Biden’s Smackdown of Bibi and the Israeli Far Right

They never thought he would actually cut off offensive weapons

Despite the various stories out there this week, including Stormy Daniels’ testimony and the hoopla about RFK Jr’s brain worm, the real story that could change things for thousands of Israelis and Palestinians is Biden cutting off the delivery of offensive weapons to Israel if they invade Rafah in the south of Gaza.

Bibi Netanyahu and his far right defense ministers voiced outrage and defiance but their objections are empty. They thought he was bluffing, counting on his years of close friendship and support of Israel. But what we are seeing is not a lack of support for Israel, it is a lack of support for Netanyahu’s scorched earth anti-Hamas policy in Gaza.

The 3500 bombs we are withholding are mainly 2000 lb bombs designed to destroy indiscriminately over large areas. They are capable, as we have seen over and over up till now, of destroying whole city blocks and everything in them. These are not precision weapons designed to target terrorists. We continue to provide defensive weapons including those required for defense from missile attacks via the Iron Dome, which so successfully defended Israel from the recent barrage of Iranian strikes.

Bibi’s strategy has always been so primitive that it can hardly be considered a strategy. Quite simply it is ‘kill them all and let God sort them out’. We tried it in Vietnam prior to the losing Tet…