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Biden and Gaza [1]
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Date: 2025-05-02
The Biden administration “knowingly allowed Israel’s genocide in Gaza to continue long after it had lost any clear military objective.” This statement comes from an article by Nasim Ahmed in the Middle East Monitor 4/29/25, which was reprinted in Informed Comment by Professor Juan Cole of the University of Michigan. It quotes a U.S. national security aide that Israel’s action amounted to “killing and destroying for the sake of killing and destroying.”
Including “revelations of political manipulation, diplomatic cover-ups and sabotaged peace negotiations,” the article says
The Biden administration allowed Israel unprecedented leeway to carry out its military offensive, despite the enormous death and devastation it inflicted on Gaza. Despite the White House’s public messaging about restraining Israel, the internal consensus appears to be that the administration had no intention of exerting real pressure on [Israel].
The article continues:
The Biden administration also shielded Israel from allegations of war crimes, prompting a major backlash from staffers. Aid obstruction and settler attacks were well documented, yet ignored. Meanwhile, Washington continued to certify Israeli compliance with US law, ensuring the uninterrupted flow of weapons.
Another statement from Ahmed’s article stands out:
The investigation also revealed that Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, deliberately sabotaged hostage negotiations in order to prevent a ceasefire. US officials confirmed that Netanyahu tanked talks out of fear that a deal would compel him to halt the war.
Ahmed also points out another example of Biden’s reluctance to exert influence on Netanyahu:
After briefly halting a shipment of 2,000-lb bombs due to concerns about their use in densely populated areas of Gaza, Netanyahu publicly accused Washington of broader arms delays. Biden, rather than escalating pressure, resumed the shipment process shortly thereafter.
In conclusion, Ahmed’s article says:
These revelations lend significant weight to long-standing accusations that the Biden administration not only provided diplomatic cover for Israel’s propaganda by repeating lies, but also actively enabled what many view as a campaign of ethnic cleansing. Critics note that Biden himself amplified false Israeli claims, such as the widely discredited allegations of Hamas beheading babies, rhetoric that helped to dehumanise a population in order to carry out genocide.
UPDATE: Biden’’s action and inaction on Gaza were well-known to many of the former Biden voters who couldn’t bring themselves to vote for the Democratic candidate in 2024.
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