Quote:Joe Biden officially abandoned Israel on Thursday during a phone call with Benjamin Netanyahu, conditioning further American support on stopping civilian casualties while demanding an immediate ceasefire. If Israel were to oblige, it would represent a full-scale capitulation to Hamas, which would be able to regroup and retain its power while not even having to release the hostages.

If that all sounds familiar, it just so happens to be what Jill Biden recently demanded of her husband behind the scenes. Yes, the president's wife is apparently running the country.

According to a new report, while being confronted at a Ramadan event by a pro-Hamas supporter, the president revealed that his wife has been seething behind the scenes and demanding that her husband "Stop it, stop it now" concerning Israel's war against Hamas.

Given the controversial nature of the administration's policy change, John Kirby was brought into the briefing room so Karine Jean-Pierre wouldn't be left to her own devices. Unfortunately for the White House, the relief pitcher didn't exactly cover himself in glory.

This has been a common theme among all the emotional outbursts coming from the Biden administration. It's very easy to tell Israel that they must change tactics. It's much harder to express what those alternative tactics would be. How exactly is Israel supposed to defeat Hamas, a goal the White House claims to still support, if they stop fighting Hamas?

When pressed further, Kirby once again had no real answer.

Is he taking lessons from Kamala Harris? This is amateur-hour stuff from the "adults in the room." They are so desperate to shore up their far-left flank that they are taking positions they can't even begin to explain or defend.

That wasn't the end of it, though. Kirby then tried to claim that throwing Israel under the bus doesn't represent a break in the White House's pledge of "unwavering" support.

o, both can't be true. That makes no sense at all. Israel's goal is to finish off Hamas so that an attack like the one on October 7th can't occur again. The administration can't support them in that goal while also taking policy positions that run counter to it.

What a mess this is. The current president is abandoning one of its closest allies to appease radicals in Michigan while Americans are still being held hostage. Calling for a ceasefire without conditioning it on the hostages being released is crazy, but that's where we are.

I almost feel sorry for Kirby. Given some of his comments in the past, it seems unlikely that he agrees with Jill...I mean Joe Biden's move here. Yet, he has to go out there and defend this nonsense, pretending that up is down with a straight face. I said "almost," though, because he has the option of resigning. If he won't do that, then he deserves to be embarrassed behind the podium.

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Sec of State Blinken Replies to News of Biden Phone Call on Gaza With Israel's Netanyahu

Quote:In the wake of U.S. President Joe Biden's phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Gaza, Secretary of State Antony Blinken reacted during a press conference in Brussels on Thursday:

If the United States does not see changes in Israel’s policies to protect civilians in Gaza, “there’ll be changes in our own policy,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in Brussels after the call.[...]

“Israel is not Hamas,” Blinken said. “Israel is a democracy, Hamas a terrosirst [sic] organization. And democracies place the highest value on human life - every human life.

Blinken acknowledged the World Central Kitchen strike was not the first time Israel has killed aid workers in the conflict.

He added, somewhat ominously, "It must be the last."

Blinken's remarks begin at around 1:06 and run to 4:45, in the video below:

Biden Essentially Abandons Israel in Phone Call With Prime Minister Netanyahu

Quote:In what was undoubtedly a tense phone call, President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that "an immediate ceasefire is essential" in Israel's war for survival against Hamas and that "U.S. policy with respect to Gaza will be determined by our assessment of Israel’s immediate action on these steps."

According to the official readout, Biden characterized the deaths of World Central Kitchen workers as an intentional strike on humanitarian aid workers and told Netanyahu that it was unacceptable. In a video statement put out hours after the incident, Netanyahu said it was unintentional and that a thorough inquiry would be conducted, and the Israeli military expressed "sincere sorrow" for the deaths.



Biden also "urged the Prime Minister to empower his negotiators to conclude a deal without delay to bring the hostages home," according to the readout, as if Netanyahu's negotiators have ever not been empowered to conclude a deal to bring the hostages home. Netanyahu's negotiators have been hamstrung at every turn by the Biden administration, which has failed to use the United States' position on the U.N. Security Council or any other avenue at our disposal to pressure Hamas to release hostages immediately and unharmed.

