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Netanyahu CANCELS Israeli diplomatic trip to Washington after the US refuses to veto United Nations resolution calling for Gaza ceasefire over Ramadan
Israeli prime minister's office canceled planned trip on Monday morning
It followed US refusal to veto UN Security Council Resolution on Gaza ceasefire
By Rob Crilly, Senior U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.Com In Washington, D.C.
Published: 11:19 EDT, 25 March 2024 | Updated: 13:58 EDT, 25 March 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday announced that he is canceling the planned visit of a delegation to Washington after the United States refused to veto a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Minutes before the resolution was carried by 14 votes to zero, Netanyahu told Israeli news media that the visit would not happen if Washington failed to veto it.
'In light of the change in the American position, Prime Minister Netanyahu decided the delegation would not leave,' his office said after the vote, calling the decision a 'clear retreat' from its previous stance.
The impasse is the latest twist in diplomatic efforts to ease the suffering of Palestinian civilians caught up in fighting and to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas.
And it highlights how the relationship between the U.S. is breaking down amid the bloodshed in Gaza.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13236337/netanyahu-cancels-washington-gaza-resolution-ceasefire-un.html
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The impasse is the latest twist in diplomatic efforts to ease the suffering of Palestinian civilians caught up in fighting and to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas.
There are Palestinian non combatants? Where, who, children under the age of four? If only the Pali cockroaches had taken the advice of Agent J.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cms19CC9ivA
All this is just another Biden foreign affairs suckcess story.
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Biden has the backbone of a noodle, and is predictable as hell.
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Minutes before the resolution was carried by 14 votes to zero, Netanyahu told Israeli news media that the visit would not happen if Washington failed to veto it.
Just out of curiosity, what is Netanyahu's underlying threat here? *hmmmm*
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Just out of curiosity, what is Netanyahu's underlying threat here? *hmmmm*
Other than giving Biden the middle finger I'm not quite sure yet.
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Just out of curiosity, what is Netanyahu's underlying threat here? *hmmmm*
Good question. I am guessing that the level of cooperation between our intelligence agencies might be impacted.
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Just out of curiosity, what is Netanyahu's underlying threat here? *hmmmm*
Election interference.
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Just out of curiosity, what is Netanyahu's underlying threat here? *hmmmm*
Perhaps, realizing that Biden/Schumer and the current Obama 3rd term, want Bibi replaced, Mossad suggests that it's not safe for him and the Israeli delegation to travel to the U.S..
Bibi is determined to attack Rafah to eliminate Hamas.
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Other than giving Biden the middle finger I'm not quite sure yet.
Maybe it's time for Bibi to wise up and remember this is the guy he's (again) giving the middle finger to ----
(https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2012/08/F110520GPOAO13.jpg). (https://media.cleveland.com/business_impact/photo/barack-obama-benjamin-netanyahu-00c3d117082e8251.jpg)
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Maybe it's time for Bibi to wise up and remember this is the guy he's (again) giving the middle finger to ----
(https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2012/08/F110520GPOAO13.jpg). (https://media.cleveland.com/business_impact/photo/barack-obama-benjamin-netanyahu-00c3d117082e8251.jpg)
Like I suggested...that's why he cancelled the trip.
Illegals ruled to have the right to bear arms, etc.
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Perhaps, realizing that Biden/Schumer and the current Obama 3rd term, want Bibi replaced, Mossad suggests that it's not safe for him and the Israeli delegation to travel to the U.S..
Doubt it ---- Netanyahu wasn't attending the meeting he just cancelled. Besides, Mossad's busy with Hamas negotiations ---- I doubt they have time for suggestions about other things.
@DCPatriot
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Like I suggested...that's why he cancelled the trip.
I disagree. This is Bibi continuing a public tantrum against his strongest ally. One could reasonably expect Bibi to decide to now tag along with his team and meet with Biden behind closed door. But, Bibi's too effin arrogant for a smart diplomatic move with Israel's best interest at heart.
