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Has Israel followed the law in its war in Gaza? The US is due to render a first-of-its-kind verdict
AP via Yahoo ^ | May 8th, 2024 | ELLEN KNICKMEYER

Posted on 05/08/2024 4:11:39 PM PDT by Mariner

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing heat over its military support for Israel's war, the Biden administration is due to deliver a first-of-its-kind formal verdict this week on whether the airstrikes on Gaza and restrictions on delivery of aid have violated international and U.S. laws designed to spare civilians from the worst horrors of war.

A decision against close ally Israel would add to pressure on President Joe Biden to curb the flow of weapons and money to Israel's military. The Democratic administration took one of the first steps in that direction in recent days, when it paused a shipment of 3,500 bombs out of concern over Israel's threatened offensive on Rafah, a southern city crowded with more than a million Palestinians, a senior administration official said.

The administration agreed in February at the insistence of Democrats in Congress to a negotiated agreement mandating it look at whether Israeli forces in Gaza have used U.S.-provided weapons and other military assistance in a lawful manner.

Additionally, under the agreement, it must tell Congress whether it deems that Israel has acted to “arbitrarily deny, restrict, or otherwise impede, directly or indirectly,” delivery of any U.S.-supported humanitarian aid into Gaza for starving civilians there.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Israel; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; biden; bidenreich; gaza; israel; meddling; stopantisemites; war
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To: Uncle Miltie

There is no confusion.
Israel wants Hamas intact so they can use their “threats” as an excuse to keep sponging off the US taxpayer and military industrial complex.
And they like using Palestinian women and children for target practice.
That’s why they want TikTok banned in the US and anti-1st Amendment laws written because people are waking up to their lies.


61 posted on 05/08/2024 7:59:13 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Wow.

I used to think you had some useful interesting posts.

Sorry to hear you’ve gone round the bend.

Good luck in the fever swamps.


62 posted on 05/08/2024 8:01:02 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (DEI = Didn't Earn It!)
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To: Uncle Miltie

You honestly believe that goat-humping paragliders penerated the world’s most technologically advanced border and security state??


63 posted on 05/08/2024 8:01:11 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

You have a good night! Try some lithium.


64 posted on 05/08/2024 8:01:41 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (DEI = Didn't Earn It!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Your hands are tied and your brain is fried.


65 posted on 05/08/2024 8:37:43 PM PDT by TigersEye (Our Republic is under seige by globalist Marxists. Hold fast!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

>>”That’s probably why Israel was “invaded” on 10/07.

So the Oct. 7th attack didn’t happen? Let me guess. It happened but the Israelis planned it and forced Hamas to carry out the butchery, the poor dears. They probably even threatened to nuke Gaza unless its citizens took to the streets to celebrate the slaughter afterward, the poor dears.


66 posted on 05/08/2024 9:02:22 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
40,000 Palestinians dead is not a “historically low” civilian body count.
I understand that your communist and Islamist masters have told you to regurgitate numbers made up by Hamas, so lets use these. Israel has destroyed 19 Hamas Battalions killing 1400 members of Hamas and PIJ. So we are looking at less than 2 "civilians" per terrorist. That is exceedingly low for urban combat, especially given the fact that maximizing the number of dead Arabs is the defensive to get international support is strategy of Hamas. And it assumes all civilians are actual civilians. Over a thousand "civilians" invaded Israel on October 7th along with Hamas and PIJ. "Civilians" have held hostages and fired on Israeli soldiers in Gaza.

But don't take logic and my word for it. Retired Army Major John Spencer, Chair of Urban Warfare Studies at The Modern War Institute has been quite clear in his analysis of the war in Gaza.

67 posted on 05/09/2024 12:48:36 AM PDT by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers." )
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Hamas was created by Israel to serve as a check on the PLO. Why won't Israel wipe them out for good? Because Israel needs a foil, so they can continue to scam America for tax-dollars and military equipment and build Jared Kushner his condos after the Palestinians are genocided.
Thanks for the communist propoganda, but we all know that Hamas is a project of your beloved Muslim Brotherhood and that Israel destroyed the Islamic Charity it had allowed to operate after Israel learned it was gathering weapons. Likewise we know that you are spreading anti-Trump communist lies in regards to Jared Kushner. Here is the truth https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jared-kushner-defends-call-palestinians-build-waterfront-property-terror-tunnels-gaza
68 posted on 05/09/2024 12:54:14 AM PDT by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers." )
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

You sound like a left-wing nutjob. I bet you get along great with the low-life kids protesting Israel across this country.


69 posted on 05/09/2024 6:53:25 AM PDT by ohioman
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To: ohioman

No, I’m not a leftist.
I’m just sick and tired of our elected officials selling their souls to Israel and other foreign countries.


70 posted on 05/09/2024 7:06:29 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: rmlew

Your false dichotomy tactics aren’t going to work on me.
I don’t have Islamist or Muslim masters.
I don’t CARE about Muslims, the Palestinians, and I’m not in bed with Hamas.
I’m just someone who’s fed up with our politicians getting thousands of dollars from AIPAC and putting Israel ahead of the needs of Americans.


71 posted on 05/09/2024 7:08:46 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

We aren’t putting Israel ahead of the needs of Americans and you are ignoring the Iran Lobby, Qatar Lobby, Arab Lobby, Muslim Lobby, and Oil Lobby


72 posted on 05/09/2024 9:23:22 PM PDT by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers." )
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To: rmlew

We ARE putting Israel’s needs ahead of Americans, and it needs to stop NOW.
And I have repeatedly said ALL foreign aid and influence should be removed from DC, so that includes your strawmen Muslim nations that I don’t support.


73 posted on 05/09/2024 9:29:03 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
You honestly believe that goat-humping paragliders penerated the world’s most technologically advanced border and security state??
YOu should given that the air defense system was programmed to ignore paragliders, since it is a common hobby in Israel. The defense network was also subjected to cyber attack, and Hamas used small drones to drop bombs on sensors and command posts. This was well planned by Iran and Hamas.
74 posted on 05/09/2024 10:19:27 PM PDT by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers." )
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
We ARE putting Israel’s needs ahead of Americans, and it needs to stop NOW.

Make your case that we are. But if you think we are doing so with foreign aid, you don't realize it is a method of US foreign policy and a way to control other nations, while subsidizing the US military-industrial complex
75 posted on 05/09/2024 10:21:09 PM PDT by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers." )
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To: Mariner

Yes, but the facts are irrelevent for the Left, which is borrowing from Goebbel’s big lie to claim Israel is committing Genocide. IRL Fewer than 2 civilians are being killed for each Palestinian terrorist, despite Hamas hiding among civilians


76 posted on 05/10/2024 7:25:40 PM PDT by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers." )
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