The Biden administration continues to prove that U.S. support for Israel is “iron clad”—especially in an election year—and assured the genocidal government that it will have Washington’s full support if it goes to war with Hezbollah.
Category: THE ISRAEL WAR – June 25 2024
SUPPORT FOR HAMAS SURGES IN THE WEST BANK AMID ISRAELI CRACKDOWN
As Israeli forces crack down on the Palestinian West Bank population and top government officials openly talk about annexing the entire territory, support for Hamas has surged in recent weeks, according to a new poll.
IDF TROOPS DRIVE AROUND GAZA WITH INJURED PALESTINIAN STRAPPED ON HOOD OF JEEP
U.S.-backed IDF militants were captured on video last week driving a military jeep with an injured Palestinian man strapped to the vehicle’s hood, in the latest embarrassment for what Israeli Prime Minister refers to as the “world’s most moral army.”
SMOTRICH SAYS NETANYAHU AGREES TO KEEP STEALING PALESTINIAN LAND
Bezalel Smotrich, the extremist Israeli settler and country’s finance minister, said in an audio that Israel is carrying out a “mega-dramatic” effort to prevent the West Bank from becoming a part of a Palestinian state and that will enable his country to seize authority over the entire region—in a scheme that will avoid international scrutiny.
HEZBOLLAH HEAD SAYS ‘NO PLACE’ SAFE IN ISRAEL IF FULL-BLOWN WAR BREAKS OUT
Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Hezbollah, said last week that his group has the capability to hit any target it wants in Israel should an all-out war break out.
NETANYAHU ACCUSES U.S. OF WITHHOLDING WEAPONS IN ISRAEL’S GENOCIDE IN GAZA. U.S. PROMISES TO KEEP THE WEAPONS COMING
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces new protests at home to end the Gaza genocide and bring home the hostages, criticized the U.S. for withholding weapons, prompting the White House to call out his comments and insist it gave him all he needed to kill starving Palestinians.
ISRAELI ARMY SPOKESMAN SAYING THAT ISRAEL CAN’T DESTROY HAMAS ANGERS NETANYAHU
Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, the IDF spokesman, admitted to an Israeli broadcaster last week that a total defeat of Hamas is not possible, angering Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who has said that is one of his chief goals of the war.
ISRAEL USES AMERICAN SHELLS IN ATTACK ON RAFAH TENT CAMP, AT LEAST 25 DEAD
With over 40,000 Palestinians killed by Israel since October—70 percent of them women and children—Israeli forces continued their slaughter last week, carrying out deadly shelling attacks that killed at least 25 people in Rafah and injured at least 50, according to Euronews.
NETANYAHU: NO PERMANENT CEASEFIRE UNTIL HAMAS IS ‘ELIMINATED’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview on Sunday that he will not agree to a permanent ceasefire in Gaza until Hamas is completely eliminated, which even his own military said is an impossible task.
UN: GAZA HELL, ‘TOTAL LAWLESSNESS’
Gaza has become a “lawless wasteland” after eight months of punishment from Israel in response to the Hamas attack in October, Antonio Guterres, the UN secretary-general, said.