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SvennoJ on 25 March 2024
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White House sees UNSC rift with Israel as manufactured crisis: Report

Washington believes the public display of dissatisfaction with the US by Israel over the UNSC resolution is a manufactured crisis by Netanyahu for domestic purposes, US outlet Axios cites unnamed US officials as saying.

On Sunday evening and Monday morning, White House officials told Netanyahu’s aides in discussions about the UN resolution that the US would likely abstain from voting, a source with direct knowledge was quoted as saying.

But they reportedly told the Israelis that Biden is not changing course on Israel and views the resolution as non-binding – something the US State Department said publicly after the vote as well.

The report says the White House is now “perplexed” by Netanyahu’s cancelling of an Israeli delegation’s trip to Washington, DC, with one official saying this is “self-defeating” behaviour.

Biden thinks he's above international law as well, no surprise there.


Netanyahu ‘not so upset to turn down $3.3bn’ in US money: Sanders

US Senator Bernie Sanders points out that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is apparently upset after the UN Security Council vote, having cancelled a delegation to Washington and blasting the resolution.

“But he’s not so upset that he’ll turn down $3.3bn in taxpayer dollars to fund his immoral war,” the Democratic senator said in a post on X, adding that the US should cease sending Israel money “to starve Palestinian children”.

Sanders also said Washington must push all parties to honour the resolution, which calls for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all captives, and significantly increase humanitarian aid to Gaza.




Israel’s refusal to send delegation to US creates division in government

This was a delegation that was supposed to head to Washington at the request of US President Joe Biden.

It was going to include the minister of strategic affairs in Israel, Ron Dermer, the National Security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi and representatives from the coordinators of government activities in the occupied Palestinian territories for the Israeli army.

They were supposed to go to Washington to brief American officials about how exactly Israel plans to invade Gaza’s southernmost city, Rafah.

We’ve seen a lot of back-and-forth public disagreements between both American and Israeli officials about this topic. The Americans have simply said it’d be a red line and a mistake. Netanyahu has previously said that, with or without US support, the invasion is going to happen.

Now there are some issues internally within Israel’s government. Benny Gantz, a member of the country’s war cabinet, said that it could be a mistake not to send this delegation at a time when US support is critical in this war.

As we have known all along, the USA can stop this war at any moment.