https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/wh...ing-weaponry-deliveries-israel-pre-rcna136035WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is discussing using weaponry sales to Israel as leverage to convince the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to heed long-standing U.S. calls to scale back its military assault in the Gaza Strip, according to three current U.S. officials and one former U.S. official.
At the direction of the White House, the Pentagon has been reviewing what weaponry Israel has requested that could be used as leverage, said the sources. They said no decisions have been made.
Biden administration discussing slowing some weaponry deliveries to Israel to pressure Netanyahu
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/wh...ing-weaponry-deliveries-israel-pre-rcna136035
It's retaliation, pure and simple. Mafia style.It's not just the double standard that gets me.
The ICJ basically gave western governments an off-ramp. 'Hey these genocide accusations are bad, it's time to start applying more pressure to Israel and ending this shit.'
Instead they simply doubled down on the genocide.
I'd say that it's as bad, if not worse, than during the Cold War and it's not getting better at all.I was listening yesterday to an Iraqi political analyst, he said the current conflict have driven the west from the east/south further apart that we haven't seen in 2 decades. He mentioned also that the Iraqi PM had a vote from the parliament to expel the international forces and bases from Iraqi soil 3 years ago, but he left the act in his drawer and ignored it until last week, when he suddenly came in an interview and said now is the time to discuss with our friends the withdrawal of their forces and closing their military bases.
https://www.mofa.go.jp/press/release/pressite_000001_00122.htmlIn response, Japan has decided to suspend additional funding to UNRWA for the time being while UNRWA conducts an investigation into the matter and considers measures to address the allegations.
Think the US will veto this considering the court ruling? They'll lose tons of credibility if they do.
Does anyone feel like defunding the UNRWA makes any country doing so actively taking part in genocidal acts? Is this not collective punishment?
It's pretty fecking heinous to cut off aid to a country that's rapidly starving to death.No because there is no obligation to fund UNRWA and the UN could move money around(from the regular budget) which will include funding from the same countries. In fact it could easily be a PR stunt where this same countries increase their UN funding this trimester.
The issue is more from a diplomatic standpoint, we already knew that but all the countries that publicly "defunded" UNRWA are twofaced thundercunts.
Edit: Things will be different if we hear that the UN is defunding UNRWA due to pressure from the same countries.
It's pretty fecking heinous to cut off aid to a country that's rapidly starving to death.
I think its the gesture itself which is seen to have been carried out in very poor taste. Gaza is facing a humanitarian catastrophe, whereas Israel has just been (somewhat) condemned by the ICJ, yet the first move from these Western countries following this is to to publicly defund the organisation that's important in ensuring relief and aid make it into Gaza. Its made it very clear where these countries stand (if it wasn't obvious before that was). Its been nigh on impossible for them to condemn the increasing number of crimes Israel are culpable of, yet they were very swift with this particular gesture.It's not heinous, UNRWA will still get money but from the UN and it is the same set of countries that mainly finances it. The actual issue here is one of diplomacy and general perception, by doing that they protect the image of Israel. There is also the possibility to finance other NGO's for this trimester, shuffle money to other UN agencies.
Take a step back and think about the fact that these same countries finance the IGO, NGOs and UN agencies that are also financing UNRWA or helping palestinians, in the case of food there is the WFP who currently has a mission regarding palestine and the main contributors are the same countries that are defunding UNRWA.
I think its the gesture itself which is seen to have been carried out in very poor taste. Gaza is facing a humanitarian catastrophe, whereas Israel has just been (somewhat) condemned by the ICJ, yet the first move from these Western countries following this is to to publicly defund the organisation that's important in ensuring relief and aid make it into Gaza. Its made it very clear where these countries stand (if it wasn't obvious before that was). Its been nigh on impossible for them to condemn the increasing number of crimes Israel are culpable of, yet they were very swift with this particular gesture.
There's no such thing as "tasteless" in international matters. The technical subtleties you're mentioning don't and won't matter to the eyes of the international opinion. The western countries perfectly knew the diplomatic and politic impact it would have, especially given the timing and the fact they would never act the same manner if it was the other way around.I fully agree the gesture is tasteless, my point is that it's nothing else than tasteless because the reality of the matter is that UNRWA isn't the only UN agency in gaza, it's not the only NGO/IGO in gaza and they are all funded by the same countries. They were swift with this particular gesture because it is an allegation that comes from Israel who just got slapped by the ICJ and is in a rough place when it comes to its image.
There's no such thing as "tasteless" in international matters. The technical subtleties you're mentioning don't and won't matter to the eyes of the international opinion. The western countries perfectly knew the diplomatic and politic impact it would have, especially given the timing and the fact they would never act the same manner if it was the other way around.
That's a clear show of intent and where they stand.
No because there is no obligation to fund UNRWA and the UN could move money around(from the regular budget) which will include funding from the same countries. In fact it could easily be a PR stunt where this same countries increase their UN funding this trimester.
The issue is more from a diplomatic standpoint, we already knew that but all the countries that publicly "defunded" UNRWA are twofaced thundercunts.
Edit: Things will be different if we hear that the UN is defunding UNRWA due to pressure from the same countries.
Not a land grab, honest.
It's retaliation, pure and simple. Mafia style.
To be honest I expected the SA case to be completely ruled out. Even if it didn't call for an immediate cease-fire, the fact that ICJ didn't wave away the dangers of genocide was a serious blow to Israel and it didn't sit well with the West. They had to do something. Letting aside the incredibly convenient timing of the reveal, the aid to the UNRWA was suspended literally the day after the ICJ's ruling. France and Germany unsurprisingly joined the othermobstersdemocracies today, to righteously screw the Palestinians a bit more.
There's never been a clearer "Feck you, international law. We decide who's right or wrong".
You have no idea whether those 12 Hamas members were in positions of integral decision making within an international refugee organisation.These are just marginal members of the Israeli government, they don’t have any influence on what’s happening. They’re not decision makers in the same way 12 staff members of UNRWA are.
It was sarcasm.You have no idea whether those 12 Hamas members were in positions of integral decision making within an international refugee organisation.
As was mine, harms.It was sarcasm.
The idiocy of the right to self-defense line knows no bounds and this has been proven countless times since the zionists started their murderous rampage. Anyone still parroting it is either a zionist or has been fooled by the shameless propaganda for decades.
Well he's starving the people who are responsible for feeding the hostages so...He would prefer every hostage dead, so that's not surprising.
Just speeding up the inevitable, which if you look at it, is actually reducing the suffering /sIt's pretty fecking heinous to cut off aid to a country that's rapidly starving to death.
Wonder what that Levy clown will say.I do find it odd how so much defense of Israel online is based on repeating canned lines. It comes across as downright cultish.
