{"id":2163178,"date":"2024-01-30T15:12:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T20:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mothers-of-israeli-soldiers-press-biden-to-halt-us-aid-to-gaza\/"},"modified":"2024-01-30T15:16:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T20:16:06","slug":"mothers-of-israeli-soldiers-press-biden-to-halt-us-aid-to-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mothers-of-israeli-soldiers-press-biden-to-halt-us-aid-to-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli soldiers&#8217; mothers urge Biden to stop US aid to Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmothers-of-israeli-soldiers-press-biden-to-halt-us-aid-to-gaza%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2163178&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<h2>American aid dollars are \u2018keeping Hamas\u2062 terrorists \u200bsupplied,\u2019 group warns<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption>(Alexi J. Rosenfeld\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<p>A coalition of Israeli mothers whose children are fighting against Hamas is \u2063pressing the Biden administration to halt \u2064all humanitarian aid to the embattled Gaza Strip, citing the Iran-backed terror group\u2019s interception\u200c of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamas-gunmen-target-palestinian-civilians-from-the-top-of-aid-trucks\/\" title=\"Hamas gunmen attack Palestinian civilians atop aid trucks\">humanitarian supplies meant<\/a> to aid civilians.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The aid going \u200binto Gaza does the exact opposite of what you\u2063 want it to do. It \u200cenables Hamas to keep \u2064fighting by keeping Hamas terrorists supplied,&#8221; the organization, Mothers of Israel \u2064Defense Forces\u2062 Soldiers, wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/President-Biden-25.01.24.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> sent last week \u200dto the White House and obtained by the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>. &#8220;The fuel going into Gaza enables Hamas terrorists to \u2063run their generators \u2062that\u200c keep air circulating in the underground \u200dtunnels, prolonging the war and placing our soldiers in unnecessary jeopardy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The plea from Israeli mothers comes as the Biden administration\u2014which has sent\u200d more than $100 \u2063million in U.S. aid since\u200b the \u2062war broke \u2063out in October\u2014pressures Israel to pump humanitarian\u2062 aid into the \u200cGaza Strip, where it is stolen\u200c by Hamas militants and withheld from civilians \u200din need.\u200d The Israeli mothers say that the United States\u2063 is prolonging Israel\u2019s \u200bwar against\u200c Hamas by\u200c providing it with the resources necessary to continue fighting. \u200dThey also ask the Biden administration to stop leaning \u2064on Israel\u2062 to preemptively wind \u200bdown \u2062its war, saying a ceasefire \u2064will allow &#8220;our \u2062genocidal enemies to regroup, \u200crebuild \u2064and \u200dreconstitute their capacity to murder our people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While the Biden administration last week paused\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/unrwa-probes-staff-allegedly-involved-in-oct-7-massacre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">taxpayer funding<\/a> for the United Nations Palestinian\u2064 aid organization following allegations its employees participated in Hamas&#8217;s massacre, this comprises\u200b just a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2023\/10\/18\/u-s-announcement-of-humanitarian-assistance-to-the-palestinian-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">portion<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaid.gov\/news-information\/press-releases\/dec-05-2023-united-states-announces-additional-humanitarian-assistance-palestinian-people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aid<\/a> America is pumping into Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>During \u2063the past week,\u2062 hundreds of Israeli citizens\u2014many of whom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/n-y-assemblyman-calls-on-cuomo-to-repeal-legal-immunity-to-hospitals-and-nursing-homes\/\" title=\"N.Y. Assemblyman calls on Cuomo to repeal legal immunity to hospitals and nursing homes\">lost family members<\/a> \u200bduring Hamas\u2019s Oct. 7 terrorist rampage\u2014have been protesting at the Kerem Shalom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-recruiting-gop-senators-for-amnesty-deal\/\" title=\"Democrats Recruiting GOP Senators for Amnesty Deal\">border crossing<\/a>, hoping\u2062 to block humanitarian aid\u200b trucks entering the Gaza Strip. They\u200c also protested outside of the U.S. embassy in Tel \u200dAviv during Secretary of State Antony Blinken\u2019s \u200cmost recent visit. The letter to the White House is another attempt to convince the Biden administration its policies are \u200cwrongheaded, and indicates that a \u2064portion of Israelis view the United\u2062 States as\u200b emboldening Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli \u200dmothers say there should be &#8220;no further\u200c entry of humanitarian aid \u200bor fuel that finally goes to\u200b Hamas. Shortening the life \u2062of Hamas to save \u2063our hostages and \u200bprevent \u200bnumerous deaths and \u2062injuries on both sides is the \u2064true humanitarian\u2063 act.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Israel estimates\u2063 that 60 to 70 \u200dpercent of the aid entering \u2064Gaza is seized by Hamas. But\u200c aid flows into the \u200dembattled\u200c territory due primarily to pressure from\u200b the \u2064Biden administration, which \u200bis reportedly considering slowing arms sales \u200bto Israel in order\u200c to\u2062 end\u200d its operations against Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is not clear at all why the Biden administration \u200dis\u200b insisting and pressuring Israel to supply aid, especially since they are in\u200d agreement with Israel that \u2063Hamas needs to be eradicated, \u2062and yet their behavior is inconsistent with their \u200bofficial statements,&#8221; Mirit Hoffman, one of \u200dthe mothers who signed the \u2063letter, told\u2063 the <em>Free\u200b Beacon<\/em>. &#8220;The\u200b Biden administration policy is completely contradicting their stated goals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Videos