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I disagree. This is Bibi continuing a public tantrum against his strongest ally. One could reasonably expect Bibi to decide to now tag along with his team and meet with Biden behind closed door. But, Bibi's too effin arrogant for a smart diplomatic move with Israel's best interest at heart.
Agrree. I wonder how much sway Bibi has with American Jews. If he has any, he might be able to sway several million dollars to Trump, and add maybe a few hundred thousand votes.
I mean really drive the point home that Biden and his puppetmasters are allies of Hamas.
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This could all end yesterday if Hamas released all the hostages and unconditionally surrendered.
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Election interference.
Hey...that's Trump's line.... happy77
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Maybe it's time for Bibi to wise up and remember this is the guy he's (again) giving the middle finger to ----
(https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2012/08/F110520GPOAO13.jpg). (https://media.cleveland.com/business_impact/photo/barack-obama-benjamin-netanyahu-00c3d117082e8251.jpg)
Surely you jest. Obamster was the ultimate Muslim US president.
I give him the middle finger every chance I can. I no longer have to "respect the office".
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"Netanyahu CANCELS Israeli diplomatic trip to Washington after the US refuses to veto United Nations resolution calling for Gaza ceasefire over Ramadan"
Fishrrman to Netanyahu:
Don't waste your time with the DCommunists, Bibi.
They hate your guts.
Do what you have to do.
And don't worry about it.
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White House: Don’t Get Why Netanyahu Canceled Delegation over ‘Non-Binding’ Resolution ‘Consistent’ with Our View
Ian Hanchett 25 Mar 2024
On Monday’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby said that the White House doesn’t understand why Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled a planned Israeli delegation to the U.S. over the U.S. abstaining from a vote on a U.N. ceasefire resolution because the resolution is “a non-binding resolution that has absolutely no effect on Israel’s ability to defend itself.” And is consistent with U.S. policy of wanting a ceasefire in conjunction with the release of hostages.
Kirby said, [relevant remarks begin around 3:35] “We’re perplexed by this decision. Because, first of all, it’s a non-binding resolution that has absolutely no effect on Israel’s ability to defend itself. And, quite frankly, the Prime Minister’s office said that this was some sort of change in our policy, quite the contrary. In fact, the language in this resolution is very much consistent with what we’ve said, which is, we want all the hostages out in conjunction with a ceasefire. The linkage between the two is clear, and that’s exactly where we’ve been.”
He added, “[T]he reason why we abstained was one, this resolution, unlike previous ones — not written by us, but other countries — just called for an immediate ceasefire with no linkage to a hostage release. This one has that linkage in it.”
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/03/25/white-house-dont-get-why-netanyahu-canceled-delegation-over-non-binding-resolution-consistent-with-our-view/
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White House: U.N. Resolution ‘Did Not Condemn Hamas,’ We Let it Pass Because It ‘Broadly’ Reflects Our Policy
On Monday’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby acknowledged that the United Nations ceasefire resolution that the United States abstained from the vote on and did not veto “did not condemn Hamas” and that condemning Hamas is “important” if the U.N. wants to stand for what’s right. But stated that because the resolution “reflected, broadly, our policy, which has not changed, about linking the hostage release to a ceasefire, we abstained rather than [veto] it.”
Kirby stated that [relevant remarks begin around 3:35] “the language in this resolution is very much consistent with what we’ve said, which is, we want all the hostages out in conjunction with a ceasefire.”
He added, “Number two, this resolution did not condemn Hamas, and we still believe that that’s important. If the U.N.’s going to stand up here for what’s right [on] what’s going on in Gaza, then, my goodness, condemn Hamas for what they did on the 7th of October. They didn’t do that. But because this one reflected, broadly, our policy, which has not changed, about linking the hostage release to a ceasefire, we abstained rather than [veto] it.”
