Since 1946, Israel has been the largest recipient of U.S. foreign aid and has benefited from 30 years of having “privileged access to the most advanced U.S. military platforms and technologies,” according to a report by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).
The World Central Kitchen said last week that it wants an independent commission to investigate Israel’s bombing of the food convoy because it would be impossible for the IDF to investigate itself fairly.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a stern warning last week and said only Israel is allowed to kill who it wants and inflict damage on other countries after its high-profile attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria last Monday.
The death toll in Israel's airstrike last month in Syria’s Aleppo reached 52, and became Tel Aviv’s deadliest strike in years, as the country looks to escalate the war into a major regional conflict and drag the U.S. into war with Iran.
President Joe Biden, while leaving the White House on Friday, was asked by a reporter if he was abandoning Israel after reports emerged about a “tense” call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, said last week that the “evil regime of Israel” will pay for the deadliest attack on his country’s consulate in Syria.
U.S. President Joe Biden continued last week to urge Congress to approve an $18 billion deal that would provide up to 50 F-15 fighter jets to Israel as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks to expand the Gaza War into a regional conflict.
Antonio Guterres, the head of the United Nations, gave a grim speech Saturday and acknowledged that the Israel War in Gaza hit its six-month mark and expressed sympathy for Palestinians who have been under relentless attacks from Israel, saying “nothing can justify the collective punishment.”
Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., said at a recent event that the U.S. should not spend another dime on humanitarian aid for starving Gazans, and instead should atomize the city like “Nagasaki and Hiroshima.”
Israeli forces withdrew from its offensive against doctors, nurses, and patients inside Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital last week and left behind “ruins,” according to the World Health Organization.