captured in the Gaza Strip show Hamas\u2062 terrorists firing at civilians\u200d as they attempt to access aid trucks. There are also reports\u200b of \u200dHamas militants beating\u2064 Gazan civilians as they try to \u2063obtain food, \u200cwater, and other basic necessities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For \u200dothers to receive aid,&#8221; \u2064the activists note in their \u200dletter, &#8220;they\u200b need to stand \u2064with Hamas and help it \u2064fight against Israel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The mothers also say that \u200c&#8221;Israel has to\u200b keep fighting until all\u200d of\u200d our War Cabinet goals \u200bare achieved: \u200bHamas \u200dis defeated,\u2064 and our 136 hostages are freed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Aid to the Gaza \u2062Strip, they argue, is prolonging the war and creating a situation where Israel will be forced to\u200d launch \u2062another operation against Hamas\u2064 in the coming months or years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We do not want \u2064our sons and daughters to be called\u200c on to \u2062fight and risk their lives in \u2063another six months, or a year or two \u2063years, \u200cbecause we\u2063 did \u2063not finish the job today,&#8221; they wrote. \u2063&#8221;We are unwilling to stand idly by and watch the\u200b war end in stalemate with Evil, or a \u2063ceasefire\u200c that allows \u200cour genocidal enemies to regroup, rebuild and reconstitute their capacity to murder \u200dour people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pressure must also\u2062 be \u2063applied on Egypt \u200dto allow Gazans stuck \u200din the war zone to flee into third countries, according to \u200dthe activists.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gazan civilians are barred from seeking and\u2062 receiving safety\u200d in third countries, \u2062even as \u200dthey strongly express their \u200bdesire to leave,&#8221; they wrote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How does the supply of fuel and resources\u2062 into Gaza enable Hamas to continue its terrorist activities, according to the Israeli mothers?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2063To push for a ceasefire. The Israeli mothers argue that this approach is misguided, as it allows Hamas to continue its terror activities and puts Israeli soldiers at risk.<\/p>\n<p>The Mothers of Israel Defense Forces Soldiers, a coalition \u2063of Israeli mothers whose\u200b children are fighting against Hamas, have written a\u2063 letter to the White House, urging the Biden administration to halt all \u2063humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. In their letter, they argue that the aid going into\u2063 Gaza is actually \u200benabling Hamas to continue fighting by keeping \u200dthem supplied.<\/p>\n<p>According to the organization, the fuel and supplies that are sent into Gaza \u200care used by Hamas to run\u2064 their generators, which in turn allows them to maintain the underground tunnels and prolong the war. This puts Israeli soldiers \u2062in unnecessary jeopardy and hinders Israel&#8217;s efforts to \u200beradicate the\u2064 terrorist organization.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli mothers \u2063are also critical of the Biden administration&#8217;s pressure on Israel to pump humanitarian aid into Gaza. They claim that the aid is being stolen by Hamas militants and withheld from the civilians who truly\u200d need \u200bit. In their view, \u2062by providing resources to\u200c Hamas, the United States is actually prolonging Israel&#8217;s war against the \u2063terrorist group.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the Israeli mothers argue against\u2064 the Biden administration&#8217;s push for a ceasefire. \u200dThey believe that a ceasefire will only give Hamas the opportunity to regroup, rebuild, and continue\u2064 its mission to murder Israeli people. Instead of a ceasefire, they advocate for cutting off all humanitarian aid \u2062and fuel that ends up in the hands of Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration recently \u2062paused taxpayer funding for the United Nations Palestinian aid organization following allegations of its \u2062employees&#8217; involvement\u2063 in\u200c Hamas&#8217;s activities. However, \u2064this is just a portion of\u2063 the aid that the United States is providing to Gaza. Despite the allegations, \u200bthe Biden administration\u200b continues to pump resources into the region.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the administration&#8217;s policies, hundreds of Israeli citizens have \u200dbeen protesting at the border crossing, trying to\u2063 block humanitarian aid trucks\u2063 from entering Gaza. They have also demonstrated \u2062outside of the U.S. embassy\u2064 in\u200b Tel Aviv during Secretary of State\u2062 Antony Blinken&#8217;s recent visit. The letter sent to the White House is yet \u200banother attempt by Israelis\u200c to convince the Biden administration\u2063 that its policies are misguided and only serve to embolden Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>Israel estimates that \u200da significant portion of the aid entering Gaza is\u2062 seized by Hamas. This is primarily due to pressure from the Biden administration, which \u200dis reportedly considering slowing arms sales to Israel in order to push for a ceasefire. However, the Israeli mothers argue that this \u2062approach \u2062is a true disservice\u200c to humanity. They believe that shortening the \u2064life of\u2062 Hamas is the only way to save \u200ctheir hostages and\u2063 prevent further deaths and injuries on both sides.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, a coalition of Israeli\u200c mothers is urging the Biden administration to halt all humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. They argue that the aid is \u200cactually enabling Hamas to\u200b continue fighting and prolonging the war.\u200d Instead, they call for cutting off all aid and fuel that ends up in\u200b the hands \u200cof \u2062Hamas, in order to save lives and bring an\u200c end to \u200dthe conflict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American aid dollars are accused of supporting Hamas terrorists, according to a group of Israeli mothers. They are urging the Biden administration to stop providing humanitarian aid to Gaza due to Hamas intercepting supplies intended for civilians. 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