While Biden speaks publicly about Israel's right to defend itself, a stance that has shown cracks as a result of polls showing Democrat voters aren't on board with such support, senior Biden administration officials are reportedly continuing attempts to prevent an Israeli invasion of Gaza to finish wiping out Hamas terrorists who killed more than 1,400 Israelis and citizens of other countries in a terrorist attack earlier in October that has been followed by more than two weeks of constant rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip.
According to The New York Times, efforts have been ongoing to stop Israel from going into Gaza and eliminating the terrorists and their infrastructure in order to stop the current rocket barrages that have been ongoing for 18 days and remove the ability for future attacks to be launched from the Gaza Strip:
The Biden administration is concerned that Israel lacks achievable military objectives in Gaza, and that the Israel Defense Forces are not yet ready to launch a ground invasion with a plan that can work, senior administration officials said.
In phone conversations with his Israeli counterpart, Yoav Gallant, Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III has stressed the need for careful consideration of how Israeli forces might conduct a ground invasion of Gaza, where Hamas maintains intricate tunnel networks under densely populated areas.
Biden administration officials insisted that the United States had not told Israel what to do and still supported the ground invasion. But the Pentagon has sent a three-star Marine, Lt. Gen. James Glynn, along with other officers to help the Israelis with the challenges of fighting an urban war.
While the Pentagon and White House deny telling Israel what to do, it's clear they're — at the very least — telegraphing messages such as this in hopes of casting doubt on a potential Israeli invasion of Gaza and seeking to wave the IDF off of accomplishing Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu's goal to "eradicate Hamas."
The Times' report isn't the first to show the Biden administration's apparent hope that Israeli forces won't launch a full operation into the Gaza Strip to take out terrorists and restore peace for both Israeli citizens and any innocent Gazans.
Fox News Channel's Jacqui Heinrich previously reported that the Biden administration was urging Israel to delay an invasion based on her conversations with three sources familiar with the White House and Pentagon's conversations with Israeli counterparts.
A senior State Dept told the pool this morning: “U.S. officials have not asked Israel to slow down. But discussions did include the importance of taking into account the safety of civilians during any operations.”
— Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) October 14, 2023
The official said the Israelis "took it under advisement." https://t.co/4fhtT4sKXe
The Biden administration has repeatedly denied that such urging was taking place even as such conversations have been reported by other outlets backing up Heinrich who rightfully stood by her reporting.
No, I stand by my reporting. Diplomatic messaging is always carefully worded - and I suspect that is what we are seeing here. Especially because State Dept is saying the Israelis "took under advisement" a message which the State Department is also denying they explicitly gave.
— Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) October 14, 2023
basically what we're seeing is a distinct urging from the US - without a formal request.
— Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) October 14, 2023
As Democrats continue to show their flirtation with anti-Semitism is more of a full-throated opposition to Israel in support of Hamas terrorists that many leftist Democrats have now publicly stated were justified in their slaughter, it's worth asking why, exactly, the Biden administration has begun to distance itself from Israel's stated mission of righteously ending Hamas.
In Monday's White House briefing, John Kirby insisted there was no "daylight" between Israel and the United States, but with the constant warnings for Israel to follow international law in its counterterrorism operations (usually without any mention of Hamas' war crimes and atrocities) and Karine Jean-Pierre's answer on anti-Semitism that instead focused on the "disproportionate" "harm" facing Muslims, it's getting harder to believe that Biden's administration (or party) is committed to Israel's victory over Hamas.
Israel should eradicate Hamas. Both for the good of Israel and the good of any innocent residents of Gaza. The United States should help its ally Israel complete this mission, offering the best advisors and elements to execute it swiftly and decisively, regardless of whatever polls of Democrat voters that have seemed to spook the White House. Any efforts or talk from the Biden administration that shows doubt about Israel's mission to end Hamas is unhelpful, suggests discord between the allies, and only emboldens those who would prefer to see Hamas survive to fight another day.
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