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In reply to the discussion: Israel showed US 'smoking gun' on Hamas in AP office tower, officials say [View all]Beastly Boy
(13,283 posts)As far as Biden's statement, it's up to Biden to provide, not me. It has been confirmed that he had a conversation about the building with the Israeli Foreign Minister, and intelligence confirming Hamas presence in the building was presented to him. you would think Biden has extensive intelligence at his disposal to either confirm or deny the "smoking gun.Netanyahu was neither present nor gave any explanation on the subject, so neither you nor Biden have to worry about taking anything he said as fact.Nothing he said has any bearing on the subject.
Now, let me propose something as ridiculous as your proposition: Where is Biden's denial of the accuracy of the intelligence he received?.. You see how it works?
And it seems that you desperately need a lesson in history. The land that is now Israel was controlled by the British between 1917 and April 14, 1948. Prior to that, the land was part of the Ottoman Empire since the 16th Century. In 1947, the UN proposed partitioning the land between Jews and Palestinians, which the Palestinians promptly rejected. When the State of Israel was founded and recognized by the UN, military forces from five neighboring Arab countries, in addition to some Palestinian brigades, invaded Israel from the territories allotted to the Palestinians and were repelled, at significant gain of territory by Israel. In 1950, Jordan assumed control of the West Bank, and Egypt of Gaza. In 1967, Jordan and Egypt were defeated by Israel and lost control of both territories.
Sorry, but you can't claim ignorance now.