Biden Threatens Arms Embargo to Israel!

The bottom line? Secretary Austin gives Israel 30 days to meet the U.S. demands. While everyone is focused on the election, the world continues to descend ever more into chaos. It is a dangerous time for the world. Those that would cause havoc and war are watching the U.S. election. Watching and waiting the result. No matter how the election goes, it will be a very rough time between the election and installation of a new president.

One wonders if Israel is not waiting to see if Trump wins. It is probable that Trump will give the green light for Bibi to become aggressive with Iran. In the meantime Israel gets news that Biden is ready to put the hammer down on Bibi.

Meanwhile reports are the IDF is running out of weapons as questions arise over the new defensive weapon system THAAD.

So defensive weapons are ok? Raytheon… of course.

Iran’s state television, the press TV, on October 12 released a video claiming to show the knockdown of a radar belonging to the US’s THAAD air defence system. The footage showed an Iranian missile hitting a transportable Raytheon X-band radar on October 1 during its second-ever direct attack on Israel.

Breitbart picks up the story:

The revelation about a potential arms embargo came Tuesday in a leaked letter from Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to his Israeli counterpart, Lloyd Austin, threatening to withhold weapons if the Gaza situation deteriorates.

…..”United States is Concerned about the ongoing Humanitarian Situation in the Gaza Strip, with Aid between Northern and Southern Gaza said to be down 90% in September. Several Measures are presented which Israel must adhere to within 30 Day, or else there may be “Implications” for U.S. Policy under NSM-20 and U.S. Law.”

The letter claims, without evidence, that Israel is blocking aid to Gaza, and that humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza have plummeted. (Israel claims the opposite — that it continues to expand humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza.)
The aid demands that Israel “surge” aid to Gaza, and that it end the “isolation” of northern Gaza — where the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) ordered the evacuation of Palestinian civilians due to an ongoing offensive against Hamas.

The letter also defends the role of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in distributing aid, even as Austin admits that UNRWA has been linked to terror and the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel that launched the war.

Effectively, the letter demands an end to the current Israeli offensive in Gaza, and holds Israel responsible to harm to civilians due to the war. The letter does not mention the remaining 101 hostages or make any demands of Hamas.

Austin gives Gallant and strategic affairs minister Ron Dermer 30 days in which Israel is to comply with his demands.

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It’s a tinder box in our world. The far east and the rumbles of war there are equally alarming. More on that tomorrow.