According to a new report by the Daily Mail, Joe Biden and his administration are pushing Israel to delay their ground invasion into Gaza for the purposes of getting more hostages released and humanitarian aid into southern Gaza.
Here’s more on the report:
President Joe Biden is pressuring Israel to delay its ground invasion into Gaza in order to buy time to secure the release of more hostages.
Additionally, the Biden administration wants to buy time for more humanitarian aid to reach Palestinians and to prepare for possible attacks on U.S. interests in the region from Iran-backed groups, U.S. officials told The New York Times.
Hamas and other militant groups are believed to be holding more than 200 people captive. Additionally, these groups are blocking U.S. citizens and other foreign nationals from leaving, according to Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
‘The [administration] pressed Israeli leadership to delay because of progress on the hostage front,’ and the need to get trucks of aid into Gaza, one person familiar with the discussions told CNN.
Neither John Kirby nor Antony Blinken will admit this directly…
White House spokesman John Kirby did not say the administration was pushing Israel to hold off its ground game but emphasized that America’s focus is on the return of the hostages.
‘We have been talking about our Israeli counter parts about their plans, their intentions, their strategy. We have been asking them for how they’re answering the tough questions that any military is going to have to do before you go on and conduct major operation,’ Kirby told CNN on Monday morning.
‘The Israeli defense forces, they make these decisions themselves.’
But, he added: ‘nothing has changed about our focus on those hostages. We’re glad we got two back home with their families, where they belong last week. We want to get the rest of them out. You got to have the ability to continue to negotiate and try to work towards that outcome. We absolutely want to make that happen.’
The release on Friday of two Americans held by Hamas has increased hopes that more of the hostages will be set free.
But Blinken also refused to directly address the question of whether the U.S. is pushing for a delay in a ground attack.
‘There are many, many Israelis who are hostages and of course, hostages from other nationalities,’ he said Sunday on CBS’ Face the Nation.
‘We’re working to do everything we can, using whatever levers, partnerships, relationships we have to get them out. Israel is doing the same. But in terms of what we’re talking to Israel about with regard to their military operations, it really is focused on both how they do it, and how best to achieve the results that they seek.’
He also said the administration is worried Iran will escalate its actions in the region.
‘In fact we expect that there’s a likelihood of escalation, escalation by Iranian proxies directed against our forces, directed against our personnel,’ he said on NBC’s Meet the Press. ‘We are taking steps to make sure that we can effectively defend our people.’
Biden and Netanyahu spoke yesterday about the hostages and humanitarian aid…
Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday and, in a readout of the call, the two leaders have agreed to allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza.
The leaders also ‘discussed ongoing efforts to secure the release of all the remaining hostages taken by Hamas — including U.S. citizens — and to provide for safe passage for U.S. citizens and other civilians in Gaza who wish to depart,’ the White House said.
First of all, this is exactly what Mark Levin has been saying:
As I suggested last week, there’s no doubt that Israel has not sent the IDF into Gaza because Biden is pressuring them not to. Biden is a disastrous appeaser and very stupid man.
— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) October 22, 2023
Secondly, the release of the two American hostages by Hamas is clearly meant to delay Israel from invading. By drizzling them out in small numbers, Hamas is hoping Biden will keep the pressure on Israel not to invade. In other words, Biden is playing right into the hands of Hamas, again.