The Biden Administration continues to show weakness in its allyship with Israel…
The U.S. failed to veto a UN Security Council resolution on Monday that calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. In response, Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu has canceled a planned delegation to Washington D.C.
“Prime Minister Netanyahu made it clear last night that if the US withdraws from its principled position, he will not send the Israeli delegation to the US,” the statement concluded. “In light of the change in the American position, Prime Minister Netanyahu decided that the delegation would not go.”
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters Monday the Israel cancellation was “disappointing” while insisting the abstention “does not, and I repeat, does not represent the shift in our policy. We had been clear, and we’ve been consistent in our support for a cease-fire as part of a hostage deal.”
“We wanted to get to a place where we could support that resolution,” Kirby added. “But because the final text does not have key language that we think is essential, like a condemnation of Hamas, we could not support it.”
Vice President Kamala Harris signaled in an interview over the weekend that there may be consequences for Israel should Bibi launch an all-out assault on Rafah — the last stronghold of Hamas.
“We have been clear in multiple conversations and in every way that any major military operation in Rafah would be a huge mistake,” Harris told ABC’s This Week.
“I have studied the maps – there’s nowhere for those folks to go. And we’re looking at about a million and a half people in Rafah who are there because they were told to go there,” Harris added.
“I am ruling out nothing,” Harris said when she was asked whether there would be consequences from the US.
KAMALA HARRIS warns against an Israeli offensive in Rafah: "I have studied the maps."
She is then unable to articulate anything substantive beyond her left-wing talking points. pic.twitter.com/XBDhkU2XG3
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 24, 2024
