Joe Biden’s Secretary of State Antony Blinken just ended a 7.5 hour meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu over the war on Israel.
Blinken just announced that Biden will be attending Israel on Wednesday to reaffirm Americans “ironclad support” for Israel’s security:
BREAKING: Sec. of State Blinken announces Pres. Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday.
Follow live updates on the Israel-Gaza conflict: https://t.co/CYqSGfKiIf pic.twitter.com/gHFYtSSvhd
— ABC News (@ABC) October 17, 2023
Bliken makes Biden’s visit sound awesome, but we all heard Biden last night oppose any Israeli occupation of Gaza after they destroy Hamas. I know Israel hasn’t discussed any occupation, but it should go without saying after so many of their citizens were brutally slaughtered and some are still kidnapped in Gaza.
In other news, Blinken said US and Israel will create a plan to aid civilians in Gaza:
The US and Israel have agreed to develop a plan to aid can reach civilians in Gaza, Secretary Blinken says, calling it "critical" that it gets there ASAP. He says Hamas may try to disrupt that.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) October 17, 2023
Note it’s reported that they will develop a plan, which means there is no plan as of yet. That tells me that Netanyahu likely wouldn’t let Blinken try and railroad him into losing.
UPDATE: Biden intentionally withheld the details of his trip to Israel until they forced Netanyahu to agree to make a plan for humanitarian aid to Gaza:
New details on timing: Biden’s trip to Israel was intentionally not announced until the U.S. received commitments from Netanyahu on a humanitarian package, per two U.S. officials. Once Blinken got the assurances, he made the announcement in Tel Aviv.
w/ @John_Hudson
— Tyler Pager (@tylerpager) October 17, 2023
Outrageous https://t.co/2GbJIrk86s
— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) October 17, 2023