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/03/25/white-house-u-n-resolution-did-not-condemn-hamas-we-let-it-pass-because-it-broadly-reflects-our-policy/
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Condeming Hamas IS important. There is just no way around that.
I still wonder and doubt if the hostages are even alive. Did they release any Americans?
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White House: U.N. Resolution ‘Did Not Condemn Hamas,’ We Let it Pass Because It ‘Broadly’ Reflects Our Policy
I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you [Israel]
Genesis 12:3
Blessing or curse. Guess which one the United States now falls under.
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The US abandons Israel at the UN
By
Sean Durns
March 25, 2024 4:15 pm
The Biden administration declined to veto a United Nations Security Council resolution on Monday that aims to limit Israel’s ability to win its war against Hamas. Washington’s action is short-sighted and counterproductive.
The resolution calls for a “ceasefire” in Gaza. Four members of the U.N. Security Council voted in favor of the resolution, while the United States abstained. Israel responded by scrapping plans to send a delegation to Washington. This was the fourth attempt in recent days to pass the resolution, with members of the Security Council haggling over its language.
The U.N., which has a long track record of anti-Israel bias, had been pushing for similar resolutions for months.
In October last year, the secretary-general of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, even appeared to justify the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre by Hamas, saying that it was the culmination of “years of suffocating occupation.” Guterres had effectively blamed the largest slaughter of Jewish civilians since the Holocaust on Jews themselves — a staple of antisemitic rhetoric.
For months, the U.S. has worked to prevent the passage of Security Council resolutions that condemned Israel or limited its ability to defend itself. That policy is now at an end. And it’s worth asking why.
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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/2937630/the-us-abandons-israel-at-the-un/
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Let me know when the UN gets around to calling for a cease fire during Yom Kippur and the Ten Days of Repentance.
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Agrree. I wonder how much sway Bibi has with American Jews. If he has any, he might be able to sway several million dollars to Trump, and add maybe a few hundred thousand votes.
I mean really drive the point home that Biden and his puppetmasters are allies of Hamas.
I agree. He's not going to let the Administration continue to play both sides - pretending it supports Israel while mollifying the anti-Israel constituency in the radical left.
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Netanyahu has been spoiling for a fight with the US. He may not survive this one
The Guardian, Mar 26, 2024
How do you gaslight an entire nation about a war and then try to do the same to a superpower that is your ally? And how do you turn a just war into global isolation and widespread condemnation? Just ask Benjamin Netanyahu. He has the patent.
Netanyahu has been deliberately and intently seeking a confrontation with the US ever since late October. The UN security council resolution 2728, demanding an “immediate ceasefire”, is just the latest pretext for this premeditated showdown. This may sound counterintuitive and imprudent to you, given that the two countries are close allies, given Israel’s heavy reliance on US military aid and its diplomatic umbrella, and particularly given President Biden’s sweeping and unwavering support for Israel since the 7 October catastrophe.
But Netanyahu has two reasons to instigate such a confrontation. The first is pure gaslighting on a grand scale. He concocted a narrative that supposedly explains the war’s context and consequently absolves him from the responsibility and accountability he persistently refuses to assume. It also distracts from his stated policy of imploring Qatar to funnel more funds to Gaza to strengthen Hamas, all in order to weaken the Palestinian Authority and render any political negotiations impossible.
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The second reason is more current and practical: the confrontation is about setting up Biden as the scapegoat for Netanyahu’s failure to achieve “total victory” or “the eradication of Hamas”, two fortune cookie-type slogans that he spews regularly.
The security council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire, adopted by 14 members with the US abstaining, puts Israel on a double collision course: with the UN security council but more critically, with the US. Netanyahu’s sanctimonious tantrums about how “surprised” he was and how the US abstention is a departure from policy that would prevent victory is mendacious. He was warned repeatedly by the Biden administration that this would be an inevitable outcome if he persisted with his endless recalcitrance, defiance and effective refusal to engage with the US, ostensibly Israel’s staunch ally and protector.
