Joe Biden’s Secretary of State is now warning that Israel risks becoming like Hamas if they don’t do more to protect civilians in Gaza.
Here’s what Blinken said via Times of Israel:
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns that Israel risks becoming indistinguishable from Hamas if it continues to fail to protect civilians amid the Gaza war.
“What happened after October 7 could have ended immediately if Hamas had stopped hiding behind civilians, released the hostages and put down its weapons, but Israel is not Hamas. Israel is a democracy; Hamas, a terrorist organization. Democracies place the highest value on human life, every human life. As it has been said, whoever saves a life, saves the entire world,” Blinken says during a press conference in Brussels, quoting a Jewish proverb.
“That’s our strength. It’s what distinguishes us from terrorists like Hamas. If we lose that reverence for human life, we risk becoming indistinguishable from those we confront.”
“Right now, there is no higher priority in Gaza than protecting civilians, surging humanitarian assistance, and ensuring the security of those who provide it. Israel must meet this moment,” Blinken said.
He notes “important steps” Israel has taken to allow aid into Gaza, but clarifies that “the results on the ground are woefully insufficient and unacceptable,” with 100 percent of Gazans facing acute insecurity.
“This week’s horrific attack on the World Central Kitchen was not the first such incident. It must be the last,” the top US diplomat warns.
This is pure garbage. Israel could have just indiscriminately carpet bombed Gaza and killed tons of civilians all to destroy Hamas if they wanted to. But they didn’t. They chose to do the hard work of going in with an army to try and destroy Hamas while protecting civilians at the same.
Secondly, this wasn’t a ‘horrific attack on the World Central Kitchen’. To call it such just reveals just how anti-Israel Blinken really is at this point. The bombing was simply a mistake in war and one that Israel has admitted to this week. They aren’t perfect and Gaza is a war zone.
Lastly, when is someone in the Biden administration going to put conditions and demands on Hamas??? Why is it they are so focused on Israel and not on the real existential enemy. These people are loathsome.