{"id":2274992,"date":"2024-06-21T11:15:35","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T15:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-accuses-us-of-great-slowdown-in-the-provision-of-military-aid-2\/"},"modified":"2024-06-21T11:18:23","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T15:18:23","slug":"netanyahu-accuses-us-of-great-slowdown-in-the-provision-of-military-aid-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-accuses-us-of-great-slowdown-in-the-provision-of-military-aid-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu claims US significantly slowed down military aid"},"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%2Fnetanyahu-accuses-us-of-great-slowdown-in-the-provision-of-military-aid-2%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=2274992&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>Israeli \u200dPrime \u2062Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in an ongoing dispute with the Biden administration, accusing the \u200dU.S.\u200b of withholding military \u200csupport. Netanyahu alleges that the U.S. has been restricting the delivery of\u200c weapons and ammunition to Israel\u200b for several months, despite numerous confidential \u2062discussions \u200caimed at resolving the issue. \u2062The U.S., however, has \u2064denied such \u200ballegations, \u200bwith\u2064 U.S.\u200d officials expressing\u200d their disappointment and assuring that they are working \u2064to\u2063 resolve any bottlenecks in the \u2062supply process.\u200c Despite\u200c these \u2064frictions, the U.S. continues to\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-set-to-announce-425-million-ukraine-weapons-package\/\" title=\"US to announce 5M Ukraine weapons package.\">provide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/inspectors-general-overseeing-aid-to-ukraine-face-lawmakers\/\" title=\"Inspectors general overseeing aid to Ukraine face lawmakers\">significant military aid<\/a><\/a> to Israel, especially following\u200b a recent\u2063 attack by Hamas. Both\u2063 leaders, Netanyahu \u2062and Biden, are\u200b navigating \u200ctheir own challenging domestic political \u2063environments as they manage this diplomatic tension.  <\/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><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Israeli<\/a> Prime Minister <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> is continuing his dispute with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Biden administration<\/a> over whether the United States is holding up its military support.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3049654\/netanyahu-us-suspension-aid-shipment-inconceivable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"came out with a video\">came out with a video<\/a> alleging that the U.S. \u201chas been withholding weapons and ammunitions to Israel,\u201d and he has now claimed it has been going on for \u201cmonths.\u201d It sparked frustration within the administration, and U.S. officials have denied the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe began to see that we had some significant problems emerging a few months ago. And in fact, we tried, in many, many quiet conversations between our officials and American officials, and between me and the president, to try to iron out this diminution of supply,\u201d Netanyahu <a href=\"https:\/\/punchbowl.news\/article\/foreign-policy\/jake-sherman-benjamin-netanyahu-full-transcript\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">told<\/a> <em>Punchbowl News<\/em>. \u201cAnd we haven\u2019t been able to solve it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister said he believes \u201cit could be solved instantaneously with goodwill\u201d but declined to explain what was prompting the alleged slowdown of weapons. \u201cI felt that airing it was absolutely necessary after months of quiet conversation that did not solve the problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI raised this issue with Secretary [Antony] Blinken,\u201d Netanyahu added. \u201cAnd I said that we are being told by our Defense Department officials that barely a trickle is coming in. He said, \u2018Well, everything is in process. We\u2019re doing everything to untangle it. And to clear up the bottlenecks.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration pushed back on Netanyahu\u2019s claim and expressed its disappointment at it.<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu\u2019s video \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3053676\/us-israel-war-of-words-escalates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"was perplexing to say the least\">was perplexing, to say the least<\/a>, certainly disappointing, especially given that no other country is doing more to help Israel defend itself against the threat by Hamas, and quite frankly, other threats that they\u2019re facing in the region than the United States,\u201d National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said on Thursday. \u201cI think we\u2019ve made it abundantly clear to our Israeli counterparts through various vehicles our deep disappointment in the statements expressed in that video and our concerns over the accuracy in the statements made.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An NSC spokesperson declined to provide a response to Netanyahu\u2019s new claims made in the interview and instead referred the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> to Kirby\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu\u2019s office said U.S. Ambassador to Israel Jack Lew told the prime minister on Tuesday that the ammunition and weapons he was referencing \u201care in the process of being delivered to Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. has provided Israel with significant military aid over the course of the war and deployed resources to the Middle East to deter Israeli adversaries from acting following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that left roughly 1,200 people dead and about 250 taken hostage.<\/p>\n<p>Both Biden and Netanyahu face difficult domestic political landscapes. The U.S. president, a historically staunch Israel supporter, is facing backlash from the Democratic Party\u2019s progressive side, which has called for him to demand an end to the war and to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-accuses-us-of-great-slowdown-in-the-provision-of-military-aid\/\" title=\"Netanyahu claims the US has significantly slowed down its military aid\">stop providing military aid<\/a> to Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu recently disbanded the wartime cabinet. He is still beholden to the ultranationalist members of his coalition, whose wartime strategies are strongly opposed by most international leaders, and is facing questions from military leaders about war strategy.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesman for Israel\u2019s military has said the idea of eliminating Hamas \u201cis wrong\u201d because the group \u201cis an idea,\u201d which seemingly was an indirect criticism of the lack of public planning for how Israel will wind down the war and what happens after it ends.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu\u2019s office indirectly responded to Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari\u2019s comments, saying, \u201cThe Security Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has defined the destruction of Hamas\u2019 military and governing capabilities as one of the goals of the war. The IDF, of course, is committed to this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said Israel will have some role to play in preventing a \u201cresurgent terrorist effort\u201d while there will also be \u201ca civilian administration to administer not only the distribution of humanitarian aid but also civil administration,\u201d and he believes that should be done \u201cwith the cooperation\u201d of Arab countries. There would also be \u201csome kind of deradicalization process\u201d and the reconstruction of Gaza.<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1682831\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1682831\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu persists in his conflict with the Biden administration, alleging that the U.S. is delaying military support to Israel. He released a video earlier this week claiming the U.S. has withheld weapons and ammunition, and asserts that this has been an ongoing issue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2671,"featured_media":2274993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Benjamin-Netanyahu-ceremony-Nahalat-Yitshak-Cemetery.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2274992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Benjamin-Netanyahu-ceremony-Nahalat-Yitshak-Cemetery.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2274992","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\/2671"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2274992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2274992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2274992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2274992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2274992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}