{"id":13640,"date":"2024-05-13T14:10:44","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T14:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=13640"},"modified":"2024-05-13T14:10:44","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T14:10:44","slug":"blinken-delivers-some-of-the-strongest-us-public-criticism-of-israels-conduct-of-the-war-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=13640","title":{"rendered":"Blinken delivers some of the strongest US public criticism of Israel\u2019s conduct of the war in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“Secretary of State Antony Blinken<\/a> on Sunday delivered some of the Biden administration\u2019s strongest public criticism yet of Israel\u2019s conduct<\/a> of the war in Gaza<\/a>, saying Israeli tactics have meant \u201ca horrible loss of life of innocent civilians\u201d but failed to neutralize Hamas leaders and fighters and could drive a lasting insurgency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a pair of TV interviews, Blinken underscored that the United States believes Israeli forces should \u201cget out of Gaza,\u201d but also is waiting to see credible plans from Israel for security and governance in the territory after the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hamas has reemerged in parts of Gaza, Blinken said, and \u201cheavy action\u201d by Israeli forces in the southern city of Rafah<\/a> risks leaving America’s closest Mideast ally \u201cholding the bag on an enduring insurgency.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the United States has worked with Arab countries and others for weeks on developing \u201ccredible plans for security, for governance, for rebuilding” in Gaza, but \u201dwe haven\u2019t seen that come from Israel. … We need to see that, too.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blinken also said that as Israel pushes deeper in Rafah in the south, a military operation may \u201chave some initial success” but risks \u201cterrible harm\u201d to the population without solving a problem \u201cthat both of us want to solve, which is making sure Hamas cannot again govern Gaza.\u201d More than a million Palestinians have crowded into Rafah in hopes of refuge as Israel’s offensive pushed across Gaza. Israel has said the city also hosts four battalions of Hamas fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Israel’s conduct of the war, Blinken said, has put the country \u201con the trajectory, potentially, to inherit an insurgency with many armed Hamas left or, if it leaves, a vacuum filled by chaos, filled by anarchy, and probably refilled by Hamas. We\u2019ve been talking to them about a much better way of getting an enduring result, enduring security.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blinken also echoed, for the first time publicly by a U.S. official, the findings of a new Biden administration report<\/a> to Congress on Friday that said Israel\u2019s use of U.S.-provided weapons in Gaza likely violated international humanitarian law. The report also said wartime conditions prevented American officials from determining that for certain in specific airstrikes.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday delivered some of the Biden administration\u2019s strongest public criticism yet of Israel\u2019s conduct of the war in Gaza, saying Israeli tactics have meant \u201ca horrible loss of life of innocent civilians\u201d but failed to neutralize Hamas leaders and fighters and could drive a lasting insurgency.
\nIn a pair of TV interviews, Blinken underscored that the United States believes Israeli forces should \u201cget out of Gaza,\u201d but also is waiting to see credible plans from Israel for security and governance in the territory after the war.<\/p>\n

Hamas has reemerged in parts of Gaza, Blinken said, and \u201cheavy action\u201d by Israeli forces in the southern city of Rafah risks leaving America’s closest Mideast ally \u201cholding the bag on an enduring insurgency.”<\/p>\n

He said the United States has worked with Arab countries and others for weeks on developing \u201ccredible plans for security, for governance, for rebuilding” in Gaza, but \u201dwe haven\u2019t seen that come from Israel. … We need to see that, too.”<\/p>\n

Blinken also said that as Israel pushes deeper in Rafah in the south, a military operation may \u201chave some initial success” but risks \u201cterrible harm\u201d to the population without solving a problem \u201cthat both of us want to solve, which is making sure Hamas cannot again govern Gaza.\u201d More than a million Palestinians have crowded into Rafah in hopes of refuge as Israel’s offensive pushed across Gaza. Israel has said the city also hosts four battalions of Hamas fighters.<\/p>\n

Israel’s conduct of the war, Blinken said, has put the country \u201con the trajectory, potentially, to inherit an insurgency with many armed Hamas left or, if it leaves, a vacuum filled by chaos, filled by anarchy, and probably refilled by Hamas. We\u2019ve been talking to them about a much better way of getting an enduring result, enduring security.\u201d<\/p>\n

Blinken also echoed, for the first time publicly by a U.S. official, the findings of a new Biden administration report to Congress on Friday that said Israel\u2019s use of U.S.-provided weapons in Gaza likely violated international humanitarian law. The report also said wartime conditions prevented American officials from determining that for certain in specific airstrikes.”<\/p>\n

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