The decision comes amid international outrage over civilian deaths.
The decision was based on a review the administration began in April of proposed transfers of weapons that might be used in the densely populated city, according to a senior administration official.
Discussions with Israeli officials about how to meet the humanitarian needs of civilians with Rafah “have not fully addressed our concerns,” the official said.
“As Israeli leaders seemed to approach a decision point on such an operation, we began to carefully review proposed transfers of particular weapons to Israel that might be used in Rafah,” the official said, noting that the U.S. focused particularly on the 2,000-lb bombs and “the impact they could have in dense urban settings as we have seen in other parts of Gaza.”
Israel depends heavily on the United States to arm its military, especially for air defense batteries like those used alongside American forces to knock down nearly all of the more than 300 missiles and drones fired at it by Iran last month. The successful defense underscored how critical American help has been for Israel’s security.
The much-awaited report could set the stage for a fierce debate about American responsibility for Israel’s war, which has already touched off widespread protests on college campuses. A finding that Israel has violated the law would exponentially increase pressure on Mr. Biden to further curb arms deliveries, while a finding that Israel has conducted its war legally would surely fuel protests and draw further complaints from congressional Democrats.
Rapper Macklemore went after President Biden in a new song on the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and recent pro-Palestinian student protests.
“The blood is on your hands, Biden, we can see it all,” the rapper says in a video featuring the song, titled “Hind’s Hall,” seemingly in reference to what pro-Palestinian protesters renamed a building on Columbia University’s campus when they took it over last week. The video was posted Monday to the social platform X.
Macklemore was previously a speaker at a pro-Palestinian protest in the fall of last year in Washington, D.C., shortly after the current conflict between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas began.
When you're revealing hundreds of pages, and only 20 are shit voters need to know about, you dun fucked up. Can't leak the unimportant-to-voters but still secret shit.
I mean, should I go on discord and post modern tank schematics? That'd be "journalism", right?
They trust a man who has been proven to have lied, while in office, thousands of times, who has gone bankrupt multiple times, who allowed the Covid pandemic to kill millions. This is who they trust? Does anyone know what drugs they're on? I'd like some please.
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