{"id":2239700,"date":"2024-05-07T23:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T03:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-halts-weapons-shipments-to-idf-to-send-a-political-message-to-israel-report\/"},"modified":"2024-05-07T23:28:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T03:28:28","slug":"biden-halts-weapons-shipments-to-idf-to-send-a-political-message-to-israel-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-halts-weapons-shipments-to-idf-to-send-a-political-message-to-israel-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden stops weapons shipments to IDF to convey political message to Israel: Report"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fbiden-halts-weapons-shipments-to-idf-to-send-a-political-message-to-israel-report%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=2239700&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--><p>President Joe Biden intervened by stopping a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-middle-east-failure\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Middle East Failure\">significant weapons shipment<\/a> to Israel to pressure the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), \u2062amidst backlash from anti-Semitic factions in\u200c his party. The shipment\u2063 included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukrainian-president-zelensky-we-will-win-you-can-feel-it\/\" title=\"Ukrainian President Zelensky: We will win, you can feel it\">aerial bombs<\/a> and JDAM kits. Biden&#8217;s move was linked to Israel&#8217;s operations against Hamas\u200c in \u200cRafah, emphasizing concerns over explosives in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-armed-services-senators-press-austin-to-send-spare-iron-dome-batteries\/\" title=\"Senators urge Austin to dispatch additional Iron Dome batteries for Israel's war.\">densely\u200b populated areas<\/a>. This decision aimed to convey a political message\u200c to Israel, highlighted by various sources, amid rising tensions and extremist activities\u200c within\u2062 the U.S.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a> halted a large shipment of aerial bombs to Israel last week in an effort to force the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to bend to his wishes as he faces backlash from the anti-Semitic forces within his own party.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press reported that the shipment was supposed to include 1,800 2,000-pound bombs and 1,700 500-pound bombs. The administration is also holding off on providing Israel with Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) kits, which turn bombs into precision-guided smart bombs.<\/p>\n<p>Biden stopped the shipment to protest Israel\u2019s decision to go forward with trying to eliminate the Hamas terrorists that remain within the Gazan city of Rafah.<\/p>\n<p>The administration claimed that its concern had to do with providing Israel with large explosive ordnance that could be used in Rafah where Palestinians are densely packed into small spaces.<\/p>\n<p>Politico reported that Biden decided to withhold the weapons to America\u2019s top ally in the region \u201cto send a political message to Israel,\u201d according to seven sources who spoke to the publication who ranged from U.S. officials to industry officials.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s decision to stop the shipment was made last week as far-Left extremists took over college campuses across the U.S. where they constructed encampments and held pro-Hamas protests.<\/p>\n<p>Top Islamic terrorist leaders have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/terror-group-hezbollah-praises-protests-on-college-campuses-its-causing-biden-to-cave-on-israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">praised<\/a> the protests because they see that Biden is caving in his support for Israel.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Democrats for months have parroted numbers released by the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry, which claims that more than 34,000 people have been killed in Israel\u2019s military operation against Hamas inside Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot support such an invasion given the additional untold civilian casualties and devastating impact on humanitarian aid that will follow,\u201d said Democrat Senator Chris Van Hollen, who has been highly critical of Israel. \u201cIt\u2019s important for the president and the United States to use all the policy tools at our disposal to enforce this position. I will continue to urge the administration to pause the delivery of U.S. taxpayer-funded offensive weapons until the president\u2019s requests regarding the Netanyahu government\u2019s conduct in this war are met.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The number that Hamas claims has been killed in Gaza makes no distinction between civilian deaths and terrorist deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/netanyahu-says-least-13000-terrorists-among-palestinians-killed-2024-03-10\/#:~:text=FRANKFURT%2C%20March%2010%20(Reuters),U.S.%20President%20Joe%20Biden%20has\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> two months ago that Israel had killed at least 13,000 terrorists inside Gaza, a number that is definitely higher today.<\/p>\n<p>The Gaza Health Ministry also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdd.org\/analysis\/2024\/05\/02\/gaza-health-ministry-cannot-provide-names-for-more-than-10000-it-says-have-died\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">won\u2019t give names<\/a> for more than 10,000 people it claims were killed, leading to speculation by many critics that the numbers that have been provided are inflated.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Biden recently paused a significant delivery of aerial bombs to Israel, aiming to exert influence on the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) amid opposition from anti-Semitic factions within his party. 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