The Biden Administration is Putting the Lives of Israeli Soldiers in Danger
“To understand why the White House bears some responsibility, we need only look back upon U.S. Gaza policy over the last three months.”
Biden cares more about a few thousand voters in Michigan than he does about anyone in Israel.
Jonathan Schanzer writes at Commentary:
The Policies That Are Killing Israeli Soldiers
Three soldiers from Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were killed on May 28, when they encountered a Hamas booby trap in a building in Rafah. In a separate incident, three other soldiers were killed in a Hamas improvised explosive device (IED) attack on May 18.
The Hamas terrorist organization is undeniably the culprit. And the Islamic Republic of Iran, Hamas’s top military patron, bears significant responsibility, too. But this is also the unfortunate result of Biden Administration policies that have put Israeli soldiers in greater danger.
To understand why the White House bears some responsibility, we need only look back upon U.S. Gaza policy over the last three months.
On the eve of the month-long Muslim holiday of Ramadan, in March, the White House warned Israel to halt its military advance on Rafah. The Israelis had removed Hamas from the vast majority of the Gaza Strip. The IDF was on the cusp of destroying the terrorist group, defying the predictions of most Middle East experts. The U.S. warned that war during Ramadan could lead to a multi-front conflict the Israelis wanted to avoid. These warnings resonated with the Israelis, who had had first-hand experience with Ramadan-inspired conflicts in recent years. So they agreed to halt for a month.
But when that month was over, and the Israelis readied for a renewal of the war, the White House moved the goal posts. The U.S. immediately began to warn of a potential humanitarian disaster in Gaza. The State Department went so far as to suggest that Israel could be guilty of war crimes in Rafah. The White House even threatened to halt the provision of ammunition to Israel, as a result of these purported fears. Never mind that Israel had kept the civilian to militant casualty count lower than any of America’s previous engagements in Iraq or Afghanistan.
So, instead of finishing their war with the Iran-backed terrorist group, the Israelis began to ramp up efforts to bring additional aid into Gaza. They began to move the estimated 1.4 million displaced Gazans out of Rafah to areas outside of the zone of direct conflict.
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thatsss the idea!
Why should the Biden Administration treat Israeli soldiers any better than it treats its own citizens?