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In reply to the discussion: 🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: President Biden tells @ErinBurnett that if Israel invades the city of Rafah, the U.S. will stop supplyi [View all]WhiskeyGrinder
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I mean, Israel is killing people in Rafah. But here we are.
President Joe Biden said for the first time Wednesday he would halt shipments of American weapons to Israel which he acknowledged have been used to kill civilians in Gaza if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders a major invasion of the city of Rafah.
Civilians have been killed in Gaza as a consequence of those bombs and other ways in which they go after population centers, Biden told CNNs Erin Burnett in an exclusive interview on Erin Burnett OutFront, referring to 2,000-pound bombs that Biden paused shipments of last week.
I made it clear that if they go into Rafah they havent gone in Rafah yet if they go into Rafah, Im not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with Rafah, to deal with the cities that deal with that problem, Biden said.
The presidents announcement that he was prepared to condition American weaponry on Israels actions amounts to a turning point in the seven-month conflict between Israel and Hamas. And his acknowledgement that American bombs had been used to kill civilians in Gaza was a stark recognition of the United States role in the war.
Civilians have been killed in Gaza as a consequence of those bombs and other ways in which they go after population centers, Biden told CNNs Erin Burnett in an exclusive interview on Erin Burnett OutFront, referring to 2,000-pound bombs that Biden paused shipments of last week.
I made it clear that if they go into Rafah they havent gone in Rafah yet if they go into Rafah, Im not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with Rafah, to deal with the cities that deal with that problem, Biden said.
The presidents announcement that he was prepared to condition American weaponry on Israels actions amounts to a turning point in the seven-month conflict between Israel and Hamas. And his acknowledgement that American bombs had been used to kill civilians in Gaza was a stark recognition of the United States role in the war.
I mean, Israel is killing people in Rafah. But here we are.
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🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: President Biden tells @ErinBurnett that if Israel invades the city of Rafah, the U.S. will stop supplyi [View all]
demmiblue
May 8
OP
And most are not, so we just chalk up the majority, most women and childern, as collateral damage...
brush
May 9
#58
My point still exists. Further negotiations are closer to agreement on both side that ever before.
brush
May 9
#75
My resistance is to misinformation being repeated to the point where it becomes disinformation.
lapucelle
May 10
#76
Is a deal closer than ever now or not. It's certainly not time to star fighting/surging into Rafah again.
brush
May 10
#77
Hamas's propaganda concerning a ceasefire was called out by the US Department of State.
lapucelle
May 10
#78
Thank you Joe! He knows how to lead. Bibi has been PM for 16 years! That does NOT sound like a democracy.
TeamProg
May 8
#10
Those are numbers provided by the Hamas government. Genocide is targeted. Prove the genocide please
AZLD4Candidate
May 8
#22
What is it when the ultra RW Israelis use it and have used it for 100 years or so?
Celerity
May 8
#29
Of course it is the same, as we are talking about 2 groups who want to remove (and that will definitely involve killing
Celerity
May 9
#46
Won't say anything until I get numbers not provided by the Hamas run Gaza government
AZLD4Candidate
May 9
#51
Because there are no exact numbers. . .but if you trust Hamas to tell you accurate numbers, you do you.
AZLD4Candidate
May 9
#72
It's NOT genocide. More innocents than that dead in Ukraine. And Hamas' numbers include their own fighters...
AnrothElf
May 9
#43
Israel wants to be left alone. The only time they attacked was in 1967 because they knew they would be and
AZLD4Candidate
May 9
#62
Didn't your good friend who worked on the campaign know Fetterman's stance in 2022?
lapucelle
May 9
#74
Its about time. no matter what we do or don't do in this will be wrong. This whole thing is a trap.
Srkdqltr
May 8
#28
Getting rid of their weapons smuggling tunnels is the key. (Heck Hamas is likely eating smuggled steak )
LeftInTX
May 9
#65