{"id":2242851,"date":"2024-05-12T11:36:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T15:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-defends-bidens-threat-to-withhold-weapons-from-israel\/"},"modified":"2024-05-12T11:39:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T15:39:02","slug":"blinken-defends-bidens-threat-to-withhold-weapons-from-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-defends-bidens-threat-to-withhold-weapons-from-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Blinken supports Biden&#8217;s stance on withholding weapons from Israel"},"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\">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%2Fblinken-defends-bidens-threat-to-withhold-weapons-from-israel%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=2242851&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>Secretary of State Antony Blinken\u2062 supported President Joe Biden&#8217;s decision not\u2064 to provide certain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leaked-audio-of-joe-biden-telling-black-civil-rights-leaders-he-wont-go-all-in-on-executive-orders-to-appease-the-far-left-infuriates-progressives\/\" title=\"Leaked Audio of Joe Biden Telling Black Civil Rights Leaders He Won\u2019t Go All in on Executive Orders to Appease the Far Left Infuriates Progressives\">weapons<\/a> to Israel if\u200c they \u200benter Rafah. The potential Israeli operation in Rafah, the last Hamas stronghold\u200d in Gaza, has been a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bail-fund-praised-by-kamala-harris-has-twice-freed-the-same-rioter-he-was-just-charged-again\/\" title=\"Bail Fund Praised By Kamala Harris Has Twice Freed The Same Rioter. He Was Just Charged Again.\">significant concern<\/a> for\u2064 the Biden administration.\u200d Blinken emphasized Biden&#8217;s stance on withholding\u200d weapons \u2062during an interview on NBC\u200d News&#8217;s Meet\u2063 the Press. Your\u2064 rewritten text is concise\u2064 and effectively summarizes the key points \u2063regarding \u2064Secretary of State Antony Blinken&#8217;s support for \u200bPresident Joe Biden&#8217;s \u200cdecision \u2064regarding Israel and Rafah. It \u200ccaptures the main \u2063aspects of\u2063 the original\u2063 text in a clear and informative \u2062manner.  <\/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 data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/antony-blinken\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Antony Blinken\">Antony Blinken<\/a> defended President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a>\u2018s refusal to supply <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Antony Blinken\">Israel<\/a> with certain weapons if the Jewish State goes into Rafah.<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s imminent operation into Rafah \u2014 the final Hamas stronghold in Gaza \u2014 has been a sticking point for the Biden administration since it was proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">months ago<\/a>. Blinken discussed Biden\u2019s \u201cred line\u201d for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/2997099\/biden-no-weapons-israel-rafah-cnn-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"withholding some weapons\">withholding some weapons<\/a> while speaking on NBC News\u2019s <em>Meet the Press<\/em> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst, we have been holding back, and we\u2019re in active conversations with Israel about the provision of heavy or high payload weapons of large bombs because of the concern that we have about the effect these weapons can have when they\u2019re used in a dense urban environment \u2014 like Rafah. We\u2019re discussing that with Israel right now,\u201d Blinken said.<\/p>\n<p>He also added that should Israel continue with a \u201cmajor military operation\u201d in Rafah, there will be \u201ccertain systems\u2019 the United States will not help Israel with. Blinken did not say which systems the U.S. would suspend aiding but did detail why they would do those actions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s something that we do not want to be part of given the damage that it would do to civilians, and, again, not to achieve durable, lasting, effective result for Israel and for its security. That\u2019s what the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president<\/a><\/a> said, we\u2019ve said that in conversations with our Israeli partners,\u201d Blinken said. \u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate that that leaked out but the President responded forthrightly to a question when he was asked about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-ends-negotiations-with-nancy-pelosi-on-coronavirus-relief\/\" title=\"Donald Trump Ends Negotiations with Nancy Pelosi on Coronavirus Relief\">secretary<\/a> of state did reiterate that while Biden does not support a Rafah operation, the administration does share Israel\u2019s goal of fully taking Hamas out of power.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe share Israel\u2019s objective of making sure that Hamas cannot govern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gaza<\/a> anymore, that it be demilitarized, that Israel get its leaders, we continue to support that, but there\u2019s a better way of achieving that. Then going headlong into into Rafah,\u201d Blinken said.<\/p>\n<p>The war between Israel and Hamas began just over seven months ago when Hamas terrorists committed multiple attacks against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken backed President Joe Biden&#8217;s decision to withhold specific weapons from Israel in case of a potential operation in Rafah, the last Hamas stronghold in Gaza. This issue has been a point of contention for the Biden administration. Blinken highlighted Biden&#8217;s firm stance on the matter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2242852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24127833466653-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2242851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24127833466653-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2242851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2242852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2242851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2242851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2242851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}