{"id":2242040,"date":"2024-05-10T17:23:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T21:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-criticizes-biden-for-not-threatening-to-withhold-weapons-to-israel-earlier\/"},"modified":"2024-05-10T17:25:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T21:25:18","slug":"psaki-criticizes-biden-for-not-threatening-to-withhold-weapons-to-israel-earlier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-criticizes-biden-for-not-threatening-to-withhold-weapons-to-israel-earlier\/","title":{"rendered":"Psaki blames Biden for delayed weapon threat to Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fpsaki-criticizes-biden-for-not-threatening-to-withhold-weapons-to-israel-earlier%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=2242040&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>Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki criticized President Joe Biden for delaying the withholding of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-defense-forces-seize-smuggled-weapons-from-jordan\/\" title=\"Israel Defense Forces Seize Smuggled Weapons From Jordan\">weapons shipments<\/a> to Israel. During her appearance on CBS&#8217;s The\u2063 Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Psaki\u2064 discussed Biden&#8217;s\u2063 threat to halt offensive weapon shipments to \u2062Israel if \u2064it launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/it-begins-israel-calls-up-thousands-of-troops-positions-heavy-machinery-for-ground-offensive\/\" title=\"IT BEGINS: Israel Calls Up Thousands Of Troops, Positions Heavy Machinery For Ground Offensive\">ground offensive<\/a> in Rafah. Psaki&#8217;s differing view was that Biden&#8217;s only mistake was not making the\u200d decision sooner.  <\/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>Former White House press secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jen-psaki\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Jen Psaki\">Jen Psaki<\/a> criticized President Joe Biden for not withholding weapons shipments to Israel earlier.<\/p>\n<p>In an appearance on CBS\u2019s <em>The Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/em>, Psaki gave her thoughts on the drama surrounding Biden\u2019s threat to withhold further offensive weapons shipments to Israel if it launched a ground offensive into Rafah. Psaki, breaking with criticisms of the move, took it a step further by arguing the only problem was that Biden hadn\u2019t made the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teachers-union-president-claims-union-has-been-trying-to-reopen-since-april-heres-what-actually-happened\/\" title=\"Teachers Union President Claims Union Has Been \u2018Trying to Reopen\u2019 Since April. Here\u2019s What Actually Happened.\">decision earlier<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki poses for photographers as she arrives at the annual White House Correspondents\u2019 Association Dinner in Washington, Saturday, April 27, 2024. (AP Photo\/Jose Luis Magana)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI do think that there\u2019s some leverage we\u2019re all seeing being used,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShould it have been used earlier? I think the answer is yes to that,\u201d Psaki continued. \u201cBut we are seeing them pull back in the sending of weapons. That\u2019s actually a pretty significant sign, given that the United States and Israel has a long-standing connection on military support, where the United States is a big provider of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Touching on her insider experience, the former administration official suggested the relationship between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Biden is possibly even worse than publicly known.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrime Minister Netanyahu, I would say, is someone\u00a0Joe Biden\u00a0has had a tricky, challenging, difficult relationship with for some time,\u201d she said. \u201cPeople don\u2019t always see that. That isn\u2019t talked about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In an interview with CNN on Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/2997099\/biden-no-weapons-israel-rafah-cnn-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biden said<\/a> he would stop sending offensive munitions, including artillery shells and bombs, if Israel went ahead with its plans to fully invade Rafah in the Gaza Strip. The comments drew uproar from Republicans, while Democrats have been split in their response.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli war cabinet voted on Thursday to expand the ground operation in Rafah, though it isn\u2019t clear if this would cross Biden\u2019s red line, nor is it clear exactly what Biden\u2019s red line on Rafah is. The Israel Defense Forces have already launched an invasion of Rafah and cut off the vital border crossing with Egypt.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former WH press secretary Psaki slams Biden for delaying weapons cut to Israel. 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