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From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: The gaslighting from this admin is unreal, you can see the frustration
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watch the press conference, linked Assal Rad: The gaslighting from this admin is unreal, you can see the frustration of reporters. Matt Lee: Why did you bother to put in 350 trucks a day if it doesn’t matter Patel: I’m not gonna speak to— Lee: We didn’t give the Israelis 30 days, you guys did, and now those 30 days are up and all the metrics you put out don’t matter Patel: I never said they don’t matter @humeyra_pamuk : You said ‘rabbit hole’ Patel: I don’t want to take up time getting into truck numbers Lee: Then why did you put them in the letter Worst administration in history. No one will forget the Democrapic party's involvement in this genocide. This is Biden and Harris' legacy. |
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From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Biden’s policy of total impunity continues to the end
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here's the Biden administration telling a blatant lie: Mehdi Hasan reposted Jeremy Konyndyk Biden’s policy of total impunity continues to the end Barak Ravid@BarakRavid: State Department deputy spokesman Vedant Patel says Israel didn't violate U.S. law regarding humanitarian aid and therefore military assistance will continue 🚨🇺🇸🇮🇱Secretary of State Blinken has decided that there will be no change for now to military assistance to Israel following the deadline the U.S. gave Israel regarding the humanitarian situation in Gaza and that expires today, two U.S. officials said. The officials said Israel has taken important steps to address the U.S. concerns regarding the humanitarian situation in Gaza and stressed the U.S. wants to see more steps in the coming days |
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From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Everyone knew it was an act ....
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Ali@MerruX · 3h Everyone knew it was an act to pretend like biden and kamala were doing something before elections. October saw the lowest amount of food entering gaza in 12 months. |
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From: ao, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Israel?
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Where's Israel? Really, I thought it's a country.. it's an international issue, right? And here you are, again, insisting it's a state. Who's it's congressmen? Senators? How many electoral college votes does it get? Is it a red state or blue? I am sooooo confused! But hey.. I am sure you'll set me straight.. I can't wait! ;) |
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From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: State of Israel
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State of Israel מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל (Hebrew) Israel,[a] officially the State of Israel,[b] is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel state: : a politically organized body of people usually occupying a definite territory especially : one that is sovereign https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/state |
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From: ao, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: State of Israel
| Ah, I see, so somewhere between Michigan and Ohio. Got it. |
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From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Last month, Biden gave Israel 30 days to increase the number of aid ..
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Stephen Semler@stephensemler: Last month, Biden gave Israel 30 days to increase the number of aid trucks it allows into Gaza to 350/day, or risk losing access to American military aid under US law. Those 30 days are now up. Israel has let in just 54/day, on average. Israel fails to meet US demands on Gaza humanitarian aid Polygraph | Newsletter n°277 | 12 Nov 2024 STEPHEN SEMLER NOV 12, 2024 *This is a preview of a forthcoming policy paper of mine from Security in Context (check out SIC’s work here) Situation Today should mark the beginning of a US arms embargo on Israel. The only legitimate counterargument to this is that one should’ve been imposed a long time ago. Last month, the Biden administration gave Israel 30 days to improve humanitarian access in Gaza or risk losing access to American military aid under US law. The administration would evaluate Israeli compliance based on its implementation of 15 demands, but the bulk of the scrutiny would be directed at the first one — allowing 350 aid trucks to enter Gaza each day — because it’s one of the few US demands that’s quantifiable, and among the quantifiable ones, it’s the most relevant to humanitarian access. Plus it’s already a popular metric used by the government and media. As of today, those 30 days are up. Let’s see how Israel did. Findings The most recent data available on truck crossings from the UN is as of November 9, so you’ll have to wait for my forthcoming paper to get the full assessment. But 27 days-worth of data is enough for the Biden