Biden showing Netanyahu ‘he’s serious’ with weapons transfer ‘pause’: Analyst
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Published 2024-05-08
The events in Rafah are unfolding as ceasefire negotiations - brokered by Qatar and Egypt - are being held in Cairo. Israel's Prime Minister says the proposal Hamas has agreed to, falls short of Israel's demands.
Hamas says if Israel's military aggression continues in Rafah, there will be no ceasefire deal.
The senior spokesperson for Hamas, Osama Hamdan, says it's now up to Israel whether or not a deal goes through.
Al Jazeera's Mohammed Jamjoom has the latest from the Jordanian capital, Amman.
The reported decision by the Biden administration to pause a shipment of US weapons to Israel is a “very significant move”, according to Amir Oren, a journalist with the Haaretz newspaper.
With the US saying it opposes a major Israeli assault on Rafah, which started on Tuesday, Oren told Al Jazeera that the reported move was an act of “deterrence” by the US.
“Biden had to show Netanyahu that he’s serious,” Oren said.
When asked if the US move was purely symbolic given it would not prevent the Israeli assault on Rafah, Oren said, “No battle is the very last one.”
“[Israel] must replenish its stock in order to prepare for Lebanon for instance, or for another Iranian contingency,” he told Al Jazeera. “So [pausing weapons transfers] doesn’t have to do only with what is happening tomorrow, you must think about next week and next year.”
The Biden administration has faced sharp criticism over its policy of arming Israel, which critics say violates US laws banning military aid and weapon sales to countries engaged in rights abuses.
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All Comments (21)
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These are all optics . Didn’t USA just vote for an $11bn package recently ?
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Hypocrisy of US crossed all limits
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Saying netanyahu is not a war criminal is like saying biden can run up the stairs without stumbling
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Yeah let’s Pause after we send this small amount of 17 billion . Biden is a joke
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Can’t take Biden seriously
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About time the ICC got those arrest warrants issued.
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US should have stopped sending bombs etc long before now.
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It's one thing to "say" the weapons transfer are paused, another thing to actually do it. Do we even really know the weapons transfer are being paused?
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The pause is only for 1 shipment but other shipments are on the way , don’t fall for it
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US statement and action doesn’t match.
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Like Norman Finkelstein says: If the United States of America and Israel will just OBEY THE LAW, then the Israel-Palestine conflict will be resolved 🇵🇸 🇺🇸 The LAW is you should not be sending weapons to a consistent violator of human rights 🇮🇱
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Free Palestine
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After giving 40 billion in weapons & Aid to Israel. USA paused. 😂😂😂
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The ICC must implement a arrest warrant for Netanyahu, immediately, as in NOW!. Any individual interfering in that process, by threatening the ICC, must also be arrested.
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Is it JUST A SHOW????? Havent they already transferred a lot of weapons already????HOW ABOUT THEY SAY LOUD AND CLEAR CEASEFIRE NOW!
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This guy is adamant on seeing the river run red with blood. Devil in the flesh.
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I can't believe that we live in world where no humanity 😭
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These fools play political ego-driven games with the lives of innocent people 😢
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I support Palestine because I am human.
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Too little too late.
