{"id":31138,"date":"2024-01-15T13:08:58","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T21:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=31138"},"modified":"2024-01-15T13:08:59","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T21:08:59","slug":"report-biden-fed-up-with-netanyahu-critics-sure-doesnt-look-like-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/01\/15\/report-biden-fed-up-with-netanyahu-critics-sure-doesnt-look-like-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Biden Fed Up With Netanyahu. Critics: Sure Doesn’t Look Like It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gather in front of the White House during the “March on Washington for Gaza” in Washington, DC, on January 13, 2024. Israel’s bombardment of Gaza has killed at least 23,708 people, mostly women and children, according to the latest health ministry figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0(Photo by Roberto Schmidt\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We are supposed to believe Biden’s ‘patience is running out’ with Israel while he offers full political support, gives ’emergency’ munitions to fuel the slaughter in Gaza, and is trying to shield his ‘great, great friend’ Bibi from international law?”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

JON QUEALLY<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jan 14, 2024 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The beltway news outlet Axios<\/em> on Sunday reported<\/a> that President Joe Biden and other administration officials are becoming increasingly frustrated with the Israeli government’s intransigence on the situation in Gaza, but critics outraged by unwavering U.S. support for the “genocidal” attack on Gaza that has been ongoing for 100 days had this to say: Where’s the substantive evidence for that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios<\/em> cited one unnamed official familiar with the hidden sentiments of the White House, who said, “The situation sucks and we are stuck. The president’s patience is running out.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The outlet also quoted Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a close ally of the president, who argued that Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyu “has given Biden the finger” at nearly every turn. Administration officials, added Van Hollen, “are pleading with the Netanyahu coalition, but getting slapped in the face over and over again.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But critical observers like journalist Jeremy Scahill of The Intercept<\/em> met the new reporting with deep skepticism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Let’s unpack this: We are supposed to believe Biden’s ‘patience is running out’ with Israel while he offers full political support, gives ’emergency’ munitions to fuel the slaughter in Gaza, and is trying to shield his ‘great, great friend’ Bibi from international law?” tweeted<\/a> Scahill. “Okay.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Turns out that promising unconditional support no matter what isn’t a good way to get someone to do something different.” \u2014Matt Duss, Center for International Policy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An estimated 400,000 people marched in Washington, D.C. on Saturday to demand a cease-fire in Gaza and denounce the U.S. policy that gives full and unconditional support to Israel, including the massive shipment of arms over the last three months of a bombing campaign and military incursion into Gaza that has killed an estimated 24,000 Palestinians, including more than 10,000 children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biden has been unwavering in his public support for Israel’s response to the Hamas-led attacks of October 7 even as the Netanyahu government this past week faced genocide charges at the International Court of Justice for its disproportionate military response, forced displacement, destruction of life-sustaining infrastructure, and refusal of humanitarian aid in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A frustrated Biden is acting like he\u2019s an Eagles fan calling into sports radio. Nothing he can do but gripe. https:\/\/t.co\/kN87vOYzdw<\/a><\/p>— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) January 14, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>