The two also discussed public threats made against Israel by Iran - a critical topic for Israel given the revelation Wednesday that Israel had intercepted a cache of weapons headed for Hamas, allegedly from Iran. Biden told Netanyahu that the U.S. "strongly supports Israel in the face of those threats," which really doesn't mean a thing, given what U.S. "support" has looked like over the last few years.

Biden's 'Immediate Ceasefire' Threat in Netanyahu Call Another Clear Sign of Joe's Political Desperation

Quote:It's been said that political desperation is unattractive, while political courage is admirable. In 2024 America, no politician better exemplifies the former than the 46th president of the United States, Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. In a word, Joe Biden is a political coward.

Throughout the less than four years of Biden's disastrous presidency, he has consistently taken the politically desperate way out— by blatantly pandering for votes rather than taking courageous political positions.

Think about it.

Biden has recklessly pandered to Hispanic-American voters by intentionally creating what will forever be known (by me, at least) as the Biden Ilegal Alien Crisis; pandered to the LGBTQ community (specifically the so-called "trans" community) to the point of absurdity, and has unconscionably thrown Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under the bus at every concocted opportunity, as the Jewish state continues to wage war against the terrorist group Hamas.

To the latter, as we reported, earlier, Biden considerably upped the ante on Thursday.

In a phone call with Netanyahu, Biden demanded an immediate ceasefire, and all but threatened to halt support in Israel's war against Hamas, unless the Jewish state takes steps to protect civilians.

Here's more:

“President Biden emphasized that the strikes on humanitarian workers and the overall humanitarian situation are unacceptable,” the White House said in a statement shortly after the call wrapped.

“He made clear that US policy with respect to Gaza will be determined by our assessment of Israel’s immediate action on these steps.”

Biden also said Israel needed to “announce and implement a series of specific, concrete, and measurable steps to address civilian harm, humanitarian suffering, and the safety of aid workers.”

Secretary of State Antony Blinken reacted to the call during a press conference in Brussels on Thursday:

If the United States does not see changes in Israel’s policies to protect civilians in Gaza, “there’ll be changes in our own policy,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in Brussels after the call.[...]

“Israel is not Hamas,” Blinken said. “Israel is a democracy, Hamas a terrosirst [sic] organization. And democracies place the highest value on human life – every human life."

With due respect, Mr. hypocritical Secretary, war is hell. Unintentional events occur. Innocent people die.

Look, Hamas terrorists launched a surprise attack inside Israel on October 7, 2023, murdering, torturing, and raping — including children and even infants — intentionally killing more than 1,300 Israeli citizens.

And yet Joe Biden, in a blatant attempt to pander to Muslim American voters, thinks it's his business to make demands, place restraints, and now threaten Netananyu's justifiably stated goal of eliminating the Hamas threat for good — by eliminating Hamas as a terrorist organization.

Joe? Pound sand.

Yes, Biden holds the checkbook (for now), but would he, or any other American president, accept or adhere to demands from a foreign leader about how to defend this country? Wait— don't answer.

The Bottom Line
Israel is the sole democratic [lowercase "d"] country in the ever-turbulent Middle East. The Jewish state has attempted peaceful co-existence with its Muslim neighbors — some of which have vowed to "push Israel into the sea," and still do, to mostly no avail — for decades.

So along comes miserably failed Joe Biden, whom nearly eight out of 10 Americans want gone. And in clear desperation, the cognitively failing president thinks it's his job to dictate to Bibi Netanyahu how to best protect his beloved homeland.

Yes, Joe — pound sand.

Thank god JB stressed that Ben's negotiators also continue to work to bring the hostages back.

I mean, with everything going on, that must have lost priority and had been forgotten by them I guess....

The only arrow JB has left in his quiver is the be all, end all - a condemnation - IN WRITING...