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/26/benjamin-netanyahu-joe-biden-un-security-council-resolution-ceasefire-gaza
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‘Madness’: Netanyahu’s handling of US relations under scrutiny after UN vote
The Guardian, Mar 26, 2024
The Israeli prime minister’s handling of relations with the Biden administration, which led the US on Monday to decline to veto a ceasefire resolution at the UN security council, has been greeted by sharp criticism by Israeli commentators.
After the US abstention, prominent columnists across the Israeli media condemned Benjamin Netanyahu’s growing friction with the US president, Joe Biden.
While Netanyahu, who has faced plummeting public approval ratings since Hamas’s surprise 7 October attack on southern Israel, has long been a target for a large section of Israel’s commentariat, the tone in some quarters after the rare US abstention in the security council bordered on derision and contempt.
Driving the sentiment is the vivid awareness within Israeli society of the huge importance of the US-Israeli relationship in terms of financial aid, arms sales and Washington’s diplomatic support, including its frequently used veto on Israel’s behalf on the security council.
The security council vote is a significant moment – but the US says its Gaza policy is unchanged.
Washington’s decision not to use its veto came after a weekend in which US officials say they spoke non-stop to Israeli counterparts warning them in advance, suggesting that Netanyahu’s decision to cancel a visit by a delegation to the US in the aftermath of the vote was more calculated theatre than the result of surprise.
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The centre-right Yedioth Ahronoth was no less scathing, featuring a cartoon of a diminutive Netanyahu arm-wrestling a much larger Biden, in which Netanyahu’s fist barely encircles Biden’s finger.
In the same paper, the columnist Nahum Barnea painted an imagined scene where US officials were seen laughing at Netanyahu’s cancellation of a delegation to Washington in protest.
“Netanyahu,” he continued, “has been dealing with America the way a spoiled teenager deals with his parents: with perpetual rebellion, perpetual insults and perpetual scandals.”
Outside the media, the renewed calls for Netanyahu to resign were echoed by others including Gershon Baskin, who was involved in the negotiations to secure the release of the kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit over a decade ago.
“Netanyahu is off the rails,” wrote Baskin on X. “He is an existential danger to Israel. He must be gone from our lives.”
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/26/benjamin-netanyahu-handling-us-relations-un-israel-gaza-ceasefire-vote
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Some historical context:
Two dramatic things happened on Monday, neither quite unprecedented by itself but uniquely striking in their back-to-back timing.
First, the United States did not veto but rather abstained from—and thus allowed to pass—a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for an “immediate ceasefire” in the war on Gaza.
It wasn’t the first time the United States has turned away from its usual practice of protecting Israel by vetoing resolutions that criticized the country. In fact, every president from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama abstained at least once on resolutions condemning Israel—Ronald Reagan did so seven times—for expanding settlements, invading Lebanon, permitting the murder of Palestinians, or other crimes and malfeasances.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/03/why-netanyahu-really-canceled-his-visit-to-washington.html
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Agrree. I wonder how much sway Bibi has with American Jews. If he has any, he might be able to sway several million dollars to Trump, and add maybe a few hundred thousand votes.
I mean really drive the point home that Biden and his puppetmasters are allies of Hamas.
Nah. 100,000? That wouldn't mean squat to the Democrats. They'd just print more ballots.
What does not seem to be considered here, is that Bibi will likely succeed in eliminating Hamas, with or without the US' help.
The reasons are the same as they have been since Oct. 7, an existential threat to Israel and her people. If anyone else attacks, Israel may come up short on ammo--or not, but if they have eliminated Hamas as a threat without the help of anyone else, they will stand taller on the world stage as a result.
Either way, this has liberated Bibi from any real need to give a damn what Biden says.
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BREAKING: Israel agrees to reschedule delegation visit to the White House after last minute cancelation - ABC— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) March 27, 2024