The Israeli PM’s refusal to heed US demands on food aid for Gaza is morally indefensible, hurting the president – and boosting Trump, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
‘The Biden administration is all but banging the table and demanding Israel act.’ The US president and Benjamin Netanyahu last October.‘The Biden administration is all but banging the table and demanding Israel act.’ The US president and Benjamin Netanyahu last October.The Israeli PM’s refusal to heed US demands on food aid for Gaza is morally indefensible, hurting the president – and opening the door to Donald Trumphe pictures out of Gaza get more harrowing with each passing day.
adding that this was the first time that body had issued such a warning. Earlier this month, the vice-president, Kamala Harris, told Israel it needed to do whatever it took to get humanitarian aid into Gaza: “A week ago, it seemed to have had an effect. The Israel Defense Forces announced what was billed as a “”, promising that it would “flood” Gaza with food supplies. But there’s precious little sign of it.
The threat to re-election is illustrated most sharply in the battleground state of Michigan, home to 200,000 Arab-Americans who are similarly appalled, with many unequivocal that they will not vote for Biden, even if that risks the return of Trump – with all that implies for the US and the world. That number is more than enough to tip the state from Democrat to Republican in November.
Plenty of Israeli analysts suggest that appearances are deceptive. In their view, Netanyahu is making a great show of thumbing his nose at Biden, because he is in an undeclared election campaign and defiance of Washington plays well with his base, but in reality he is much more compliant. In this reading, Team Netanyahu’s talk of a ground operation in Rafah – where nearly 1.5 million Palestinians are crammed together, most having fled Israeli bombardment – is just talk.
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