Stop harming Gaza civilians, Blinken tells Netanyahu as fighting rages in Khan Younis

[David__77]

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday that Israel must stop causing additional harm to civilians in Gaza, the State Department said.

“The secretary reaffirmed our support for Israel’s right to prevent the terrorist attacks of October 7 from being repeated and stressed the importance of avoiding further civilian harm and protecting civilian infrastructure in Gaza,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a statement after Blinken met Netanyahu in Tel Aviv.

It appeared to be the first time the Biden administration called on Israel to avoid targeting civilian infrastructure in addition to civilians themselves, as the scope of destruction in Gaza continues to mount.

During a press conference late Tuesday, Blinken said that the toll on Gazans, especially children, is “far too high.”

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https://www.timesofisrael.com/stop-harming-gaza-civilians-blinken-tells-netanyahu-as-fighting-rages-in-khan-younis/

[Lonestarblue]

1. Telling Netanyahu anything is useless. Stop giving him weapons and any aid.

Netanyahu will continue murdering innocent Palestinians because he thinks the world will do nothing about it. Unfortunately, he may be right.

[SoFlaBro]

2. Who do you think is the dumbest MAGA motherfucker that

[The Magistrate]

3. I Expect Being Face To face With Netanyahu Will Get Anybody's Dander Up, Sir

But this is high-grade diplomatic doublespeak, because everyone knows that preventing further atrocity by Hamas will entail further harm to non-combatants and civil infrastructure. Each side will take from it what they want to hear.

[cilla4progress]

4. Good

I think it HELPS not hurts the Biden admin to have protesters of his policy - true for all Presidents, depending on the policy and Prez.

In fact, Obama used to solicit it!

To some degree our leaders' hands are tied - esp. in foreign affairs.

So, for example, perhaps Biden DOES believe Isreal needs to reel it in. But due to longheld commitments, he is constrained in his outward support of the Netanyahu admin. Also weapon sales. Political protests give him cover

[The Magistrate]

5. The Sort Of Protests Going On Give Him No Cover

They make his task more difficult. Open attempts to rein in Netanyahu can be portrayed as 'caving in' to radical supporters of Hamas, which is what these gaggles of moral cretins are. Their intent is not so much to influence events in Gaza, but to drive what cracks they can into the Democratic coalition. They imagine defeat for President Biden will rally people to them in opposition to MAGA excesses. It's nonesense, but these aren't serious people.


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