{"id":2240459,"date":"2024-05-08T19:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T23:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-refuses-to-supply-bombs-and-artillery-shells-if-israel-attacks-rafah\/"},"modified":"2024-05-08T19:27:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T23:27:59","slug":"biden-refuses-to-supply-bombs-and-artillery-shells-if-israel-attacks-rafah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-refuses-to-supply-bombs-and-artillery-shells-if-israel-attacks-rafah\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden denies supplying weapons if Israel strikes Rafah"},"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\">16<\/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-refuses-to-supply-bombs-and-artillery-shells-if-israel-attacks-rafah%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=2240459&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>Joe \u200cBiden\u200b announced the halt of weapon supplies to Israel if Benjamin Netanyahu launches an assault on Rafah, Gaza, amid the conflict with Hamas. Biden expressed concern over civilian casualties\u200d in Gaza caused by these weapons. He emphasized ensuring Israel&#8217;s security with defensive \u2062systems\u200c while refraining from providing offensive \u2062weaponry. Your summary\u200b effectively captures Joe Biden&#8217;s decision to\u200c cease weapon supplies to Israel in the event of an attack on Rafah, Gaza, amidst the Hamas conflict. Biden emphasized the importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-pushes-full-court-press-to-stop-israel-operations-in-rafah\/\" title=\"US pushes full-court press to stop Israel operations in Rafah\">safeguarding civilian lives<\/a>\u200b in Gaza, prioritizing defensive \u2063measures for \u2062Israel&#8217;s security over offensive weaponry support.  <\/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<div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> signaled the United States will no longer provide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israel<\/a> with bombs and artillery shells if Israeli Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> decides to launch a large-scale invasion of Rafah, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gaza<\/a>, as part of his war on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hamas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCivilians have been killed in Gaza as a consequence of those bombs and other ways in which they go after population centers,\u201d Biden told <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2024\/05\/08\/politics\/joe-biden-interview-cnntv\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CNN<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Biden stopped shipments of 2,000-pound bombs last week, with his comments on Wednesday a public acknowledgment that U.S.-supplied weapons have killed civilians in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/palestinian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Palestinian<\/a> enclave.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI made it clear that if they go into Rafah \u2014 they haven\u2019t gone in Rafah yet \u2014 if they go into Rafah, I\u2019m not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with Rafah, to deal with the cities \u2014 that deal with that problem,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to continue to make sure Israel is secure in terms of Iron Dome and their ability to respond to attacks that came out of the Middle East recently,\u201d he added. \u201cBut it\u2019s, it\u2019s just wrong. We\u2019re not going to \u2014 we\u2019re not going to supply the weapons and artillery shells.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the interview, Biden also remained adamant the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>economy<\/a> is strong six months before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>November\u2019s general election<\/a> as voters repeatedly tell pollsters the economy is their No. 1 concern.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve already turned it around,\u201d\u00a0Biden said when asked whether six months was too short of a time period to change perceptions about the economy.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-hit-the-road-to-sell-voters-on-economic-record-in-campaign-style-blitz\/\" title=\"Biden to hit the road to sell voters on economic record in campaign-style blitz\">average economic approval<\/a> is net negative 18.5 percentage points, 39.6% to 58.1%, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/approval\/joe-biden\/issues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>RealClearPolitics<\/em><\/a>, though consumer confidence has improved during his administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe polling data has been wrong all along,\u201d\u00a0Biden said of the data contradiction.<\/p>\n<p>Biden underscored his record of job creation, helped by the end of the pandemic. The economy only added 175,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">jobs<\/a> in April, compared to 315,000 during the month before. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/unemployment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unemployment<\/a> rate additionally rose a tenth of a percentage point to 3.9%.<\/p>\n<p>But Biden did concede that people are under economic pressure because of consumer prices, apportioning blame to \u201ccorporate greed\u201d and not his policies. Inflation ticked up in April by 3.5% in contrast to a year ago and 0.4% for the month. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was 9% when I came to office \u2014 9%. But look, people have a right to be concerned, ordinary people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Biden was in Racine, Wisconsin, on Wednesday to promote Microsoft\u2019s $3.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-unveils-wisconsin-microsoft-project-at-site-of-failed-trump-era-development\/\" title=\"Biden introduces Wisconsin Microsoft project on former Trump-era site\">3 billion data center project<\/a> and his economic accomplishments. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden indicated a change in policy, stating that the US will cease providing bombs and artillery shells to Israel if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu initiates a major assault on Rafah, Gaza, within the conflict with Hamas. 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