gets expedited appeal

A US federal appeals court has granted a motion to expedite the appeal of a lawsuit that alleges President Joe Biden has failed to stop a genocide in the Gaza Strip.

History will not erase US disgraceful complicity in Gaza crimes: Hamas

The Palestinian movement of Hamas has stressed that history will not erase administration of United States President Joe Biden's disgraceful complicity in the Israeli regime's ongoing genocidal war against the Gaza Strip.

New Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories ‘inconsistent’ with international law: US

The United States, Israel’s staunch supporter, has announced that new Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories are illegal, effectively reversing a policy by the administration of former President Donald Trump.

Iran FM: US veto of UNSC Gaza resolution “diplomatic catastrophe of century”

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian says the US move to veto a United Nations Security Council draft resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza must be called “the diplomatic catastrophe of the century”.

US to ICJ: Israel should not be asked to immediately end occupation of Palestinian territories

The United States has told the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that it should not order the unconditional withdrawal of Israel from the Palestinian territories without security guarantees.

Iran slams US veto of UNSC resolution on Gaza, says Washington behind war

The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman says the US move to veto a UN Security Council resolution calling for the stoppage of the Israeli war on Gaza proves Washington is the key factor in the persistence of the crisis and paves the way for the spillover of the conflict.

Iran president condemns US’ veto of UNSC resolution on Gaza war

Washington decision to veto yet another UN Security Council draft resolution that demanded an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip indicates US is responsible for the continuation of war crimes against Palestinians, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has stressed.

US vetoes another UN resolution demanding Gaza ceasefire

The US has vetoed a United Nations security council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza for the third time, arguing that it would undermine negotiations over a hostage agreement.

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