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Biden says Israel’s military campaign is starting to lose support
ABC News ^ | December 12, 2023 | Shannon K. Crawford

Posted on 12/12/2023 2:50:13 PM PST by McGruff

In some of his strongest public comments to date acknowledging criticism of Israel's retaliatory campaign in Gaza, President Joe Biden on Tuesday said that the country was starting to lose support around the world due to what he said was "the indiscriminate bombing that takes place."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a "tough decision to make," Biden said during a fundraising event, while noting that Netanyahu understands that "he's got to make some moves to strengthen [the Palestinian Authority] -- strengthen it, change it, move it."

"You cannot say there's no Palestinian state at all in the future. And that's going to be the hard part," he added, according to a transcript of his remarks at a closed-door reception in Washington.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Gaza; Hamas; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: braindeadbiteme; feckless; feeble; fjb; gaza; grafting; hamas; israel; unitednations; unrwa; untiednations; unwra; war; waronterror; weasel
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To: ifinnegan

“Biden’s puppeteers put their hand in the sock.”

“indiscriminate bombing” is the leftists smear on Israel. He’s a jerk.


21 posted on 12/12/2023 3:05:21 PM PST by rxh4n1
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To: Sarah Barracuda
Exactly ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
22 posted on 12/12/2023 3:06:04 PM PST by cabojoe ( 🇺🇸 Stop Ukie censorship. Release Gonzalo Lira)
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To: Jyotishi

You’re right. Barack Hussein and his minions are the ones who are actually in control. They are effectively running our country. And they hate Israel.


23 posted on 12/12/2023 3:08:14 PM PST by Blennos ( Byaasea)
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To: jerod
Support for Israel should and will continue until every last HAMAS slimeball is either dead or imprisoned.

I would prefer dead. Otherwise, they will be released, at the next hostage crisis.

24 posted on 12/12/2023 3:08:44 PM PST by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: McGruff

If it were true and he supported Israel, he would no state this publicly. If it were not true and he did not support Israel, this is what he would say. I’m beginning to believe he does not support Israel.


25 posted on 12/12/2023 3:09:03 PM PST by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: McGruff

And Biden knows this how?


26 posted on 12/12/2023 3:10:54 PM PST by Zathras
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To: All

Joe Biden on Tuesday said that Israel was “starting to lose support”
due to what Biden said was Israel’s “indiscriminate bombing.”

Hypocrite Biden should just shut up.

Was that “indiscriminate bombing” he criticized Israel for happening before or after Biden calculatedly avoided Congress, to approve the emergency sale to Israel of nearly 14,000 rounds of tank ammunition worth more than $106 million dollars?

Yes, Israel has intensified its military operations in the southern Gaza Strip. And it came as Joe Biden requested a nearly $106 billion aid package for more bombing in Ukraine, and Israel.

Some Democratic lawmakers have even spoken of making the proposed billions in American assistance to Israel contingent on concrete steps by the Netanyahu government to reduce civilian casualties in Gaza during the ground incursion.


27 posted on 12/12/2023 3:11:09 PM PST by Liz (Women have tremendous power — their femininity, because men can't do without it. Sidney Sheldon)
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To: Jyotishi

Find free translations of the sunnahs and hadiths to interpret the suras of the koran correctly: Talibari, Muslim, Isaq and Bukhari; these give the life and the sayings of Mohamed.


28 posted on 12/12/2023 3:11:59 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: everyone

The truth is most of the Arab world except Iran is secretly cheering Israel on with it’s war on Hamas.


29 posted on 12/12/2023 3:12:30 PM PST by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: McGruff

“Biden says Israel’s military campaign is starting to lose support”

Not as fast as you, Joe.


30 posted on 12/12/2023 3:13:01 PM PST by Belteshazzar
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To: CatOwner

He is so full of himself.


31 posted on 12/12/2023 3:13:16 PM PST by jimbug
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To: Sarah Barracuda

The. Worst. President. Ever. And the Democrats own it; lock, stock, and barrel.


32 posted on 12/12/2023 3:13:32 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: McGruff

Biden just sees his poll numbers dwindling and that’s all he cares about. But it’s true Israel’s reputation is now seriusly damaged. I’ve supported Israel in the past but the indiscriminate bombing of civilians has turned me off. They need to dump Netanyahu if they know what’s good for them.

As far as resurrecting the Palestinian Authority that’s just a joke and unlikely to happen. They’ve got a serious mess over there and now Netanyahu wants to engage Hezbollah and expand this to a regional war which could very well cause Iran to engage too. This will be another mistake on his part. If this war goes regional it could very well be the end of Israel.


