After massacre in Gaza’s Rafah, advocates ask: Where is Biden’s red line?
In early May, United States President #JoeBiden drew a rare red line for the top US ally, telling CNN that Washington would not provide bombs and artillery shells for the Israeli army to invade Rafah in southern #Gaza.
But the images of charred bodies that emerged from an Israeli attack in #Rafah on Sunday have raised questions about the credibility of Biden’s “red line”.
In recent weeks, Washington justified its failure to hold Israel to account by arguing that the offensive in Rafah was a “limited” operation. Israel followed Sunday’s bombing with another attack near Rafah on Tuesday that claimed the lives of at least 21 displaced Palestinians.
Earlier this month, the US withheld a single shipment of heavy bombs to Israel. Israel receives at least $3.8bn in US military aid annually.