administration to make a determination on Israeli compliance, based on how it said it’d evaluate their demands: “Failure to demonstrate a sustained commitment to implementing and maintaining these measures may have implications for U.S. policy under…relevant U.S. law.” [Emphasis mine.] In other words, if Israel hasn’t demonstrated that sustained commitment within 27 days, there’s no way it can in 30 — there’s just not enough runway left. So did Israel demonstrate such a sustained commitment? The Biden administration ordered Israel to allow at least 350 aid trucks into Gaza each day on October 13. Since then, Israel has allowed in just 54 aid trucks per day, on average. The most it allowed into Gaza on a single day during this stretch was 129; the lowest number was zero. These numbers are subject to change — OCHA (the UN agency tracking this stuff) sometimes will increase the figures on certain days if it receives information that more aid trucks came in. But if these figures do change, it won’t be by much. IDF data as of November 10 shows that 79 trucks came in per day, on average. If UN numbers are a minimum, Israeli figures are a maximum: the IDF includes commercial cargo in its humanitarian aid count, which inflates the total (which is deliberately misleading).1 Not only has Israel failed to meet the 350-aid truck daily threshold after October 13, it also failed to meet this threshold on every single day since before October 7, 2023. And even if Israel had met this demand, it would still be able to starve Gaza because Israel’s obstruction of humanitarian aid doesn’t end at the Gaza border. What will the Biden administration do next? A prediction: the White House will acknowledge this week that Israel failed to meet its demand but will not cut off military aid. Instead, the administration will grant Israel an extension, perhaps using the firing of Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant as an excuse, or claim that Israel “showed improvement” by some arbitrary or imaginary metric. This prediction is grounded in the following reasoning: if the Biden administration was truly interested in enforcing US law — specifically, Section 620I of the Foreign Assistance Act, which is clear about prohibiting military assistance to countries that obstruct US humanitarian aid — it wouldn't have given Israel a 30-day grace period to begin with. ^Alt text for screen readers: Israel continues blocking humanitarian aid to Gaza despite US demands. The US required Israel to allow at least 350 aid trucks into Gaza per day. This chart shows the Biden administration’s requirement of 350 daily aid trucks and Israel’s failure to meet this threshold since before October 2023. Figures refer to humanitarian cargo only. Data: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Data as of 9 November (accessed 12 November). SPECIAL THANKS TO: Abe B., Alan F., Alex T., Andrew R., Bart B., BeepBoop, Bill S., Bob N., Brett S. Byron D., Chris G., Cperkins, David S.,* David V.,* Elizabeth R., Francis M., Frank R., Gary W., George C., Graham P., Griffin R., Hans S., Irene B., Isaac S., James H., James N., Jcowens, Jerry S., Joe R., John A., John K., Jonathan S., Joseph B., Kheng L., Lea S., Linda B., Linda H., Lindsay S.,* Lora L., Marie R., Matthew H.,* Megan., Meghan W., Michael S., Nick B., Norbert H., Omar D.,* Peter M., Philip L., Rosemary K., Silversurfer, Springseep, Theresa A., Themadking724, Tim C., [Orca Cascadia]Timbuk T., Tony L., Tony T., Victor S., Viviane A., William P. * = founding member https://www.stephensemler.com/p/israel-fails-to-meet-us-demands-on |
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From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: not a single day on record of Israel meeting this 350-truck threshold
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There's not a single day on record of Israel meeting this 350-truck threshold, before or since the US instituted the requirement. yet the weapons will continue to flow... with love, from genocide Joe |
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From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Today should mark the beginning of a US arms embargo on Israel
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Stephen Semler @stephensemler · 3h Today should mark the beginning of a US arms embargo on Israel. The only legitimate counterargument to this is that one should’ve been imposed a long time ago. US law is clear about prohibiting military aid to countries that obstruct US humanitarian aid. |
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From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: but breaking the law is only relevant when a republican does it
| in the earthboppin bubble |
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From: shadow, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: but breaking the law is only relevant when a republican does it
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That's right, akira! Whoa! You've nailed it straight to the wall! Whatever would we do without you? Without you, we'd think all crimes were committed by non- Democrats! *beaming* Aren't we the lucky ones, that we have you amidst us... I'm so proud... ;) |
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