33 posted on 12/12/2023 3:13:42 PM PST by jimwatx
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To: McGruff

Meanwhile, in Hell Tojo is very upset. “Why didn’t FDR back off like Biden did?”


34 posted on 12/12/2023 3:13:51 PM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: McGruff

No. Loss of support is in Biden & Cabal.


35 posted on 12/12/2023 3:13:58 PM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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To: All

It’s stupid of Biden to pressure Israel into “negotiating,” since Israel
has munitions and weaponry to destroy Hamas entirely on its own.

There’s Biden’s 2023 arms handout to Israel:
<><>57,000 155mm artillery shells
<><>more than 5,000 Mk82 unguided or “dumb” bombs,
<><>more than 5,400 Mk84 2,000 pound warhead bombs,
<><>around 1,000 GBU-39 small diameter bombs,
<><>approximately 3,000 JDAMs, which turn unguided bombs into guided “smart” bombs,
<><>BLU-109 bunker busters w/ 2,000 pound warheads designed to penetrate concrete shelters.

There’s Obama’s $38 billion deal that covers fiscal years 2019-2028 that includes:
<><>-annual US payments to Israel of $3.3 billion in “military financing,”
<><>-$500 million a year for Israel’s missile defense operations in the Negev, a foreign aid first,
<><>-A phasing-out of Israel’s decades-long “special arrangement”
<><>ie. Israel used 26.3% of US aid on its own global defense industry (not on US-made weapons).
<><>-Eliminates Israel using some 13% of US aid to buy military fuel.
<><>-will allow Israel to update “the lion’s share” of its fighter aircraft,
<><>includes purchasing additional F-35 Joint Strike Fighters.
<><>Israel is to initially receive thirty-three F-35 aircraft,
<><>the first two F-35’s will be delivered in December.

The (a) weaponry build-up from Obama 2018 into 2028, (b) follows the $30 billion weaponry deal Israel signed in 2007, which expires at the end of fiscal 2018, and (c) a systematic buildup of Israeli arms, like this one in 2015. (one of many requests).

https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/major-arms-sales/israel-joint-direct-attack-munition-tail-kits-and-munitions

ISRAEL – JOINT DIRECT ATTACK MUNITION TAIL KITS AND MUNITIONS
Defense Security Cooperation Agency
Media/Public Contact
pm-cpa@state.gov
Transmittal No 15-36

WASHINGTON, May 19, 2015
As required by US law, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale to Israel on May 18, 2015: Joint Direct Attack Munition Tail Kits, munitions, and associated equipment, parts and logistical support for an estimated cost of $1.879 billion.

The Government of Israel has requested:
<><>14,500 KMU-556C/B Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) tail kits
<><>consisting of 10,000 for Mk-84;
<><>500 for Mk-83;
<><>and,4,000 for Mk-82;
<><>3,500 Mk-82 bombs; 4,500 Mk-83 bombs;
<><>50 BLU-113 bombs;
<><>4,100 GBU-39 Small Diameter bombs;
<><>1,500 Mk-83 Paveway kits;
<><>700 BLU-109 Paveway kits;
<><>3,000 AGM-114K/R Hellfire Missiles,
<><>250 AIM-120C Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles;
<><>and 500 DSU-38A/B Detector Laser Illuminated Target kits for JDAMs.

The proposed sale of this equipment will provide Israel
<><>the ability to support its self-defense needs
<><>enable Israel to maintain operational capability of its existing systems
<><>and will enhance Israel’s interoperability with the United States.

Israel already has these munitions in its inventory, and will have no difficulty absorbing the additional munitions into its armed forces.

All questions regarding this proposed Foreign Military Sale should be directed to the State Department’s Bureau of Political Military Affairs, Office of Congressional and Public Affairs, pm-cpa@state.gov.


36 posted on 12/12/2023 3:14:50 PM PST by Liz (Women have tremendous power — their femininity, because men can't do without it. Sidney Sheldon)
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To: jerod

Dead is better and less expensive.


37 posted on 12/12/2023 3:15:08 PM PST by jimbug
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To: Cincinnatus.45-70

Biden is a puppet who just says what his masters tell him to say.


38 posted on 12/12/2023 3:15:15 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: McGruff

Stand with Israel, hope they win decisively.

Poopy Pants Pretend President isn’t the voice of Americans.


39 posted on 12/12/2023 3:17:06 PM PST by Made In The USA (Ellen Ate Dynamite Good Bye Ellen)
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To: McGruff

Biden is a despicable pos.


40 posted on 12/12/2023 3:18:50 PM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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