The United States will not withhold military aid from Israel, the State Department said Tuesday, after top Biden administration officials warned a month ago that they would consider doing so if the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza did not improve.

State Department deputy spokesman Vedant Patel said there would be no change to U.S. policy at the end of the 30-day deadline the U.S. set for Israel to improve conditions in Gaza. Aid groups and U.N. officials say Israel has largely failed to comply with U.S. demands, a Washington Post analysis found.

  • superkret@feddit.org
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    6 days ago

    At this point I believe the US simply can’t withhold support from Israel for some reason.
    And they also can’t publically disclose why that is.
    But the consequences of withholding aid must be worse (at least for those in government positions) than a Trump dictatorship.

    • Keeponstalin@lemmy.world
      6·
      5 days ago

      Biden, like many others in both the Democratic and Republican Party, are Christian Zionists. It’s ideological above all else for them. But I bet the money doesn’t hurt

      For many, the belief that God still has a special relationship with Israel also includes an emphasis on eschatology, or the end times, and the belief that Israel’s establishment is part of a series of events that will lead to large-scale war, leading to the battle of Armageddon and the return of Jesus.